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Fort Sumter
federal outpost in Charleston SC that was attacked by conferate troops beginning the civil war. -
First Battle of Bull Run/Manassas
first major battle of the civil war and the confederates victory -
Emancipation Proclamation
President Lincoln signed a proclamation on January 1, 1862 that freed spaces in the states n rebellion against the US -
Battle of Shiloh
in which army gained greater control of the Mississippi River Valley -
Seven Day's Battle
Lee launches counterattack against McClellan's Union soldiers
confederate force Union to sea--> leaving DC defensless -
borders states
states which bordered the Union and Confederacy
states that allowed slavery but nonetheless remained in the union
Delaware Kentucky Maryland and Missouri -
Second Battle of Bull Run
Jackson's troops met Pope's Union forces on the battlefield in August in 1862. The battle lasted for three days. -
Antietam battle
1862 - maryland
union wins
worst/distructive war
25,000 dead -
Wilderness Campaign
serious battle in richmond virginia -
Siege of Vicksburg
Union took over it and there's no more Confederate holdout -
Battle of Gettyburg
July 1st-Bloodiest Battle
Battle between Confederates and the Union
Many people were killed -
The 54th Massachusetts Infantry
Consisted of mostly free slaves in July 1863 it led a heroic charge on South Carolina's Fort Wagner -
Gettysburg address
Famous speech given by Lincoln after the victory ant Gettysburg to refresh the union on its mission/ goal of staying together and keeping a representative democracy that is " government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. -
picketts charge
in the battle of gettysburg what famous confederate attack through an open field resulted in the loss of thousands of confederate soldiers -
William tecumseh Sherman
provided this key victory union plan to destroy railroads and industries.