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Attack on Fort Sumter
At the Fort Sumter attack Robbert Andeerson was sent a ship of suplies called USS Star Of The West of supliess to fight back. Approching this mission NE Charlston started to shoot at the ship, so the ship turned around and aborted the mission. -
The First Battle Of Bull Run
Union troops gathered around Washington DC. hoping to captrue Manassas, VA, important railroad. But the Confederate Troops stood around the creek waiting for Union Troops at Bull Run The Confederate Troops won. -
Battle Of Hampton Roads
The Ironclad Virginia steamed into the Hampton Roads where she sank the Cumberlands. On March 9th the Union Ironclad Monitor arrived to do a battle. The two ships faught each other to a standstill, but Virginia retiered. -
The Battle of Antietam
General Lee, the commander of the Northern Virginia Army, moved to strike Union territory in Maryland. A Confederate messenger dropped a copy of the battle plans, andthey were found by a Union Solider. The Union then learned that General Lee's troops were divided, so General Grant attacked. Antietam was a day long battle at Antietam Creek in Maryland. The battle ended in a tie. -
Emancipation Proclomation
The Emancipation had an immidiate effect on the war. In addition to saving the Union, freeing the slaves became an officiol war aim. The Proclomation also alloed African-Americans to join the Union's armed forces, and by the end of the war nearly 200,000 would honorably serve. -
Battle of Gettysberg
Accidentily, Confederate troops discovered The Union calavry in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The Confederate attacked. setting the way for the largest battle of the war, which lasted three days. THe Union Army won the Battle of Gettysburg. -
Siege of Atlanta
General William T. Sherman led the North. General John Bell Hood led the South. They attacked Atlanta, Georgia.The day after the attack, the Union won the siege and occupied Atlanta which boosted the confidence of the North. -
Treaty that ended the war
General Lee surrendered the confederate troops at the Appomattox Courthouse, virginia signaled the end of the southern states new nation, The Confederate States Of America. The name of the treaty is unknowen. -
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
On Good Friday, Lincoln was assassinated at Ford's Theatre in Washington by John Wilkes Booth, an actor, who thought he was helping the South by doing this. The result was the opposite. -
Ratification of the 13th Ammendment
The 13th amendment officially ended slavery. This came 8 months after the Civil War ended. When Georgia ratified it on Dec 6, slavery ended in the United States.
