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Election of 1860
Abraham Lincoln wins the Election of 1860 -
South Carolina Secedes
South Carolina Secedes -
South Secedes
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, & Texas -
Confederacy is formed
Confederacy = Confederate States of America -
1st Major Clash
- Between Confederacy & Union
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Fort Sumter
- Confederates begin bombarding Fort Sumter (-federal fort at entrance to Charleston Harbor, SC)
- Fort surrendered, Lincoln stated that the seceded southern states were in rebellion
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First Battle of Bull Run
- 25 miles Southwest of WA along a stream called Bulll Run
- Union troops drove Confederates back, but Confederate soldiers rallied behind Gen. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson- When more southern soldiers arrived: Union retreated to WA- Hopes of a quick end to war = gone
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Jefferson Davis
- Delegates write a constitution
- Jefferson Davis is elected as president
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Battle of Shiloh
- Confederates caught Grant by surprise & pushed Union army back
- More Union soldiers arrived during the night
- Next day: Grant counterattacked & forced Confederates to retreat
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Seven Days' Battle
- Lee resigned from U.S. Army to join the Confederates
- attacked McClellan in the Seven Days' Battle
- Confederates suffered many deaths but forced McClellan to retreat
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Second Battle of Bull Run
- Lee caught the Union off guard & John Pope's army fell apart
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Battle of Antietam
- met along Antietam Creek in Maryland
- the bloodiest single-day battle of the war (& U.S. history)
- important victory for Union
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Emancipation Proclamation
- Issued by Lincoln
- Called for all slaves in nonoccupied area in rebellion against Union to be freed on Jan. 1, 1863
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Battle of Gettysburg
- Lee advanced into southern Pennsylvania
- Confederate & Union troops clashed
- Confederates pushed Union line back
- (Next Day) Union turned back a major Confederate assault
- Lee ordereg Gen. George Picket to attack -Jul. 3
- About 15,000 men who took part in Pickett's Charge were killed or captured
- Lee's retreat from Gettysburg & Grant's capture of Vicksburg (same day) renewing northern support for the war effort
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Gettysburg Address
- How Lincoln dedicated the Union's win of the war