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Battle of Fort Sumter
On April 12, 1861, General P.G.T. Beauregard, in command of the Confederate forces around Charleston Harbor, opened fire on the Union garrison holding Fort Sumter. At 2:30pm on April 13 Major Robert Anderson, garrison commander, surrendered the fort and was evacuated the next day.
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The Civil War
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1st Battle of Bull Run
General McDowell lead 30,000 men against Gen. Johnston's 22,000 Southern troops in an attempt to crush the rebels and go "On to Richmond." South scores victory as Union troops flee back to Washington in disorder.
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Battle of New Orleans
Farragut seizes New Orleans for Union after boldly attacking Southern position. 11 Southern ships were sunk.
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Battle of Antietam
This battle was fought near Sharpsburg, Maryland, and Antietam Creek as part of the Maryland Campaign, was the first major battle in the American Civil War to take place on Union territory. It was the bloodiest single day battle in all of American history. The amount of dead, wounded, and missing people was 22,717. -
Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipatissued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, as a war measure during the American Civil War, directed to all of the areas in rebellion and all segments of the Executive branch (including the Army and Navy) of the United States. It proclaimed the freedom of slaves in the ten states that were still in rebellion, applying to 3 million of the 4 million slaves in the U.S. -
Battle of Vicksburg
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Battle of Gettysburg
After three days of fighting, Lee retreats, leaving 4,000 dead Confederates. Total casualties: 23,000 Union, 28,000 Confederates.
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Wilderness & Spotsylvania
Lee stops Union troops at the Wilderness, but Grant resumes march to Richmond though suffering huge losses (55,000 men to South's 31,000), Grant states "I propose to fight on this line if it takes all summer" -
Battle of Petersburg
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Confederacy surrenders
Lee, refusing to see his troops suffer any further, surrenders to Grant. Southern troops were given generous terms of surrender. Lee surendured at Appomattox court house on April 9, 1865.
