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Robert E. Lee was named commander in the battle to defend Richmond from the union forces. Before being named the commander of the army he had not had many successes, he suffered many defeats. Lee’s soldiers were described as tough and resilient, and were willing to suffer casualties to win against the union forces. -
South Carolina was the first state to secede from the federal union. Abraham Lincolns success in the 1860 election had caused calls for disunion in the south. -
Abraham Lincolns first inaugural address was him taking the oath of office for his first term and it was mostly addressed to the people of the south. He stated his policies and desires to the the seven states that had seceded to form the Confederate states of America. -
The confederate commander at Charleston was P.G.T Beauregard and he had opened fired on the fort. After a 34 hour bombardment, Anderson had surrendered so the victory went to the confederates. This battle had caused four more southern states to secede. -
Lincoln had suspended habeas corpus which had said that a person could not be arrested without a probable cause and the person would have to be told of the charges against them and given the chance to challenge them. The Supreme Court had eventually called the suspension unconstitutional, the civil war was almost over when this was decided. -
This battle took place in Prince William county an it was the first major land battle of the civil war. The union had came into the battle with inexperienced troops, they were confident and people from Washington D.C had came to watch the battle. The confederates were strong after they had gotten reinforcements from the Shenandoah valley, they had won due to the unorganized troops of the Union. -
Alexander H. Stephens had been chosen as the Vice President but he and Davis agreed a lot. Davis was chosen because of his military and political credentials. -
This was the first engagement between both iron clad naval vessels. The two ships had battled at the Hampton Roads for five hours, they had ended in a draw. -
This battle was fought in the Pittsburg land, it was fought to gain control of the Tennessee River. The union had won due to Johnston’s death, a confederate leader, whose death led to the disorganization of the confederate on day two of the battle. -
This battled was considered the bloodiest single day battle in American history. In about twelve hours there were 23,000 casualties. This battle had ended the confederate invasion in Maryland and the union had won. -
The North wanted Richmond since it was the South’s capital and if they could get it, it would have ended the war. The North had planned to cross the Rappahannock River and then go to Richmond before lees army could prevent them in doing this. They failed in doing their plan because there was delay and the out had realized what the north was doing and raced over to set up barricades on the opposite side of the river. -
The Emancipation proclamation is a formal announcement that Abraham Lincoln, the president in the time had signed. The proclamation announced the freeing of “persons held as slaves”. -
The capital of the confederacy was moved to Richmond for Virginia’s strategic importance. Virginia was the industrial center of the south. -
In this battle the union was defeated again, the confederacy was led by Robert E. Lee and the union by General Joseph Hooker. General hooker had led troops to the side of the confederates and had them trapped but instead of retreating, the confederate army split into two forces. The confederates continued the attack for several days, after many days of fighting the union army was forced to retreat. -
This battle is named after the town on the battlefield. Union general George G Meade led an army to victory against the confederates. The union had 90,000 men and the confederates 75,000. -
The confederates were torn into two, General John C. Pemberton surrendered to the union. The confederate surrender had guaranteed union control of the Mississippi River. -
These riots in New York City had happened when the working class of New York were angered over the new federal draft law. This caused five days of the bloodiest rioting in U.S History. -
In Lincolns Gettysburg address he pointed out the principles of human equality in the Declaration of Independence, it connected to the sacrifices of the civil war. The main message of the address was that the living could honor wartime dead not by a speech but continuing to fight for ideas to give there lives for. -
Atlanta was used as a enter for military operations because of its location. General William Tecumseh of the union Army sieged Atlanta causing it to fall into the unions forces -
In the middle of the civil war, president Lincoln of the union party defeated George McClellan. McClellan was the democratic nominee and he was a former general. -
Union general William T. Sherman began his expedition across Georgia. He torched the industrial section of Atlanta and pulled away from his supply lines. The purpose of this March was to frighten the population of Georgia to abandon the confederate cause. -
The 13th amendment had ended and abolished slavery in the United States. Abraham Lincoln had proposed this amendment to the legislatures and the number of states necessary ratified it by December sixth in 1865. -
Congress had passed “Am act to establish a bureau for the relief of freedom and refuges”, this was to provide shelter, clothes, medical service and supplies , and food to southerners who were displaced and the recently freed African Americans. -
In this inaugural address, Lincoln spoke about mutual forgiveness. His main point was to prove how the use of slavery had caused the war. -
This event was the signal that confederacy was near to its final days, The Yankees were along the Petersburg line and struck which caused the confederates to collapse. -
Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth president of the United States, was assassinated at Ford's Theater in Washington D.C. He was shot by John Wilkes Booth and he died the next morning. -
The union soldiers had tracked him down to a farm in Virginia and he is killed. They had found him 12 days after he had assassinated president Lincoln. -
Robert E. Lee had surrendered his confederate troops to the union. Lee had sent the message to Grant of his willingness, this
had officially ended the civil war
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