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civil war time span
united states civil war -
abraham lincoln is elected president
he is from the north and wanted to put an end to slavery -
south carolina secedes from the union
in 1860, the state of South carolina officially withdraws from the U.S. -
kansas added to the union
admitted as a state; as a free state than a slave state -
confederation formed
southern states form own country called confederate states of america; jefferson davis as president -
Lincoln becomes president
he is in office and wants to restore the union -
civil war begins
south attacks fort sumter and starts the war -
fort sumter
the site of the first shots of the civil war in south carolina -
more states leave the union
virginia, north carolina, tennessee, and arkansas all leave the union to join confederacy -
union blockade
lincoln announces blockade where the union navy keeps supplies from entering or leaving the confederacy -
robert e. lee resigns his commission
he resigns his commission in the army and is then offered command of military and naval forces and accepts -
lincoln requests army
he addresses congress to request enlistment of a union army -
first bull run
union suffers a defeat at bullrun causing union to go back to washington -
moniter vs merrimack
confederate uss merrimack battles the union uss monitor changes naval warfare forever -
battle of shiloh
union general grant's forces are surprised in tennesse; 13,000 union and 10,000 confederate casulaties (more than in all previous wars combined) -
seven days battle
general lee and general mcclella; lee might extend the war from june 25 to july 1 -
second battle of bull run
general john pope led 70,000 union troops back to bull run -
antietam
bloodiest day in u.s. military history; 26,000 men dead, wounded, or missing; general lee withdraws to Virginia -
preliminary emancipation
lincoln issues a prelimnary emancipation proclamation which declares his intentions to free all slaves -
fredericksburg
123,000 union troops vs 78,000 confederate troops fight in the largest civil war battle yet -
emancipation proclamation
lincoln issues an order of freeing the enslaved -
general grant is in command of the army
he has orders to capture Vicksburg -
northern tide turns
beginning of 1863 needed to replace fallen soldiers on both side; and made men from 20-45 yrs old mandatory for the service -
stonewall jackson dies
confederate general dies from wounds when he was mistakenly shot by his own troops -
battle of gettysburg
major battle where the north won and starts to win civil war -
pickett's charge
general Lee orders general pickett to assault entrenched union positions which more than half of 12,000 confederate soldiers walked into gun fire from july 1-july, 4 -
draft riots
the government attempts conscription and riot breaks out; in NY 120 men, women and children are killed from july 13 - july 16. -
battle of chickamauga
general rosecrans is deafeated by general bragg in tennesse -
virginia campaign
grant and 120,000 troops march south towards richmond over the next six weeks a war of attrition causes 50,000 casulties of union soldiers -
battle of the wilderness
thousands of men burn to death -
battle of spotsylvania
general grant attacks Lee's confederate forces and grant loses more soldiers which lee is forces to retreat south -
battle of cold harbor
7,000 union deaths in 20 minutes -
siege of petersburg
south of richmond the beginning of a ninemonth siege -
sherman captures atlanta
general sherman captures atlanta -
battle of nashville
confederate army is crushed by union army -
savannah captured
ending the march to the sea, union general sherman offers the city to Lincoln as a "christmas presnet'. -
13th amendments ends slavery
the emdnment is approved by the u.s. congress and this abolishes slavery -
freemans bureau
a releif of freemen and refugees; provides necessities to displaced southerners and newly free african americans as well as giving them land -
second linocln inaugural
lincoln is sworn in for his second term as the president -
richmond falls
union army captures richmond -
general robert e. lee surrenders
leader of confederate army surrenders at the appomattox court house -
lincoln is assassinated
john wilkes booth shoots lincoln at fords theater -
johnston surrenders
general johnston who is leading the largest confederate army in existense surrenders in North Carolina -
the ku klux klan was formed
their goal was to contunue to support the idea that white people are superior to black people -
black codes
this restricted black peoples right to own propety, businesses, buy and lease land, and move freely -
14th amendment
the fourteenth amendment includes equal rights as citizens to all born in the USA -
reconstruction acts of 1867
these outlined terms for readmissions to represent "rebel states" -
purchase of alaska
for 7.2 million this added 586,412 square miles to the U.S.