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Top 10 Civil War Events
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Conederate Attack on Fort Sumter
This was the overthrowing and surrender of Fort Sumter, near Charleston, South Carolina, that started the American Civil War. following declarations of secession by seven Southern states. -
Battle of Bull Run
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Battle of Hampton Roads
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Battle of Antietam
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Emancipation Procalmation
Bill passed by Lincoln which stated "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free." -
Battle of Gettysburg
One of the most notorious battles in the Civil War which the Union lost. -
Seige of Vicksburg
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Surrender at Appomattox
One of the finalizing battles of the War where the Confederate Army was defeated by the Union Army. -
Assasination Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth in the Ford Theatre. -
Ratification of 13th Amendment
Abolished slavery in the United States
