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Lincoln is elected. 7 southern states suceed from the Union. Lincoln sent troops to reinforce the Union-owned fort in South Carolina. South fired first. This was the first battle of the Civil war. Confederate troops attacked Fort Sumter. US troops eventually had to surrender after 34 hours under attack.
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Union forces headed to Richmond, Viginia, (Confederate Capitol) when they ran into 30,000 Confederates. Stonewall Jackson lead the Southern charge. Picnickers from DC came to watch "the end of the Civil War".
The South won the battle.
Both sides realized it would be a long and bloody war. -
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 for the US.
More death than last 2 wars combined.
Union victory -
Freed NO ONE
Stopped foreign assistance from going South.
Made the Nourthern cause about "giving freedom to all" -
July 1-3
THE turning point of the war.
Lee needed a victory in the Union territory.
50,000 dead combined.
Pickett's charge fails.
UNION VICTORY
Second day of fighting was the largest. -
May-July 1863.
40+ days of fighting.
The Union victory allowed the North to control the Mississippi.
Helped fulfill Anaconda Plan.
Union Victory. -
Robert E. Lee surenders to Ulysses S. Grant.
Terms of surrender; Southern forces could go home and keep their weapons and horses.
Grant gives food to Southern troops.
Union celebrates.
