Civil War

By mcculloughr3

  • Fort Sumter

    The first shots of the civil war took place here. The south attacked the fort from every way.

  • First Battle of Bull Run

    This was the first major land battle of the civil war.

  • Battle of Antietam

    Confederates invade Maryland. North found a paper with the plan to invade the north so they knew the next move.

  • Emancipation Proclamation

    Lincoln released the emancipation proclamation stating that any African Americans involved in the rebellion would be free. The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."

  • Defeat of Vicksburg

    The Siege of Vicksburg was a great victory for the Union. It gave control of the Mississippi River to the Union. May 18- July 4, 1863

  • Battle of Gettysburg

    union victory. Gettysburg ended Confederate general Robert E. Lee's ambitious second quest to invade the North and bring the Civil War to a swift end. The loss there dashed the hopes of the Confederate States of America to become an independent nation.

  • Gettysburg Address

    Lincoln invoked the principles of human equality contained in the Declaration of Independence and connected the sacrifices of the Civil War with the desire for “a new birth of freedom,” as well as the all-important preservation of the Union created in 1776 and its ideal of self-government.

  • Abraham Lincoln Assassination

    John Wilkes Booth snuck into the theater where Lincoln was watching a play and shot him in the back of the head. He died the next day.

  • 14th Amendment

    Granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States, including former enslaved people, and guaranteed all citizens “equal protection of the laws.” It was one of three amendments passed during the Reconstruction era to abolish slavery.

  • 15th Amendment

    “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.” The 15th Amendment gave African Americans the right to vote.