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First Battle of Bull Run
The First Battle of Bull Run, also known as the First Battle of Manassas, was fought on July 21, 1861 in Prince William County, Virginia, just north of the city of Manassas and about 25 miles west-southwest of Washington, D.C. -
Lincoln as President
The United States Presidential Election of 1860 was the nineteenth quadrennial presidential election to select the President and Vice President of the United States. -
Attack on fort Sumter
The Battle of Fort Sumter was the bombardment of Fort Sumter near Charleston, South Carolina by the Confederate States Army, and the return gunfire and subsequent surrender by the United States Army, that started the American Civil War. -
Battle of Ironclads
The first battle where the Ironclad was issued. -
Capture of New Orleans
Union captures New Orleans and takes control of the Miss. River -
The Battle of Antietam
Battle where Union won because of lost confederate battle plans found by the Union. -
Debate Over Slavery
The decision whether to not to end slavery do to the moral injustice over it and the civil war. -
The Battle of Fredricksburg
The Battle of Fredericksburg was fought December 11–15, 1862, in and around Fredericksburg, Virginia, between General Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and the Union Army -
Emancipation Proclamation
Order that slaves are free after they are set free by the Union. -
Spying
Women played as spies to contribute to a big part of the Civil War. Dorothea Dix was the most well known. -
Draft Wars
An issue in the North and South about enlisting in to the military. -
Civil war ends
The civil war ends with the Union as the victors