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Fort Sumter
Lincoln sent troops to reinforce the Union-owned fort in South Carolina.
South fired first
South won after the Union Surrendered -
Bull Run
Northern troops charged into the Southern capitol to see 30,000 troops waiting for them. The north was dominatic at first but the South came back and won -
Antietem
Antietam Creek, Maryland (Union)
New reality of war = new weapons = LOTS of death
6,000 dead, 20,000 wounded
Greatest 1-day battle loss of life fo US
More death than last 2 wars combined -
Ironclad Warships
The North needed to surround the south to be able to win the war faster. The north had a good navy but they knew they needed to make something a bit better, so they took a normal navy ship and covered it in iron. The south then made an iron ship. They then met on the water, and the battle was indecisive because cannonballs would do no damage to the other ship. The north then hurried and made a bunch of ships out of iron and they eventually surrounded the South. -
Gettysburg
THE turning point of the war
Lee needed a victory in Union territory
50,000 dead combined
Pickett's charge fails -
VIcksburg
more than 40 days of fighting
Union victory allowed North to control the Mississisppi
Helped fulfill the anaconda Plan
North Victory -
Sherman's March
He would march through the south and burn down barns and eat all of the food that the south had. City's on occasion would be burned down too. he did not intend for any civilians to die or be injured but it happened sometimes. This was meant to scare them to not join the war.
