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First Bull Run (Virginia)
Union won at this battle until 'Stonewall' Jackson took a stronger stand. -
Battle of Fredricksburg
Burnside attacked Robert E Lee, Union suffers the most losses. -
Battle of Anteidam
The Confederate sates invaded the North, in which the Union lost more soldiers. -
Battle of Chancellorsville
Joe Hooker vs Robert E Lee, in which Lee held his greatest victory- a 12 mile surprise attack in the woods. Stonewall Jackson dies from injury sustained within this battle. -
Battle of Gettysburg (Turning Point)
Lee's army searched for supplies in Gettysburg, 50,000 killed for Union victory in three days. -
Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation freed all enslaved people within the Union states and helped keep foreign help for CSA away. -
Gettysburg Address
Lincoln gives memorial to those killed in the battle of Gettysburg, addresses why they fought. -
Attorney John S. Rock
Attorney John S. Rock is the first African American to argue a case before the supreme court. Charles Sumner introduced a motion making John S. Rock the first black attorney to be admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court of the United States. -
The Freedmen's Bureau
An agency established by the government was created to aid former slaves from across the south, called the Freedmen's Bureau. This agency would later oversee some 3,000 schools for blacks across the south & run hospitals. -
Appomattox
Confederate genral Robert E Lee surrenders to Ulysses S. Grant in Appomattox -
13th Ammendment
Congress passes the first law promoting civil & political rights for southern African Americans, the 13th amendment officially ends slavery.
