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Fort Sumter
The North came to attack Fort Sumter.
The Southerner's thught the guns were fireworks.
The Southerner's fouht back but after 34 hours.
The Southerners surrendered. -
Bull Run
Union forces headed to Richmond (Confederate Capitol) when they ran into 30,000 Confederates.
Picnickers from D.C. came to watch 'the end of the war.'
Stonewall Jackson leads Southern charge.
Confederates won. -
Antietam
Anteitam was the bloodiest day in American history.
More death than the last two wars combined.
6,000 men dead, 20,000 men wounded.
The war was fought in Antietam Creek, Maryland, (Union). -
Emancipation Proclamation
This was issued by Presidant Abraham Lincoln.
This did not free anyone.
This did stop the British from giving the South goods.
This is what made the war about freedom to the slaves. -
Gettysburg
Lee needed a victory in the Union territory.
50,000 dead men combined.
Pickett's charge fails.
The Union scores a Victory. -
Vicksburg
40+ days of fighting.
The Union victory allowed the North to control the Mississippi. The Anaconda Plan was a brilliant plan made by Ulyssess S. Grant and Abraham Lincoln.
It was about surounding them, then squeezing them like an anaconda.
The North won this battle.
