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1st Battle of Bull Run
Confederate Victory
Losses and Casualties - 6000 -
Trent Affair
A union ship stopped a Brittish Ship and took two passengers, Confederate politicians, captive. This temporaliy strained relations between the Union and Great Brittion until the prisoners were released. (the photo depects James Mason, one of the Confederates taken prisoner) -
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Battle of Shiloh
23000 casualties
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2nd Battle of Bull Run
Confederate Victory -
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Battle of Antietam
Union Victory
Casualties - 22000
Losses - 15000 -
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Battle of Fredricksburg
Confederate Victory
Casualties and Losses - 17000 -
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Battle of Chancelorsville
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Battle of Vicksburg
Decisive Union Victory
29000 Confederates surrendered
Losses and Casualties - 8000 -
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Gettysburg
The most decisive and bloodiest battle of the Civil War; Gettysburg saw an estimated 51,000 soldiers killed, wounded, missing, or captured.
The aftermath of this battle saw Lincoln give the Emancipation Proclamation as part of the Gettysburg Address. -
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New York Draft Riots
Those of the working class rioted to protest the draft; they considered it unfair that the wealthier could afford to pay someone else to take their place. -
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Battle of Chikamauga
Confederate Victory
Casualties - 35000 -
Gettysburd Address
Delivered by Abraham Lincoln at the dedication ceremony for the cemetary on the lands where the Battle of Gettysburg was fought. Barely over two minutes long, this speech is considered to be one of the best and most important political speeches in American History. -
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Battle of Chattonooga
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10% Plan
This would be a plan for reinstating the states that had left the Union. They would be recognized when ten percent of the population (as it was recognized in 1860) voted to rejoin. -
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Battle of Spotsylvania
Inconclusive in terms of Winner
Casualties and Losses - 30000 -
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Battle of Cold Harbor
It actually started the 31st of May, but the website won't let me add that for some reason. -
Wade-Davis Bill
A bill vetoed by Lincoln that would have made it more difficult for formerly Confederate States to rejoin the Union. -
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Battle of Petersburg
Union Victory
Casualties - 70000 -
Battle of Franklin
Union Victory
Casualties and Losses - 10000 -
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Battle of Nashville
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KKK Founded
The KKK was a group founded by six Confederate veterians that was against racial equality. It still exists - to a lesser degree - today. (i could not find an exact day, only the year) -
Freedman's Bureau Founded
A government organization set aside to aid former slaves. -
Assassination of President Lincoln
Lincoln was assassionated while attending a perforamnce at the Ford Theater by a pro-Confederate rebel named John Wilkes Booth. -
13th Ammendment
This ammendment abolished slavery in the United States. -
1st Reconstruction Act
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Impeachment of Pres. Johnson
First impeachment of a sitting US President -
14th Ammendment
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15th Ammendment
Ensures voteing rights to all men, regardless of race. -
End of Reconstruction
The time of rebuilding the south came to an end in 1877. I chose March 4 because that is the day that President Haynes (pictures in the painting) offically removed troops from the south.
