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fort sumpter
Confederate victory. On April 12, Confederate forces opened fire on the fort. Major Robert Anderson and his garrison held on to Fort Sumter. Fort sumter was located in the harbor of Charleston South Carolina. -
battle of the 1st bull run
It was the first real major conflict of the American Civil War. A Union army, consisting of 28,000 men. 33,000 Confederates. On July 21, 1861, union forces commanded by General Irvin McDowell fought with confederate forces headed by general Beauregard near a creek called bull run North of Manassas. -
battle os shiloh
Lewis Wallace, fed over 22,500 reinforcements into the Union lines. Johnston shifted his scattered forces and concentrated almost 55,000 men around Corinth. -
battle the 2nd bull run
The Union started with 62,000 men and the South started with 50,000. North decided they would combine the armies of General McClellan and General Pope. Pope went North and was joined by McClellan and went into Washington D.C. -
battle of antietam
The Battle of Antietam provides important lessons in command and control.During the night, both armies consolidated their lines. -
battle of fredricksburg
The union army was more than twice as heavy than the confederates.Union troops prepared to assault Confederate defensive positions south of the city. -
battle of chancellorsville
As the Federal army converged on Chancellorsville, General Hooker expected Lee to retreat from his forces. Chancellorsville is considered Lee's greatest victory. Perhaps the most damaging loss to the Confederacy was Stonewall Jackson. -
battle of hampton roads
The Battle of Hampton Roads is the most famous encounter of the American Civil War. Confederates concentrated their ship building efforts on producing an ironclad. -
battle of gettysburg
Before the battle major cities in the North were under threat of attack from General Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army.The Union Army of the Potomac under its new and commander, General George G. Meade, marched to intercept Lee. Federals were pushed back through the town of Gettysburg. -
siege of vicksburg
It was the final major military action in the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War. The Confederate surrender. There was two major assaults against the Confederate fortifications. Garrison finally surrendered on July 4. -
siege of alanta
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surrender at appomattox courthouse
Lee and Grant met in a small virginia town to arrange the surrender.Grant offered generous terms of surrender. Grant gave food to the hungry Confederate soldiers. -
Assassination of abraham lincoln
The poem was written in response to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865, by John Wilkes Booth. -
emancipation proclamation
Did not end slavery in the nation. Declared that anybody held as slave within the rebellious states are and free. The proclamation had a tremendous impact on the public. But it freed very few slaves. The slaves that lincoln intended to liberate lived in areas far away from the union troops. -
ratifacation of the 13th amendment
The ratification came eight months after the end of the war.
