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Civil war
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south secedes
south carolina acted first to be apart of the union. within three months of lincoln election seven states secedes from the union. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAIApIGqsBU -
Lincoln's Inauguration.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30le9G8JhXs Lincoln doesnt want to pick a side yet whether slave or free state. -
attack on fort sumter
battle of fort sumterPresident lincoln sent supplies to fort sumter he alerted the state before to avoid hostilities. south carolina thought it was a trick so commander anderson surrendered immediatley. he denied the offer then later shots was fired then eventually fort sumter was surrounded to south carolina. -
west virginia is born
some people in virginia didnt want to secede along with the other state. This section of Virginia was admitted into the Union as the state of West Virginia. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZKAKC2tVQE -
battle of shiloh
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjiSot4djJ0 albert sidney the commander of the area was forced to give kentucky and much of West and Middle Tennessee. -
battle of harpers ferry
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxAYFmsVknM Lee decided to surround the force and capture it. -
Emancipation Proclamation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUVkXthLz4w The Emancipation Proclomation freed slaves in the confederate states which were the southern states, not the Northen States. Freedom was not available in the Northern States. -
Battle of Chickamauga
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lX9zt_14WAU After the Tullahoma Campaign Rosecrans army troops meet up with bragg army then they fought in the south. -
Battle of Spotsylvania
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Dm4s5aFiBk This two-week battle was a series of combats along the Spotsylvania front. The Union attack gettsyburg at dawn, later that day, as a result Lee’s army and came to cutting the Confederate army in half.
