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April 12, 1861 the confederates start shooting at Fort sumter and they won but no soldier on either side was dead
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September 17, 1862 The bloodiest day in u.s. history by night 26,000 men were dead but the union won and September 22, 1862 Abraham lincoln wrote the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation
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On January 1, 1863 The Emancipation Proclamation free all enslaved slaves in the Confederacy
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July 1, 1863 Lee's army met union troops under general Gorge Meade in the small town Gettysburg, Pennsylvania in total 51,000 men were dead more than every battle on U.S. ground
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July 4, 1863 Vicksburg was the only Confederate to stronghold the mississippi river But surrendered to gen. Grant
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November 11, 1863 Lincoln gave a for the dead soldiers and it inspired the two sides to keep fighting
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March , 1865 Grant closed in on Lee and forced him to surrender
