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Election of Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln won 180 of 183 electoral votes. The election results angered southerners. He promised not to abolish slavery where it already existed. Signaled that the South was losing its national political power. -
Battle of Fort Sumter
A federal outpost in Charleston, South Carolina, that was attacked by confederate troops. It began the Civil War. -
First Battle of Bull Run
also known as: the first battle off Manassas. It shattered the North's hopes of winning the war quickly.. The first major battle of the civil war. -
Second Battle of Bull Run
It was the second battle fought there, although it was a much larger battle than the first one. The battle took place on August 28 - August 30, 1862. The Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, led by General Robert E. Lee, defeated the Union's Major General John Pope and his Army of Virginia. -
Battle of Antietam
Also known as : the battle of Sharpsburg. Was the bloodiest single-day battle of the civil war. Single-day battle of U.S history. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Lincoln wrote it, the order to free the confederate slaves. Only freed the slaves in areas controlled by the confederacy. It was powerful but didn't help a lot. -
Battle of Gettysburg
Key battle that finally turned the tide against the Confederates -
Gettysburg Address
President Lincoln gave a speech in which he praised the bravery of union soldiers. Renewed his commitment to winning the civil war. -
Surrender of Confederate Forces
Sherman closed in on the last Confederate defenders in North Carolina. As General Lee returned to his troops "The war is over". They ended the war. -
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth, a southerner, sneaked into the president's theater box and shot him. He was rushed to the hospital but he died the next morning. Andrew Jackson had to step up and become leader.
