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antebellum
the time that lead up to the actual civil war -
slaves end in dc
Slave trade abolished in DC, but slavery allowed to continue -
slave escaper
Kentucky marshals abduct abolitionist minister Calvin Fairbank from Indiana, and take him to Kentucky to stand trial for helping a slave escape. He recieved about 35000 lashes in prison -
Lawrence is captured
Lawrence Kansas captured and sacked by pro-slavery forces -
Jefferson Davis
The Confederate States of America is formed with Jefferson Davis as president. -
The war begins
Confederates under General Pierre Beauregard open fire with 50 cannons upon Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina. Killing 580 people. -
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civil war
the time the war was officially started and ended -
Leave the union!
Virginia secedes from the Union, followed by Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina, forming an eleven state Confederacy. -
big bethel
this was the first land battle in virginia. Unit commander Col. T. Wynthrop died in this battle. The confederates won this battle. -
Lincoln is mad
Lincoln finds out that his son has died due to polluted water. -
shiloh
Confederate attack on Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's unprepared troops at Shiloh on the Tennessee River results in a struggle with 13,000 Union killed and wounded and 10,000 Confederates. -
antietem
Gen. Robert E. Lee and the Confederate Armies are stopped at Antietam in Maryland, killing 26,000 men. Lee has to withdraw from Virginia. -
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reconstruction
The reconstruction started durring the war and ended around 1877. The reconstruction is the time period where the congress tried to resolve the conflict. -
the draft is here
The U.S. Congress enacts a draft, affecting male citizens aged 20 to 45, but also exempts those who pay $300 or provide a substitute. -
battle at gettysburg
This battle lasted three days. This battle caused the most casualties. Gettysburg was in adams county, Pennsylvania. There was 158,300 soldiers, 83,289 were union;75,054 were confederate. There was about 51,000 soldiers that were lost in adams county, 23,000 were union; 28,000 were confederate. The union won this battle -
splitting of the copnfederacy
the last Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi River surrenders to Gen. The Confederacy is effectively split in two, cut off from its western allies -
gettysburg address
President Lincoln delivers Gettysburg Address at a ceremony dedicating the Battlefield as a National Cemetery -
Thirteenth amendment
The U.S. Congress creates the thirteenth amendment to the United States Constitution to abolish slavery. -
General Lee surrenders
Lee surrendered at Northern Virginia on April 9, 1865, at the McLean House in the village of Appomattox Court House -
Lincolns death
Lincoln and his wife went to go to a play while durring the play Abraham Lincoln was shot in the head. He later died the next day -
Surrender it all
Remaining Confederate forces surrender. The Nation is reunited as the Civil War ends. Over 620,000 Americans died in the war, with disease killing twice as many as those lost in battle. 50,000 survivors return home as amputees -
virginias back!
Virginia becomes 8th state readmitted to US after Civil War -
No girls you are not allowed to vote still
Susan B Anthony fined $100 for voting for President -
Are we doing this again?
The United States orders all Native Americans to move into reservations.
