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Shortly after 10 p.m. on April 14, 1865, actor John Wilkes Booth entered the presidential box at Ford's Theatre in Washington D.C., and fatally shot President Abraham Lincoln. As Lincoln slumped forward in his seat, Booth leapt onto the stage and escaped through the back door. -
Fort Sumter is the battle that started the Civil War after the Fort decided not to surrender to the Confederacy -
This was the first battle fought after the south won Lincoln send an actual army to fight -
This was a small victory for the North, the South was forced to withdraw from battle due to smaller numbers. Led to Emancipation Proclamation -
This proclamation freed the slaves and let them fight for the union. But this didn't include border states that didn't secede -
This battle gave the North complete control over the Mississippi river -
The battle is so important because both the North and South lost a lot of men in the deadly battle. Lee would never invade Northern territory again after this battle -
The people started a violent riot and brutally murdered over 1,200 people out of angry having to join the military -
They wanted to re take atlanta, this act lead to the re election of lincoln. Total war against enemy troops and destroyed areas. -
The Battle of Appomattox Court House was fought near the town of Appomattox Court House, Virginia, and led to Confederate General Robert E. Lee's surrender of his Army of Northern Virginia to Union General Ulysses S. Grant