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January 1863 Emancipation Proclamation is issued
Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation it was limited in many ways. It only applied to two states that had seceded from the union leaving slavery behind. The freedom depended on the Union Victory. -
Resistance by Slaves
In resistance the slaves would pretend to be ill. Others would do a poor job and destroy their owners Equipment. Many others just ran away which made them another form of residents. -
July 4, 1863 – The siege of Vicksburg
The Siege of Vicksburg (May 18 – July 4, 1863) was the final major military action in the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War. In a series of maneuvers, Union Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and his Army of the Tennessee crossed the Mississippi River and drove the Confederate army of Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton into the defensive lines surrounding the fortress city of Vicksburg, Mississippi. -
July 1863 – the Battle of Gettysburg
Of the more than 2,000 land engagements of the Civil War, Gettysburg ranks supreme. Although the Battle of Gettysburg did not end the war, it was the great battle of the war, marking the point when the ultimate victory of the North over the South became clear to both sides alike. -
November 19, 1863 – The Gettysburg Address
The Gettysburg Address is a speech by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln and is one of the most well-known speeches in United States history. It was delivered by Lincoln during the American Civil War, on the afternoon of Thursday, November 19, 1863, at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania; four and a half months after the Union armies defeated those of the Confederacy at the Battle of Gettysburg. -
July 1864 -- Confederate Troops Approach Washington, D.C.
After marching through Georgia for a month, Sherman stormed Fort McAllister on December 13, 1864, and captured Savannah itself eight days later. These seven views show the former stronghold and its dismantling preparatory to Sherman's further movement northward. This operation was ordered on December 24, and General William B. Hazen [2d Division, 15th Corps] and Major Thomas W. Osborn, chief of artillery, completed the task by December 29, storing the guns at Fort Pulaski. -
Civil War Prison Camps
There is an Estimated 56,000 men in the Prison camps. Although some prison commanders on both sides were deliberately cruel and vindictive to those in their charge, the conditions in Civil War prisons were primarily due to circumstances and poor planning, rather than a calculated conspiracy to kill prisoners. -
November 19, 1863 – The Gettysburg AddressMarch 1964 – General Grant commander of all the Union Armies
In March 1964, Sherman was made commander of all the Western armies when Grant went to the East to accept his promotion as general-in-chief; by September Sherman had captured Atlanta, in one of the most decisive campaigns of the Civil War. -
March 1863 -- The First Conscription Act.
The instituted the first federal military draft in American History. This Act was passed and made all men between the ages of 20-45 liable to go to military services. The act seemed unfair to the poor, so it caused them to protest in the south. -
54th Massachusetts Regiment EDIT THIS ONE
The 54th Massachusetts Regiment was made up of free African Americans. Because it was the first Black regiment to be organized in the North. Many people were watching its progress. The Regiment was formed after the Emancipation Proclamation that fought for the union.
