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fort sumter
The first shots of the Civil War were fired April 12, 1861 at Fort Sumter, south Carolina. Also there were no deaths that day. -
first battle of bull run
was a major battle such as battle of bull run 1 and 2. Antietam, and shiloh, among others, claimed tens of thousands of lives on both sides in 1861 and 1862. -
Antietam
The battle was located in Sharpsburg, MD. Battle of Antietam is the eighth-costliest land battle of the American Civil War. -
emancipation proclamation
was an executive order issued on January 1, 1863, by President Lincoln freeing slaves in all portions of the United States not then under Union control that is, within the Confederacy. -
end of reconstruction
he states that had seceded to the Confederacy were controlled by the federal government before being readmitted to the Union. -
battle of gettysburg
is considered the most important engagement of the American Civil War. Also had a great victory. -
defeat of vicksburg
Robert E. Lee's defeat at Gettysburg by Maj. Gen. George Meade and retreat beginning the same day, the turning point of the war. -
new york
known at the time as Draft Week, were violent disturbances in Lower Manhattan. -
54th mass
Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that saw extensive service in the Union Army during the American Civil War. -
Gettysburg adress
. A speech delivered by Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War. -
Sherman
A movement of the Union army troops of General William Tecumseh Sherman from Atlanta, Georgia, to the Georgia seacoast, with the object of destroying Confederate supplies -
congress passes 13th amendment
to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime -
creation
, President Abraham Lincoln signs a bill creating the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands. Known as the Freedmen's Bureau. -
Surrender at Appomattox court house
was one of the last battles of the American Civil War. -
assassination of Lincoln
was shot in head by a known well famous actor john Wilkes.Our American Cousin at Ford's was the play in Washington Dc. -
14th amendment
The Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868, as one of the Reconstruction Amendments -
15 Amendment
The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the federal and state governments -
supreme court case
was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court issued in 1896. Also it upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities as long as the segregated facilities were equal in quality.