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Fort Sumpter
The first battle of the Civil War. The Confederates defeated the Union forces at Fort Sumpter in South Carolina. -
First Battle of Bull Run
Pope and Lee fought in the state of Virginia. Lee won the battle and the confederate victory thrilled the south and shocked the north -
Battle of Hampton Roads
The first battle that used ironclads. At Hampton Road Virginia the Union forced the confederates to retreat. -
Battle of Shiloh
Grant and Johnson fought in Tennessee. the North won by a land slide and gained control of the Tennessee River. It was the bloodiest battle -
Second Battle of Bull Run
Pope got beat by Jackson for the second time at Bull Run in Virginia. -
Battle of Antietam
McClellan and Lee fought big battle in Maryland. McClellan won the bloodiest battle in American history. -
Battle of Fredricksburg
Burnside and Lee fought a one sided war in Virginia. Lee won the battle and Burnside had 12,600 casualties. -
Emancipation Proclamation
The Proclamation freed most of the slaves in the Southern states, but iit didn't free any slaves in the border states. It was issued by Aberham lincoln. -
Battle of Chancellorville
Lee beat Hooker but both sides had lots of disasters. The second bloodiest battle had just taken place in Virginia. -
Siege of Vicksburg
Grant and Penberton fought a southern battle Mississippi. Grant was trying to gain the Mississippi River an complete part of the Anoconda Plan. Grant won that battle and completed that part of the Anoconda Plan. -
Battle of Gettysburg
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania was the first time Grant and Lee fought each other. Grant beat Lee in a battle where there was 43,000 deaths. The South never attached in the north again. -
Siege of Atlanta
Sherman beat Lee after a 17 day battle in Georgia. Atlanta was destroyed as a result of the battle. -
Ratification of the 13th Amendment
The 13th Amendment abolished slavery and freed all slaves. -
Assassonation of Abraham Lincoln
At Ford's Theatre in Washington D.C. five days after the surrender at Appomattox Courthouse Lincoln was ASSASSINATED by John Wilkes Booth in the back of the head. -
Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox Courthouse in Virginia. grant drove back Lee then seperatedy the infantry from the rest of the army then attacked the larger portion.
