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Battle of New Orleans
ratify the Treaty of Ghent, which ended the war.
marked the state's political incorporation into the Union.
helped the Union gain control of the Mississippi River. -
Battle of New Orleans
marked the state's political incorporation into the Union.
It helped the Union gain control of the Mississippi River. -
The south secedes (Withdraws from membership in a federal union)
The federal government is instituting policies that go against the best interests of the South, such as tariffs that disproportionately hurt the South and attempts to free the slaves who work on Southern plantations. Just as the colonists had the right to declare independence from Britain nearly a century ago, the South has the right to seek its independence from the Union. -
First shots of civil war were fired
fired in Fort Sumter -
battle of bull run
it gave the south confidence that they had the ability to compete with the union -
Battle of Shiloh
fought in tennessee -
Emancipation Proclamation
a military action aimed at the states in rebellion -
Gettysburg
last time Robert E. Lees troops launched an attack in the north, Lee lost so many troops that he would never again invade the north -
Grants Capture of RIchmond
If the Union could capture Petersburg, Lee's army would no longer be able to receive supplies by train. Neither would the Confederate capital of Richmond. At the same time, Grant sent General Philip Sheridan into the Shenandoah Valley to burn the rich farmlands. Grant thought that the destruction of that important region would be sure to force the Confederate army to surrender. -
civil war end
with the surrender of the Confederate army. at Appomattox Court House in Virginia