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Nivea and Liz Civil War

By NivMocivilwar

  • Fort Sumter

    Civil War begins in Charleston South Carolina

  • Virginia secedes from the Union

  • Robert E. Lee resigns from the US Army

  • Union loses Battle at Bull Run

  • General Grant captures Fort Henry

  • Cofederate troops attack the Union troops at Shiloh

  • Second Battle of Bull Run

  • Antietam

    The bloodiest day in U.S. war history. 26,000 men were either killed or wounded by nightfall.

  • The Prelimenary Emancipation Proclamation

  • The Final Emancipation Proclamation

    Lincoln issued final law freeing all slaves

  • Battle at Gettysburg

    Turning point in the war. Union Army defeats Confederates

  • Cold Harbor

    Grant makes a mistake as 7,000 casualties were caused in a short fight at Cold Harbor

  • Capture of Atlanta

    Sherman's army captures Atlanta

  • Lincoln's Reelection

    Lincoln is reelected as president, with 55% of the votes.

  • 13th Amendment is approved

    Congress approves the 13th amandment to abolish slavery.

  • General Lee's Surrender

    After four years, General Lee finally surrenders in the parlor of his home.

  • Lincoln's Assassination

    On April 14th, Lincoln is shot in a theatre, and he dies the next morning.

  • Ratification

    Slavery is finally abolished and the Civil War comes to an end