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the south secedes
the south breaks away from the rest of the united states -
Lincolns inaguration
he stated he has no plans in slavery. -
Start of War
On April 12, 1861 the Civil War began at Fort Sumter, after President Lincoln asked for volunteers. -
the Battle of Shiloh
Confederate forces attacked Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant at Shiloh, Tennessee -
stone wall jackson defeats Union forces
attacked Union forces in late March, forcing them to retreat across the Potomac. -
Antietam
Confederate forces under General Lee were caught by General McClellan near Sharpsburg, Maryland. This battle proved to be the bloodiest day of the war; 2,108 Union soldiers were killed and 9,549 wounded -- 2,700 Confederates were killed and 9,029 wounded. -
Emancipation Proclamation
declaring that all slaves in areas still in rebellion were, in the eyes of the federal government, free. -
the Gettysburg Battle
the battle before the Gettysburg Address. -
The Gettysburg Adress
Lincoln gave a speech to the town of Gettysburg to condowle both sides's families and to let them know that they will never be forgotten.v -
The Battle of Chattanooga.
On November 23-25, Union forces pushed Confederate troops away from Chattanooga. The victory set the stage for General Sherman's Atlanta Campaign -
Abraham Lincoln Is Re-Elected
Lincoln's popularity helped him win re-election by a wide margin -
the fall of the confederacy
Transportation problems and successful blockades caused severe shortages of food and supplies in the South. Starving soldiers began to desert Lee's forces -
The Assassination of President Lincoln
he was shot by John Wilkes Booth -
The Assassination of President Lincoln
President Lincoln was watching a performance of "Our American Cousin" at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C., he was shot by John Wilkes Booth, an actor from Maryland obsessed with avenging the Confederate defeat. Lincoln died the next morning.