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Civil war
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Abraham Lincoln elected president
He won the election and became one of the best presidents we had. He helped win the civil war -
Battlle of Fort Sumter
It was a battle that did not suffer really much casualties but made people mad It was the starting of the civil war. -
Lincoln orders the blockade of the south
Lincoln told them to block the ports to 7 states that were seceaded. He did this so they could not trade cooton and this made the south mad so this increased the chances of the civil war. -
!st battle of bull run
The union attacked richmond virginia and the condfederates was getting beat and they launched a hug counter attack. This was singificent because it was when they relized this was just getting started -
Monitor vs. Virginia naval battle
Two ironclads ships fought and ended in stalemate -
Battle of Shiloh
also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing. Major battle in the western theater in the american civil war. The confederates sttacked Grant. The confedrates lost. -
Seven day campaign
This was a serious thing it was six major battles that went from june 25 to july 1st This is big because there were big battles -
2nd Battle of Bull Run
It was fought on the smae ground as the first one. and suffered even more casualities. -
Antietam
also know as the battle of sharpsburg it was the first major battle on union soil. It was the bloodiest single day battle. It was the bloodiest single day battle. -
Emancipation Proclamation takes effect
It ended slavery in rebelling states. It freed the slaves. -
Emancipation Proclamation
It was a thing that all slaves in the rebelious slaves are now free. This is important because it freed a lot of slaves and made the south even more mad -
Battle of Gettysburg
It was a battle for gettysburg. It was important because it was the largest number of casualties in the civil war. -
Battle of Vicksburg
It was the final major military action in the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War. They won by wearing them out. It was a major battle. -
Battle at Chancellorsville
The confederates won. It had a bunch of casualties. 24,000 some where around there. The union tried to attack the confederates supply lines and failed. -
Gettysburg Address
It was one of lincoln's best speeches he explained human equalty and other things. It made people like him more. -
Battle at Chattanooga
The union was cutting off its supplies and won then it was the gateway to the south that is its nickname. -
Ulysses S. Grant
It was a serious thing because he went through a lot of battles and won. This was important because he was the reason they were winning. -
Sherman wins atlanta
It cut off the souths supplies. It got lincoln re-elected -
Abraham re-elected
He got re-elected because of the people. It was singficant because he was a really good president./ -
Sherman begins march to the sea
Sheramn captured alanta and savannah. He weakened the condfederates -
Savannah, GA falls to the Union
Sherman captures the city and creates a barrier across the south east and west. -
13th Amendment passed
It ended slavery period. It changed a bunch of peoples lives. -
Union takes richmond
Basiclly the union won against richmond This was important because it was the confederates capital and it had all te railroads and things like that. -
Robert E. Lee surrenders
He surrendered his 28,000 soilders and it ended the civil war. The war finally ended. -
Lincoln gets shot
Licoln got shot in the head while watching a play. It made the north mad
