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Battle of Fort Sumter
Lincoln sent around 75,000 troops to aid in battle.
Lincoln did not want violence. union army was ambushed -
Lincoln becomes president
Lincoln wanted to end slavery. Because of what Lincoln had said the south states wanted to leave. -
Battle of Bull Run
Confederates won the battle. 460 union deaths and 387 confederates deaths. First major battle. -
Battle of Antietam
It was the bloodiest battle of the war.
Ambrosia Burnside was in command of the battle. -
Emancipation Proclamation signed
Lincoln wanted to set all the slaves free. He waited for them to win a big battle so he would get even more support. Only the states that were rebelling but not the boarders yet. -
Battle of Vicksburg
It gave control of the Mississippi river to the union.
The confederates were the ones who surrendered. Union had controlled of the Mississippi river -
Battle of Gettysburg
It was a three day long battle. Robert Lee tried to end it once and for all but he failed. union won -
Gettysburg Address
The speech was only 2 minutes long.
Lincon gave the ¨greatest¨ speech. -
Sherman's March (to sea)
The north took Atlanta, Georgia. After their victory they divided to march to the sea ports so the south could not get any supplies. -
Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
Lee´s army was the army that surrendered.
They were clapped so hard they had to surrendered -
Assassination of Lincoln
John wilkes thought that the south was going to lose so he had to do something. no one herd the shot because the audience laughed when the shot was fired. week after the war had ended and he was killed.