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• South leaves Union and take over Union Forts
• Lincoln sends reinforcements
• South attacks Fort and force them to surrender
• 4 more Southern states leave
• Beginning of Civil War -
• Lincoln calls for 90 days enlistments
• Lincoln wants to take confederate capitol-Richmond, VA
• Union winning first half but pushed back by confederate
• Turning point-north realizes not a short war
• Lincoln calls for thousands of more volunteers, 3 year enlistment -
• Lincoln says he will stop expansion of slavery
• 7 Southern states secede from the Union
• Lincoln’s inaugural speech pleads for South to stay -
• Lee invades the North
• Bring war North, convince them to call for peace, and secure European aide
• 1/3 of army lost – Pickett’s Charge
• Turning point of the war
• Lee loses ability play offense and stay on defense -
• Confederate guns controlled river
• 43 day siege of Mississippi stronghold
• Turning Point – completes the Anaconda Plan
• Union gains complete control of Mississippi River
• Grant is promoted to Union General -
• Confederate General Lee attack the north
• The single bloodiest day in civil war – over 22,500
• Union victory but don’t finish off southern army
• Turning point due to struggles of war Northern begin looking for new reason to fight
• Emancipation proclamation (Frees southern slaves) written and adopted -
• Marched through Georgia destroying all war resources
• Burned down city of Atlanta
• Destroyed a path 60 miles wide through Georgia
• Helped get Lincoln reelected
• Turning Point – used total war to destroy everything of military value and destroy Southern will -
• Grant puts city of Petersburg under siege
• Siege lasts for 20 months
• Lee is forced to surrender because the Union broke through his defenses capturing Petersburg and Richmond
• Grant’s surrender terms ask them to lay down their weapons and return home
• Officially ends the Civil War on April 9, 1865
