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Lincolns Election
Lincoln was elected to be president of the Union. As he was elected states started to secede one by one and slowly left the union to become the confederacy there own countr -
South Carolina secedes
As the annowncement of Lincolns win of the election, South Carolina and its people decide they are leaving the union and starting there own country because of the fact that they need slaves. -
Mississippi Leaves the Union
Mississippi leaves the union following South Carolina because of slavery use and that of hopes to become the confederacy. -
Florida leaves the Union
Florida leaves the Union with fellow southern states for reasons of slavery and in commitment with the south. -
Alabama leaves Union
Alabama decides to follow fellow southern states because they need slavery for the plantations and work. So They leave the union. -
Georgia Leaves Union
Georgia Leaves the union because slaves are abolished there and Most trade in Georgia is cotton wich needs slaves to use. -
Louisiana Leaves Union
Luis ana leeaves the union in hopes to be a free slave state and to join the confederacy. -
Texas leaves the Union
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Battle of Fort Sumter
The First Battle of the great Civil war no casualties but a confederate horse. The south bombarded the fort but the union held on through the night at dawn federal troops marched out and gave up the fort. -
Virginia leaves the Union
Virginia Leaves after the attck on Fort Sumter -
Harpers ferry
authorites set forces to seize the armory at the town. Rumors reached the town after the battle of fort sumter. The rumor was true and 4000 men came to seize harpers fery and move into Maryland -
Arkansas Leaves The Union
Arkansas follows Virginia -
Tennesse
tennesse Follows other southern states out of the union -
North Carolina Leaves The Union
North Carolina Followes the lead of Tennesee -
First Battle of Bull Run
Union Troops Plannes on taking the confederate capital of Richmond, Virgina but first would have to take the junction at manassas. Little did Union Troops know the confederates would be waiting there for them. The battle raged but come to an end because of a left flank weakness on the union also a result of inexperienced officers and generals. -
Battle of Chattanooga
In late spring 1862. The confederates divided there forces in tennessee into numerous small commends in attempt to effect federal operation. -
Battle of Antietam
Fought near Sharpsburg, Maryland This battle was an Engagment of the bridge over antietam creek bridges were vital to the war for tansportation of supplies. It was a 3 day battle and one of the bloodiest days in american history -
Emancipation Proclamation
Lincoln released The speech to free slaves in the south and take away what the one commponent they were fighting for. It also made African-Americans come fight for the union and freedom -
The Battle of Fredricksburg
fredricksburg is remembered as one of the most one-sided battles of the American Civil War. The Union Army suffered terrible casualties in frontal assaults on December 13 against trench Confederate defenders on the heights behind the city, bringing to an early end their campaign against the Confederate capital of Richmond. -
The Battle Of Gettysburg
The largest number of casualtys occured this day, It was fought not knowing it was the turning point of the war. If not Won by meade Robert E. Lee would have taken the north and united states wouldnt be what it is today. At the last day president Lincoln gave his gettysburg address speech. -
Siege of Knoxville
The Knoxville campaign was a series of battles fought in 1863 in Eas Tennesse -
Shermans Match to the Sea
Sheman once said " If they want war i will give them War" and he did just that. Sherman killed everything not just humans everything he burned every city killed every animal and rop he obliderated georgia. -
Battle of Cold Harbor
Concidered one of the most Bloddiest battle fought in the civil war and one of the most intense. The slaughter was horrific with some estimating that 5,000 to 7,000 men fell during those early morning assaults. The battle was concidered pointless and misunderstood. -
Appomattix courthouse
Lee surrendered to grant there for the great civil war ended. -
Assasination of Lincoln
President Abraham Lincoln was shot while attending a performance of Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre with his wife and two guests. Lincoln's assassin, actor and Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth, had also plotted with fellow conspirators, Lewis Powell and George Atzerodt to kill William H. Seward the Secretary of State and Vice President Andrew Johnson.
