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Fort Sumter
1st engagement. In S.C at charleston Harbor. Federal fort that's low on supplies. Lincoln tellsgov't "I am only sending food".
Jefferson Davis- President of the confederacy. -
Abe Lincoln
was elected presdent -
South Carolina
Was the 1st state to secede -
Battle Of Bull Run
Also known as Manasses. North realized it would be a long road of war. South gave them confidence to fight. People were spectators. -
Homestead act
gave 160 acres to anyone willing to farm, cultivate and build house for 5 years. -
Stonewall jackson killed
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little round top
It was the site of an unsuccessful assault by Confederate troops against the Union left flank on the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg. -
Chancellorsville
Confederate vicotry. July 1-3 Gettysburg- 28,000 confederates dead. -
lincoln gets re elected
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1864
Grant now union ommander . William Sherman- Inflict maximum damage on southern life. March to seas- Atlanta to Savannah cut of AL, Miss, GA. -
Civil right act
Put in place to prevent black codes -
Ammendments
13, Abolishes slavery. 14, grants black citizenship. 15, Nobody can be denied the right to ote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude.