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Ft.Summer
Confederate asked to surrender fort summer or be attacked, Lincoln declined to abandon so a war began north losing -
Battle at Shiloh
6 k confederate troops surprise attacked union forces while they were just getting ready grant reorganized troops, reinforce troops and counter attack at dawn making confederate troops fleeing -
Battle at Richmond
McClellan transported the Army slowly toward the Confederate capital. On the way he encountered a Confederate army commanded by General Joseph E. Johnston. After a series of
battles, command of the army passed to Robert E. Lee. -
Battle of Antietam
what happen at the battle of Antietam Casualties totaled more than
26,000, as many as in the War of 1812 and the war with Mexico
combined. What they accomplished is on November 7, 1862, Lincoln fired McClellan. This solved one problem by getting rid of the general whom Lincoln characterized as having “the slows.” -
Emancipation Proclamation
all slaves were engaged rebellion against union shall be free. -
Secession of Virginia
After report of Ft.summer Lincoln called for 75 K of volunteers joined union army for three months -
Battle at Gettysburg
what happen was the most decisive battle of the war was fought near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The town was an unlikely spot for a bloody battle and indeed, no one planned to fight there. What was accomplished was Union victory that stopped Confederate General Robert E. Lee's second invasion of the North. -
Gettysburg Address
What happen in the Gettysburg Address was a ceremony was held to dedicate a cemetery in Gettysburg. The first speaker was Edward Everett, a noted orator, who gave a flowery two-hour oration. What was accomplished in the Declaration of Independence and connected the sacrifices of the Civil War with the desire for “a new birth of freedom,” -
Surrender at Appomattox
What happen was that troops had been overcome by Grant’s forces at Peters burg—President Davis and his government abandoned their capital, setting it afire to keep the Northerners from taking it. What was accomplished was In Appomattox Court House, Virginia, Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrenders his 28,000 troops to Union General Ulysses S. Grant. -
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
What happen was Lincoln had to reunify the nation after the war, he baby crank never got to implement them. What was accomplished the people that killed Lincoln was put in jail.