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Harpers Ferry
John Brown set out to raid Harpers Ferry with 21 men. 5 blacks and 16 whites. In this raid 10 of Browns 21 men were shot and killed two of them happen to be both of his sons. -
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Civil War Begins
The First shot was fired -
Four Slave States Stay in the Union
Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri did not join the Confederacy. -
General McDowell is replaced
Lincoln has replaced General McDowell with General George B. McCellan. -
First Battle of Bull Run
First major conflict of the Civil War, an army of 28,000 me led by General McDowell fought 33,000 Confederates who were led by General Beaurgard. -
Shiloh
Grant was losing until more Northerners showed up and defeated the Southerners in Shiloh, Tennessee. -
Aid to Soldiers
Clara Barton was the first women to get permission to travel behind the line to give injured soldiers aid. She aided both the North and South she then later created the American Red Cross and was the director until her death in 1912 at the age of 90. -
Emancipation Proclamation
President Lincoln issued the document Emancipation Proclamation and declared that ""that all persons held as slaves within the rebellious states are, and henceforward shall be free." -
Vicksburg
Grant surrounded the fort. On July 4th Vicksburg surrendered, this gave the North control over the Mississippi. -
Gettysburg
This battle lasted three days. Under the command of General George G. Meade, the Sounterners retreated back to Virginia. -
Gettysburg Adress
Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg adress. The most famous speech of the U.S. -
Sherman's March to the Sea
This was the beginning of the end for South Carolina. He had around 100,000 men in his army, His army was confronted by a confederate force of 55,000 men that was led by a man by the name of General Joseph E. Johnston. -
New Chief in the South
Lee becomes general chief in the South. -
Surrender at Appomattox
Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Grant because his army was weak and exhausted. -
Assasination of President Lincoln
A guy by the name of John Wilkes Booth assasinate Lincoln while he was at the Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. Booth was shot twelve days after killing Lincoln. -
End of the Civil War
The Civil war finally came to an end
