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Abraham Lincoln elected president: March 4th 1861, had no plans to end slavery in states that it already existed and did not accept succession. He hoped to resolve the national crisis without warfare.
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Battle at Fort Sumter: April 12 1861, Planned to send supplies he told the state in advance to avoid problems. The commander of the fort Robert Anderson, was asked to surrender immediately. He said he would, but only after he had ran out weapons. His offer was rejected and they started to fire.
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Lincoln orders blockade of the south: April 19 1961, The federal navy had to be improved and they used ships.
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Also known as First Manassas (the name used by Confederate forces), was fought on July 21, 1861, in Prince William County, Virginia, near the city of Manassas. It was the first major land battle of the American Civil War.
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Monitor vs. Virginia naval battle: March 8-9, 1862- the Ironclad ship Virginia(confederates) sunk 2 wooden Union ships then the Union also made a iron ship (the Monitor)- changed ship warfare for forever
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Grant captured many forts in Tennessee. The South lost.
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7 Days Campaign: June 26- July 2, 1862 They fought a series of battles: Mechanicsville (June 26-27), Gaines's Mill (June 27), Savage's Station (June 29), Frayser's Farm (June 30), and Malvern Hill (July 1). The Confederates withdrew to Richmond.
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Antietam: September 17 1862, Robert E. Lee told the Confederates to fight. He crossed the Potomac River into Maryland. Union troops battled in Sharpsburg. Lee withdrew troops.
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Union generals declared slaves escaping to their lines (contraband war) that they weren’t returned to their masters. Congress passed an act that all slaves from the Union be considered free.
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attacked the Union and it turned into a disaster.
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President Lincoln signed the final Emancipation Proclamation, which ended slavering in rebelling states.
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Union General Hooker crossed the Rappahannock River to attack General Lee's forces. The Union army almost completely defeated them.
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Battle of Gettysburg:July 1–3, 1863-The battle with the largest number of casualties
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Grant surrounded the fort. On July 4th they surrendered. The North gained control of the Mississippi river.
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The high marker of the Confederacy. It was also significant because it ended the hope of the Confederate hopes to be recognition by foreign governments.
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Union forces pushed Confederate troops away.
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Ulysses S. Grant takes over the Union Army: March 9 1864, Lincoln tells general Grant to command all armies of the United States. William T. Sherman accepts Grant as commander.
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General Sherman cuts the rail lines around Atlanta and captures the key Southern city, bolstering public opinion in the North as Lincoln prepares for re-election.
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He ran against George B. McClellan. Elections were held in the Union states and he won by more than 400,000 votes.
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William T Sherman left Tennessee with 100,000 troops. Soldiers burned and destroyed everything within 60 miles.
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Sherman telegraphs Lincoln offering him Savannah as a Christmas present.
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officially outlawed slavery except as a punishment for a crime.
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General Grant and General Meade's Army moved to the south of Richmond. During the winter of 1864-65 the Union army attacked many times, but could not break through. After nine months General Lee was forced to retreat toward Lynchburg giving up both Petersburg and Richmond.
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Robert E. Lee surrenders: April 14 1865, He surrenders after Fort Sumter.
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Abraham Lincoln shot and killed: April 14, 1865- Shot in head by John Wilkes Booth, a member of a group to kill Lincoln.
