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The election of Lincoln
-Lincoln didn't campaign in their region and didn't carry southern states, but became our following president
-Lincoln won 180 of 183 electoral votes in free states but the second highest votes were for douglas which won 1 state
-Abraham fought through the civil war -
Battle of Fort Sumter
-confederate guns opened fire on Fort Sumter. it had very hefty guns facing the Atlantic, not the shore
-A federal outpost in Charleston, South Carolina, which was attacked by some confederate troops,in the beginning of the civil war -
First Battle of Bull Run
-Caused Lincoln to make a powerful army
-First major battle of the Civil War,and the confederates victory. The battle is also known as the First Battle of Manssas fractured the North's hopes of winning the war rapidly -
Second Battle of Bull Run
-Jackson's troops met pope's union forces on the battle field
-the first day of war was fierce. Captain George Fairfield of the seventh Wisconsin regiment later called -
Battle of Antietam
-Numerous other soldiers were killed and wounded at the Battle of Antietam than the deaths of all Americans in the Revolution
-known as the Battle of Sharpsburg, was the bloodiest single- day battle of the Civil War and of U.S. history.
-it was important because it cause the death of many Americans -
Emancipation Proclamation
-Lincoln finally wrote the Emancipation, the older to free the confederates -
Battle of Gettysburg
-Key battle that finally turned the tides against Confederates
-The larger confederate forces began to push the union troops back through Gettysburg
-Confederate raiding party and the union forces began exchanging five -
Gettysburg Address
-He referred the Declaration of Independence and its ideal of liberty
-In which Lincoln praised the bravery of Union soldiers and renewed his commitments
-Moving speech was done by Abraham Lincoln -
Surrendered of Confederate Forces
-Grant broke through defends and they surrendered
-Confederate forces are in North Carolina -
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
-John walks into Lincoln's booth sneaks up on him and shoots him
-President Abraham Lincoln and his wife attended a play at Ford's theaters
