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civil war stuff

  • Jefferson Davis born

    he is older
  • Abraham was Born

    Abraham was Born

    he lives
  • William Tecumseh Sherman born

  • Harriet Tubman is born

  • Ulysses S. Grant born

  • Stonewell Jackson born

  • The Kansas Nebraska Act

    The Kansas–Nebraska Act of 1854 was a territorial organic act that created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska. It was drafted by Democratic Senator Stephen A. Douglas, passed by the 33rd United States Congress, and signed into law by President Franklin Pierce.
  • John Brown’s Raid on Harpers Ferry

    John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry was an effort by abolitionist John Brown, from October 16 to 18, 1859, to initiate a slave revolt in Southern states by taking over the United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. It has been called the dress rehearsal for, or Tragic Prelude to, the Civil War.
  • election of 1860

    Abraham Lincoln was elected president
  • Battle of fort sumter

    The Battle of Fort Sumter was the bombardment of Fort Sumter near Charleston, South Carolina by the South Carolina militia, and the return gunfire and subsequent surrender by the United States Army, that started the American Civil War.
  • Battle of Bull run

    The First Battle of Bull Run, also known as the Battle of First Manassas, was the first major battle of the American Civil War. The battle was fought on July 21, 1861, in Prince William County, Virginia, just north of the city of Manassas and about 30 miles west-southwest of Washington, D.C.
  • Civil War

    The Battle of bull run
  • Emancipation Proclamation

    The Emancipation Proclamation, or Proclamation 95, was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln on September 22, 1862, during the Civil War.
  • Battle of Gettysburg

    The Battle of Gettysburg was fought July 1–3, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, by Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War.
  • The Battle of Sherman’s March to the Sea

    Sherman's March to the Sea, American Civil War campaign that concluded Union operations in the Confederate state of Georgia. After seizing Atlanta, Union Maj.

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