The Civil War

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  • Abraham Lincoln was elected as President of The United States

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    The American Civil War

  • Secession of seven southern states

  • Bombing of the nothern states by the southern states

  • The southern states lost the Battle of Antietam

  • Lincoln's "Emancipation Proclamation"

    Lincoln elaborated the proclamation after the victory of the Union over the southern states in which he announced that ending slavery was the war goal.

  • Battle of Gettysburg

    The turning point of the Civil War and the most bloodiest battle during the Civil War.

  • The Union captured Vicksburg

  • Ulysses S. Grant became commander of the Union army

  • The Last Battle of the Civil War

    Robert E lee surrendered to commander Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House.

  • The assassination of President Lincoln

  • End of the Civil War