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Civil War Timeline
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Battle at Fort Sumter
It was were the North and the South meet to fight and the north won. -
Abe Lincoln orders blockade of the south
It closed 3,500 miles, it was know as the Andaconda plan, It blocked the Confederates from the west. -
1st Battle of Bull Run
It was the first major land battle of the Civil War. -
Ulysses S. Grant takes over the Union Army
As commanding general of the Army, Grant confronted Robert E. Lee that had many deaths battles in 1864 -
Monitor vs. Virginia naval battle
The battle was a part of the act of the Confederacy to break the Union blockade -
Battle of Shiloh
There was a a surprise attack, It took place at the Pittsburg Landing, The union won -
7 Days Campaign
a series of six major battles over the seven days, The Union attacked in Oak Grove -
2nd Battle of Bull Run (or 2nd battle of Manassas)
The battle was big, fought on the same ground as the first one. -
Antietam
It was the bloodiest day in American military history -
Emancipation Proclamation issued
It freed 50,000 slaves, it gave the slaves freedom -
Emancipation Proclamation takes effect
Everyone was rebeling from the states -
Battle at Chancellorsville
They tried to flank and they attacked in the wilderness, The confederates won. -
Battle of Gettysburg
The battle with the largest number of deaths in the Civil War -
Siege of Vicksburg (use the date it ended)
They surronded Visksburg and they had the largest number of deaths of any war. -
. Gettysburg Address
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Many well know speechs. -
Battle at Chattanooga
Artillery bombardment by Union, they evicate the cities -
Sherman captures Atlanta
Union Maj. Gen. James B. McPherson was killed during this battle, helped the rail supply in atlanta -
Abraham Lincoln re-elected
The war was in its fourth year, military was changed a lot, 5 months the collapse of the Confederacy was complete. -
Sherman begins march to the sea
He began by torching the industrial section of Atlanta and pulling away from his supply lines -
Abraham Lincoln elected president
hope for a settlement with the Confederacy vanished from the U.S. -
Savannah, GA falls to the Union
they captured Savannah,GA, reated a military barrier that stretches from east to west across The union got more land -
Union Army moves in and occupies Richmond, VA.
Richmond had rail and industry, military hospitals, and prisoner-of-war camps and prisons, -
Abraham Lincoln shot and killed
took place on Good Friday, he was assaniated in a movie theator, as the Civil War was drawing to a close. -
Robert E. Lee surrenders
28,000 troops to Union General, -
13th Amendment passed
It officially ended slavery.
