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The strength and weekness of North & South
1 - North Advantage : Had almost 4 times as many free citizens
1 - South Advantage : Defending their homeland gave them a strong reason to fight
2 - North Advantage : Had more than 70% of the nation's rail lines
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Election of 1860
Election of 1860 was held on Tuesday, November 6. Abraham Lincoln won the election with no support from the South. -
Confederate States Of America
The Confederate States of America, commonly referred to as the Confederacy, was an unrecognized confederation of secessionist American states existing from 1861 to 1865. -Wikipedia -
Fort Summter
The Battle of Fort Sumter (April 12–14, 1861) was the bombardment and surrender of Fort Sumter, near Charleston, South Carolina, that started the American Civil War. -Wikipedia -
Battle of Carthage
The Battle of Carthage, also known as the Battle of Dry Fork, took place at the beginning of the American Civil War on July 5, 1861, in Jasper County, Missouri. -wikipedia -
Battle Of Rich Mountain
The Battle of Rich Mountain took place on July 11, 1861, in Randolph County, Virginia (now West Virginia) as part of the Operations in Western Virginia Campaign during the American Civil War. Wikipedia -
Battle of Vicksburg
The Battle Of Vicksburg was the final major military action in the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War. -Wikipidia -
Battle Of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg, fought from July 1 to July 3, 1863, is considered the most important engagement of the American Civil War.
- The turning point of the Civil War -
Shermans March
Sherman's March to the Sea is the name commonly given to the military Savannah Campaign in the American Civil War, conducted through Georgia from November 15 to December 21, 1864 by Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman of the Union Army. Wikipedia -
The Thirteen Amendment
The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime. -
Surrender at Appromattox
Eyewitness account of the surrender that led to the end of the Civil War. -
Death Of Abraham Lincoln
Name of gun: The deringer
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. Wikipedia
