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In the 1860 election, Lincoln was elected as president by the Republicans and was anti-slavery which had scared southern states. Had 40% of the popular vote but got majority College. -
Led by South Carolin the southern states decided to leave the United States (the union) because they feared that slavery would be taken. -
Once the Confederate States of America was formed they knew that they wanted someone who would be a pro-slaver and pass more slave laws. -
Fort Sumter was a federal fort (camp?) owned by the US which was located in South Carolina (Confederate State). This was the battle that officially started the Civil War. -
Federal forces attempted to flank Confederate positions by crossing Bull Run but were turned back. The end result of the battle was a Confederate victory and Federal forces retreated to the defenses of Washington, DC. -
The battle began when the Confederate Army launched a surprise attack on Union forces in southwestern Tennessee. After initial successes, the Confederates were unable to hold their positions and were forced back, resulting in a Union victory. -
The Battle of Antietam pitted the Union of the Potomac against General Robert E. Lee and his Army of Northern Virginia. The Maryland Campaign first attempt to take the war North and it was McClellan who was tasked by President Abraham Lincoln to stop it from happening. -
President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. Freeing all the enslaved of rebellious states. -
Union victory. After a 47-day Confederate troops surrendered. Together with the Union victory at Gettysburg just a day before, Vicksburg marked a turning point in the fortunes of the Union army. -
The Battle of Gettysburg was fought in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, by Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War. The battle had the most casualties of the Civil War. -
The Gettysburg Address is a speech that U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivered during the American Civil War at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery, now known as Gettysburg National Cemetery, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. -
Take Atlanta after a month, and then Savannah, reach the sea and separate the Confederacy. Take anything in their path and use it to feed/supply/support the Union Army
Devastates and wrecks the South. The most destructive campaign. -
The 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution provides that "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime where of the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction." -
The Battle of Appomattox Court House started during the early morning hours of April 9, 1865. By the afternoon of the same day, the commander of all Confederate forces, surrendered his Army of Northern Virginia. -
Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, was assassinated by well-known stage actor John Wilkes Booth while attending the play Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. Shot in the head as he watched the play.