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lincoln
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civil war
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Abraham Lincoln elected president
Abe became the 16th president beating out stephen A. douglas he's going to change a bunch of things -
fort sumter
the first battle of the civil war and south said the fort was theres and the north said it was theres. started the war -
blockade of the south
The north used the blockade to prevent passage of supplies, goods, and arms to and from the south limited the south of places to go and supplies that they recive -
1st battle of bull run
first big land battle of the civil war first big battle of the civil war -
Monitor vs. Virginia naval battle
The battle between the two ended in a stalemate that the new ships could change alot of things -
Battle of Shiloh
The first major battle on union soil ended the hope of the south from keeping the union from coming into northern mississippi -
7 days campaign
series of six major battles over the seven days of june 25 to july 1st that the north could not get to richmond -
Antietam
The first major battle to take place on union soil the bloodest battle of the civil war -
Emancipation Proclamation
The freedom of slaves in the ten states led slaves go and fight -
2nd Battle of Bull Run
battle of much larger scale and numbers form the first battle one of the confederates victory's -
Emancipation Proclamation takes effect
The blacks were able to fight for very little pay the blacks are now able to fight and get payed -
Battle at Chancellorsville
known as lee's prefect batttle he divided his forces and defeated the bigger force Lee's command led the south to another victory -
battle of gettysburg
The battle with the most number of deaths in the civil war made Lee's army retreat -
Siege of Vicksburg
grant went on defence and used it to his advantage that grant was a good leader -
Gettysburg Address
one of the most well know speeches in us history, abe talked about new freedom talked about ending the war -
Battle at Chattanooga
series of plans and battles in october and november opened a part of the south -
Ulysses S. Grant takes over the Union Army
defeated Robert E. Lee after apointed that he could defeat lee -
Sherman takes Atlanta
Union won hastening the end of the war the battle started the end of the war -
Sherman begins march to the sea
Sherman let atlanta and went and captured savannah drove the lines shut between the north and the south -
Abraham Lincoln re-elected
The election was held during the civil war and lincoln won that he got a second term -
Savannah, GA falls to the Union
They captured savannah and made a barrier that led to the east to the west shutting the lines -
13th Amendment passed
otlawed slavery officially not letting anyone to be a slave again -
Union Army moves in and occupies Richmond, VA.
The union army occupies Richmond, VA richmond was the confederates leadership and the north took richmond -
Robert E. Lee surrenders
he was going to make a push but then he saw to sets of infantry and then he had to choice but to surender the end of the war -
Abe lincoln shot and killed
Abe lincoln shot and died the next mourning shot by john wilkes booth started everything over again
