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Fort Sumter
• 1. South leaves Union and take over Union forts
• 2. Lincoln sends reinforcements
• 3. South attacks Fort and force them to surrender.
• 4. 4 more Southern states leave
• 5. Beginning of Civil War -
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Battle of Bull Run
• 1. Lincoln calls for 90 days enlistment
• 2. Lincoln wants to take Confederate capitol
• 3. Union winning first half but pushed back by Confederates
• 4. Turning point- North realizes not a short war
• 5. Lincoln calls for thousands more volunteers, 3 year enlistment -
Battle of Antietam
• 1. Confederate General Lee attacks the North
• 2. The singe bloodiest day in Civil War- Over 22,500
• 3. Union victory, but don’t finish off Southern Army
• 4. Turing point- due to the struggles of war Northerners begin looking for new reason to fight
• 5. Emancipation Proclamation written and adopted -
Battle of Gettysburg
• 1. Lee invades the North
• 2. Bring War Worth, convince them to call for peace, and secure European aide
• 3. 1/3 of army lost-Pickett’s Charge
• 4. Turning point of the war
• 5. Lee loses ability to play offense and stays on defense. -
Seige of Vicksburg
• 1. Confederate guns controlled river
• 2. 43 day siege of Mississippi stronghold
• 3. Turning point- completes anaconda plan
• 4. Union gains complete control of Mississippi
• 5. Grant is promoted to union general -
Sherman's March
• 1. Marched through Georgia destroying all war resources
• 2. Burned down city of Atlanta
• 3. Destroyed a path 60 miles wide through Georgia
• 4. Helped get Lincoln reelected
• 5. Turning Point- used total war to destroy everything of military value and destroy Southern will. -
Surrender At Appomattox
• 1. Grant puts city of Petersburg under Siege
• 2. Siege lasts for 10 months Petersburg under siege.
• 3. Lee is forced to surrender because the Union broke through his defenses, capturing Petersburg and Richmond.
• 4. Grant’s surrender terms ask them to lay down their weapons and return home.
• 5. Officially ends the Civil War on April 9, 1865.
