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First Bull Run
Confederate Victory -
Fort Sumter
The beginning of the Civil War. Confederate Army opens fire on Fort Sumter. -
Davis elected
Jefferson Davis was elected president of the Confederate Army. He ordered the attack on Fort Sumter. -
Battle of Fredericksburg
Burnside attacked Lee. The Confederates' won and the Union lost 13,000 men. -
Antietam
Lee invades the North. 12,000 men were killed in the first three hours. The battle was a draw. -
Battle of Shiloh
Grant and Bruell defeated Johnson. It was a Union victory. Nearly 250,000 were killed. -
Battle of Chancellorsville
Lee's greatest victory. -
Battle of Vicksburg
Union cut the South in half -
Emancipation Proclamation
Freed all slaves in rebellious states. -
Battle of Gettysburg
The first major battle the union won. -
Gettysburg Address
The speech President Lincoln gave in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 1863; it was the aftermath of the battle of Gettysburg. The speech made people realize it was not just a collection of individual states but a unified nation. -
Terror in Georgia
Sherman burns Atlanta to the ground,and terrorizes innocent men, woman, and children. Sherman loots military supplies, which dismays Lee. -
Grant becomes union commander
Grant becomes commander of the Union after the South starts falling apart. -
Lincoln re-elected
Lincoln was re-elected president of America. -
Richmond Appomattox Court House
Lee Surrendered
