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April 12, 1861, Fort Sumter
April 12, 1861, Confederate troops fired on Fort Sumter in South Carolina's Charleston Harbor. Less than 34 hours later, Union forces surrendered. This event has been used to mark the beginning of the Civil War. -
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Civil War
The civil war was started because of their disagreement on slavery between the northerners and the southerners. -
Antietam 1862
1862, the Union Army of the Potomac took the offensive on the Virginia Peninsula, where its ultimate target was Richmond, the Confederate capital. 1862 marked a major turning point in the war, especially the war in the East, as Lee took command of the Confederate army, which he promptly renamed the Army of Northern Virginia. Confederate forces under General Lee were caught by General McClellan near Sharpsburg, Maryland. -
Emancipation Proclamation of 1863
Lincoln, aware of the public's growing support of abolition, issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, declaring that all slaves in areas still in rebellion were, in the eyes of the federal government, free. -
Federal Capture and Occupation of Meridian Mississippi 1864
1864, Federal capture and occupation of Meridian, Mississippi. Federal forces under William T. Sherman entered the city of Meridian, Mississippi after a successful month of campaigning through the central part of the state. Some historical events in 1864 related to the Civil War that include Sherman's March to the Sea, the Battle of the Wilderness, the Battle at Petersburg, and the burning of Atlanta. -
The End of the Civil War 1865
4 years of conflict, the major Confederate armies surrendered to the United States in April of 1865 at Appomattox Court House and Bennett Place. The war bankrupted much of the South, left its roads, farms, and factories in ruins, and all but wiped out an entire generation of men who wore the blue and the gray. April 9 1865, the final battle between the forces of General Ulysses Grant and General Robert E Lee was the Battle of Appomattox Court House.