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South Secedes
The South believes that the North is too strong and believes that they will control them. So, the South secedes, to the Confederate States of America.
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Battle of Shiloh
On the morning of April 6, 1862, 40,000 Confederate soldiers under the command of Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston poured out of the nearby woods and struck a line of Union soldiers occupying ground near Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River.
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Attack of Fort Sumter
The South has seceded. They decide to attack a Northern fort called "Fort Sumter" in efforts to take control of the fort.
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Emancipation Proclaimation
Document written by president Abraham Lincoln that would free all slaves everywhere in the USA. The South hated this new law.
Link: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emancipation_ProclamationCached - Similar -
Gettysburg Address
The speak that Abraham Lincoln told to the world that all men are created equal.
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Sherman's March to the Sea
Name given to the Savannah Campaign lead by General William Sherman of the Union Amry.
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Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
The Battle of Appomattox Courthouse was the battle that General Robert E. Lee had surrendered to General Grant of the Union Army.
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Assiassination of President Lincoln
On April 14, 1865, President Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth at the Ford's Theater in Washington D.C.
Link: http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/civil/jb_civil_lincoln_1.html
