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Abraham Lincoln is Elected
Abe Lincoln was elected for president. South werre very angry.
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Battle at Fort Sumter
Confederates under General Pierre Beauregard open fire with 50 cannons in Fort Sumter in Charleston, SC. The Civil War begins, The Confederates win, some injured no one died. It was also just the battle during Civil war. -
Lincoln orders blockade of the south
The purpose of Lincolns order blockade of the south was so that they could prevent the south from importing goods, especially weapons.
The blockade was very negative with the economies of other countries. -
1st Battle of Bull Run
The first battle of bull run was the first major land battle of the American Civil War.
The Confederate victory gave the South power of confidence and shocked many people in the North. Who realized the war would not be won as easily as they had hoped. -
Monitor vs. Virginia naval battle
The battle between the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia the first "ironclads", is fought in Hampton Roads, Virginia. Naval battle. -
Battle of Shiloh
Confederate attack on General Ulysses Grants unprepared troops at Shiloh on the Tennessee River. more men than in all previous American wars combined. The president is then pressured to relieve Grant but resists. Battle during civil war. -
7 Days Compaign
7 days compaign
7 days campaign was a series of six battles over a seven day period from june 25th to july 1st. Richmond was saved, and Robert Lee was coming in his own as supreme commander. -
Second Battle of bull run
75,000 Federals under General John Pope are defeated by 55,000 Confederates under General Stonewall Jackson and General James Longstreet at the second battle of Bull Run in Northern Virginia. The Union Army retreats to Washington. The president then relieves Pope. -
Antietam
The bloodiest day in U.S. military history as General Robert Lee and the Confederate Armies are stopped at Antietam in Maryland, by McClellan and numerically superior Union forces. By bedtime 26,000 men are dead, or missing. Lee then withdraws to Virginia. -
Emancipation proclimation takes effect
Abe Lincoln issuesd the final Emancipation Proclamation freeing all slaves in territories that were held by Confederates and emphasizes the enlisting of black soldiers in the Union Army. The war to preserve the Union now becomes a very big struggle for the abolition of slavery. Speech by Lincoln after Antietam. -
Battle at Chancellorsville
The Battle lasted from May 1-4.
In 1863, The Union Army under General Hooker is decisively defeated by Lee's much smaller forces at the Battle of Chancellorsville in Virginia. Confederate General Stonewall Jackson is mortally wounded by his own soldiers. Hooker retreats. -
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Gettysburg
Fought around Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The union won the battle. It was from July 1st- July 3rd. It was such an significant defeat to the North because they defeated the south. -
Siege of Vicksburg
Vicksburg, the last Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi River surrenders to General Grant and the Army of the West after a six week siege. With the Union now in control of the Mississippi, the Confederacy is effectively split in two. -
Emancipation proclamation issued
It was based on the president's constitutional authority as commander in chief of the armed forces; it was not a law passed by Congress. It also freed slaves in the states that remained in the rebellion during the Civil War. The date slaves in Conf. held land were freed. -
Gettysburg Address
Dedication of the Soldiers National Cemetery at Gettysburg; Abe Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address. It was the speech after
gettysburg battle. -
Battle at Chattonooga
It last from the 23-25th of November.
Siege of Chattanooga ends as Union forces. During the battle, one of the most dramatic moments of the war occurs. Union troops avenge their previous defeat at Chickamauga by storming up the face of Missionary Ridge without orders and sweep the Rebels from what had been though to be an impregnable position. -
Ulysses S. Grant takes over the Union Army
Ulysses S. Grant takes over the Union Army from April 22 1822-July 23 1885. Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th president. He was the most significant Union and/ or Confederate generals during the American Civil War. change in Union Amry leadership. -
Sherman captures Atlanta
Atlanta is captured by Sherman's Army. Sherman telegraphs Lincoln. The victory really helps President Lincoln's bid for re-election. -
Abraham Lincoln re-elected
Abe is re-elected as president, as in he was picked for president for the second time. He ran againts George McClellan. Abe carries all but three states with 55% of the popular vote and 212 of 233 electoral votes. -
Sherman begins march to sea
After destroying Atlanta's warehouses and railroad facilities, Sherman, with 62,000 men begins a March to the Sea. President Lincoln on advice from Grant approved the idea. -
Savannah, GA falls to the Union
He (Sherman) reaches Savannah in Georgia leaving behind a 300 mile long path of destruction 60 miles wide all the way from Atlanta. Then he telegraphs Abe, offerering him Savannah as a Christmas present. -
13th Amendment passed
The U.S. Congress approves the thirteenth Ammendment to the United States, after that its submitted to the states for rafication. -
Union Army moves and occupies Richmond, VA.
The Union troops occupy over VA. (Richmond, and Petersburg. Richmond is the capital of Conf. -
Robert E. Lee surrenders
General Robert Lee surrenders his Confederate Army to Genreral Ulysses S. Grant at the village by the Court House in Virgina. Grant let the rebel officers keep there sidearms and permits soldiers to keep horses and mules. Main Conf. Army done. -
Abraham Lincoln shot and killed
That night, Lincoln and his wife Mary see the play "Our American Cousin" at a theatre. Late at night, during the third act of the play, John Booth shoots the president in the head. Doctors run up to the president in the theater then take him to a house across the street. He nis officially dead. In smaller words he was shot and killed.
