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13th Amendment Ends Slavery *EVENT*
-The United States Congress approves the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which will abolish slavery. -
-The First Battle of Bull Run
was the first major battle of the American Civil War -
the first battle of bull run
- the northern press and public were eager for the Union Army to make an advance on Richmond ahead of the planned meeting of the Confederate Congress there on July 20.
- It was the first major battle of the Civil War and resulted in a Confederate victory.
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Fredericksburg battle
-Lincoln's proclamation declared that the Civil War would be fought to preserve a union without slavery, taking aim at the root cause of the war.
- suffered a horrible defeat at the Battle of Fredericksburg in Virginia. Fourteen individual assaults on an entrenched Confederate position cost the Union 13,000 casualties. -
Vicksburg battle
-divided the Confederacy and proved the military genius of Union General Ulysses S. Grant
-the culmination of one of the most brilliant military campaigns of the war. Vicksburg was a fortress with a massive artillery located on a sharp bend in the Mississippi River. -
Battle of Gettysburg
-the Confederates clashed with the Union's Army of the Potomac, commanded by General George G. Meade, at the crossroads town of Gettysburg.
-more than 50,000 men fell as casualties during the 3-day battle, making it the bloodiest battle of the American Civil War. -
Battle of Gettysburg
-The battle involved the largest number of casualties of the entire war and is often described as the war's turning point.
- started out as a chance encounter between the Union and Confederate Forces. ... When Lee advanced into Pennsylvania, his cavalry was absent on a raid, which is why he did not know that the Union army was already in Gettysburg.
More than 50,000 men fell as casualties during the 3-day battle, making it the bloodiest battle of the American Civil War. -
Draft Riots *EVENT*
When the government attempts to begin conscription, riots break out in New York and other northern cities. In New York, 120 men, women and children—mostly Black—are killed before Union troops returning from Gettysburg restore order.
