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First and second battle of Bull Run
The Confederates won the battle, but both sides suffered casualties. The Union suffered 2,896 casualties including 460 killed. The Confederates had 1,982 casualties with 387 killed.
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South Carolina Secedes
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Confederation formed
The confederacy was formed by seven slave states, South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas. (States meet to form confederacy) -
The Beginning of the Civil War
Confederate troops fired fired their guns on fort sumpter causing union forces to surrender, this marked the start of the civil war.
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Lincoln elected
Lincoln was elected for president in 1861
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Battle of Shiloh
The battle of Shiloh was a crucial victory for the union during the civil war On April 7, 1862, the Civil War's Battle of Shiloh ended with a United States (Union) victory over Confederate forces in Pittsburg landing in Tennessee. (Battle of Shiloh) -
Battle of Antietam
the deadliest one-day battle in American military history, showed that the Union could stand against the Confederate army.
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Emancipation proclamation
The emancipation proclamation confirmed slaves insistence that the war for the union must become a war for freedom.
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Siege of Vicksburg
A victory at the siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi in 1863 gave the union control of the Mississippi River in the American civil war (Siege of Vicksburg) -
Reconstruction of the south
Among the other achievements of reconstruction were the south’s first state funded public school systems, more equitable taxation legislation, laws against racial discrimination in public transport and accommodations and ambitions economic development programs (reconstruction) -
Gettysburg
The unions victory in the battle would give the north a major morale boost which puts a end to confederate general Robert E.Lee’s bold plan to invade the north. (The Battle Of Gettysburg) -
Lincoln re elected
Lincoln's re-election ensured that he would preside over the successful conclusion of the Civil War. Lincoln's victory made him the first president to win re-election since Andrew Jackson in 1832, as well as the first Northern president to ever win re-election. ( 1860 United States presidential election) -
Lincoln Assassination
John Wilkes booth, a famous actor assassinated president Abraham Lincoln at fords theater in Washington DC. The attack came only 5 days Confederate General Robert E Lee surrendered his massive army in Virginia. (Abraham Lincoln’s assassination) -
Robert E. Lee surrenders
In hopes of uniting with more confederate troops in North Carolina, Lee and the confederate abandoned the capitol of Richmond and retreated. However the union army soon cut off the retreat they were forced to stop at Appomattox, Virginia. (Robert E lee surrenders at Appomattox)