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the south secedes
when abraham lincoln was elected south carolina was threating to secede. they did they were the first state to secede followed by missisipi, louisiana, florida alabama and georgia and more were to come like virginia and tennesse -
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the civil war
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lincolns ignauguration
licoln finnaly takes his role as president however he had to sneak in to washington -
attack on fort sumter
a fort for the union was in dire need of supplies so lincoln sent to supplies but the south attacked the fort and this event is what sparked the war Robert Anderson surrendered the fort in april -
blockade in south
the north blockaded the south successfully untill november when the south built small ships to manuver away from the north -
Bull Run
Bull Run was the first real battle of the civil war. Irvin Mcdowel was closing in on confederate troops. In the beginning the union was winning but the confederate prevailed in the end while the union was in a hectic retreat. -
merrimac vs monitor
these are the two well know ironclad ships from the civil war the confederates merrimac and the unions monitor the merrimac was more feared as it sinked two ships on this day -
the battle of shiloh
on the first day the union had lost but the next day they recieved reinforcements and beat the confederates but at a great cost the union lost 1300 men while the confederates lost 1100 men -
the seven days battle
these battles were in mechansville, gaines mill and savage station and frayers farm and malvern hill the confederates withdrew ending the peninsular campaign -
harpers ferry
this was a union loss general jackson prevaled to get harpers ferry after many union victorys for mclellan -
battle of antietam
this battle had the bloodiest day in american history. the union won and this gave lincoln a chance to give his emancipation proclimation -
battle of fredricksburg
this is burnsides battle and he looses. and then joeseph hooker was then added as general this was a confederate victory -
emancipation proclomation
this was adressed by lincoln after antietam it said that all slaves in rebal states would be free this was then later to be find unconstitution but it was too late because most slaves walked out on there owners without chase -
battle of chancellorsville
hooker crossed the rappahonnok river to find the confederat forces split up and attacking from three sides the south won but at a cost to the south as casualties wise -
battle of gettysburg
this was a significant battle because as the confederates lost it showed outside countrys to not side with them and. this is where lincoln gave his famous gettysburg adress -
the siege of knoxville
this is where burnside fled after confederates defeat and successfully defended himself and drove confederates out. -
battle of seven pines
a union victory by means of reienforcements and commander johnston was severly injured -
battle of cold harbor
this is a battle in which grant fought lee and won although he lost 7000 men in twenty minutes lee was still strugling -
the siege of petersburg
grant tried to push on to petersburg while it lasted for months he was unsuccessful and thousands were lost on both sides -
fall of richmond
lee attacked petersburg but was unsuccessful and then was droven to richmond by grant and was forced to surrender the confederacys capital richmond -
surrender of confederacy
this happend when lees troops were surronded and soon were forced to surrender thenm the two generals sat down in the appomattox courthouse on terms of surrender
