events of the civil war

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  • confederacy is formed

    confederacy is formed

  • Richmond falls to he union army

    Richmond falls to he union army

  • The Monitor battles the Merrimack

    The Monitor battles the Merrimack

  • New Orleans falls to the Union

    New Orleans falls to the Union

  • Lee becomes commander of the army of Northern virginia

    Lee becomes commander of the army of Northern virginia

  • 1st bull run

    1st bull run

  • Battle of Antietam

    Battle of Antietam

  • Battle of Fredericksburg

    Battle of Fredericksburg

  • sighning of the emancipation proclamation

    sighning of the emancipation proclamation

  • Military draft- the draft is enacted for the first time in history

    Military draft- the draft is enacted for the first time in history

  • lincoln 2nd Inaugural

    lincoln 2nd Inaugural
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    Battle of Chancellorsville

  • Battle of vicksburg

    Battle of vicksburg
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    Battle of Cold Harbor

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    Battle of Gettysburg

  • Attack on ft. Wagner

    Attack on ft. Wagner

  • Quantfill burns Lawrence

    Quantfill burns Lawrence

  • lincoln delivers the Gettysburg adress

    lincoln delivers the Gettysburg adress

  • Grant takes supreme command of the union army

    Grant takes supreme command of the union army

  • Battle of Cold Harbor

    Battle of Cold Harbor

  • Sherman burns atlanta

    Sherman burns atlanta

  • Lincoln wins re-alection

    Lincoln wins re-alection

  • Sherman reached the sea (savannah) dividing the South

  • appomattox court house

    appomattox court house

  • Lincoln is assasinated

    Lincoln is assasinated
    lincoln was assasinated by John Booth while attending a play in the presidental box at Fords theater.

  • the 13th admendment is ratified abolishing slavery

    the 13th admendment is ratified abolishing slavery
    the 13th amendment says that "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."