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Harriet tubman leads slaves to freedom
Harriet Tubman was a runaway slave from maryland who became known as the 'moses of her people.' over the course of 10 years, and at great personal risk she led hundreds of slaves to freedom along the underground railroad, a secret network of safe houses where runaway slaves could stay on their journey north to freedom. she later became a leader in the abolitionist movement, and during the Civil War she was a spy with for the federal forces in South Carolina as well as a nurse. -
Uncle toms cabin has been written
uncle toms cabin is an anti-slavery novel by american author Harriet beecher stowe. published in 1852, the novel 'helped lay the groundwork for the civil war, according to will kaufman stowe a conneticut born teacher at the hartford female academy and an active abolitionist, featured the character of uncle tom a long suffered black slave around whom the stories of the other characters revolve. -
Lincoln has been elected as the 16th president
Abraham Lincoln is elected the 16th president of the united states over a deeply divided democratic party becoming the first republican to win presidency, lincoln received only 40 percent of thr popular vote but handily defeated the three other candidates: southern democrat John c. Breckenridge, constitutional union candidate John bell and northern democrat Stephen Douglas , a us senator fo illinois. -
the confederates take fort sumter
the battle of Fort Sumter was the bombardment and surrender of
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First battle of bull run
This was the first major land battle of the armies in Virginia. On July 16, 1861, the untried Union army under Brig. Gen. Irvin McDowell marched from Washington against the Confederate army, which was drawn up behind Bull Run beyond Centreville. On the 21st, McDowell crossed at Sudley Ford and attacked the Confederate left flank on Matthews Hill. Fighting raged throughout the day as Confederate forces were driven back to Henry Hill. -
Battle of shiloh
The battle of shiloh also known as the battle of pittsburg landing was a major battle in the western theater of the american civil war ,faught april 6-7 ,1862 in southwestern tennessee. a union army under maj Gen Ulysses S Grant had moved via the tennesse and was encamped principally at pitsburg landing on the west bank of the forces under generals Albert Sidey Johnston and P.G.T. beaureguard launched a suprise attack on Grant there. -
battle of antietam
the battle of antietam also known as the battle of sharpsburg,particularly in the south) fought on september 17,1862 near sharpsburgh maryland and antietam creek,as part of the maryland campaign,was the first major battle in the american civil war to take place on union soil. it was the bloodiest single day battle in the american history with about 23,000 casualties on both sides. -
Emancipation proclamation has been signed
The emancipation proclomation is an executive order issued by united states president Abrahm Lincoln on january 1 ,1863 ,during the american civil war using his war powers. it proclaimed the freedom of slaves in the ten states then in rebellion , thus applying to 3.1 milion of the 4 million slaves in the u.s... at thet time the proclomation immediately freed fifty thousand slaves -
Battle of vicksburg
The Siege of Vicksburg (May 18 – July 4, 1863) was the final major military action in the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War. In a series of maneuvers, Union Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and his Army of the Tennessee crossed the Mississippi River and drove the Confederate army of Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton into the defensive lines surrounding the fortress city of Vicksburg, Mississippi. -
Battle of gettysburg
the batte of gettysburg was fought july 1-3 ,1863 in and around the town of gettysburg pennsylvania. the battle with the largest number of casualties in the american civil war, it is often described as the wars turning point , union mah gen george gordon meades army of the potomac defeated attacks by confederate gen Robert E Lee's army of northern virginia, ending Lee's invasion o the north. -
civil war ends
confederate general Edmund kirby commander of confederacy forces signs the surrender terms offered by union negotiators. -
lee surrenders
with his army surrounded, his men weak and exhausted, Robert E. Lee realized there was little choice but to consider the surrender of his army to general Grant. after a series of notes between the two leaders, they agreed to meet on april 9,1865 at the house of wilmer mclean in the village of Appomattox courthouse. The meeting lasted approximately two and one-half hours and as it's conclusions the boodiest conflict in the nations history neared its end. -
Lincoln has been assassinated
United States government. Lincoln was shot while watching the play Our American Cousin with his wife Mary Todd Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. on the night of April 14, 1865. He died early the next morning. The rest of the conspirator's plot failed; Powell only managed to wound Seward, while Atzerodt, Johnson's would-be assassin, lost his nerve and fled Washington.
