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The Election of 1860 was when Abraham Lincoln was Elected.
No one in the South voted for him But the majority of the North did.
South did not like the fact that they did not have a lot of say in the precedent. -
The first state to leave the union was South Carolina. It led to the other Southern States leaving. Jefferson Davis was the first president elected by the Confederate states. -
The South attacked Fort Sumter which officially started the Civil War. -
It was The Union attempting to take the South's capital. The union lost and It changed the way they viewed the war. The Union then realized the war would last longer than they initially thought. -
It could have been the end of the war but it ended up being the bloodiest battle. It was the first Major Win for the North. Lifted the spirits of the Union. -
General Burnside replaced McLellan as Union general. Burnsides' plan was to take the capital, Richmond. The confederate won. General Burnside withdrew from his position. The union was losing hope and was embarrassed that we keep losing battles. -
Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation after the union victory at Antietam. It Freed all slaves in confederate states in the hope that they would join the union. -
The battle Grant was leading in the south in order to take over the Mississippi River and finish the anaconda plan. The Union won. -
It was the first Black regiment to lead an attack. It was important because it showed people that African Americans can do it. -
It was a turning point for the union because they had the high ground. The union had fewer deaths and more soldiers; the South had fewer soldiers and more deaths. It was the last time General Lee attempted to invade the North. -
Abraham Lincoln's most famous speech. Said to recognize all the soldiers who died in the war so far. His purpose was to motivate the Union not to give up and enlist in the army. -
Grant's plan was called total war which meant anything on the opposite side is an enemy, like resources and land. Grant went to the south and burned down farms and destroyed all the railroads. -
The 13th amendment, which formally abolished slavery in the United States
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General Lee and the union general meet up and Lee surrendered. The southern government did not agree to it and did not acknowledge the fact that they surrendered. The Union general made it clear that he only wanted peace and for the war to be over.
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