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civil war started
The first secession convention meets in a Columbia south Caroline. -
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South Carolina secedes from the union. -
six additional
six additional southern states secede from the union. -
Fort sumter
The first state to secede was South Carolina on December 20, 1860. By February 1861, six more states had joined the new Confederate States of America. -
Secession of Virginia
during the battle of the secession of Virginia is that Lincoln called for 75,000 volunteers. -
Battle at Shiloh
The battle of Shiloh was on April, six thousands of yelling Confederate soldiers surprised the Union forces.During the first day’s fighting, Johnston was mortally wounded and was replaced by Gen. Pierre G.T. Beauregard. Fighting continued until after dark, but the Union line held. -
Battle at Richmond
After dawdling all winter, McClellan finally got under way in the spring of 1862. Then he transported the Army of the Potomac.commanded Union forces in the area, ordered a brigade to march to Brownsville, toward the Rebels. Fighting for the day stopped after pursuing Union forces briefly skirmished with Burnable's men in late afternoon. -
Battle at Antietam
The Battle of Antietam Casualties totaled more than 26,000, as many as in the War of 1812 and the war with Mexico combined.To further complicate matters, Republicans faced midterm elections in November of 1862, and their victory wasn’t in the bag. -
Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation is that the The document applied only to enslaved people in the Confederacy, and not to those in the border states that remained loyal to the Union. -
Battle at Gettysburg
The most decisive battle of the war fought near Gettysburg. at the crossroads town of Gettysburg. The next day saw even heavier fighting, as the Confederates attacked the Federals on both left and right. -
Gettysburg Address
The Gettysburg address was a ceremony was held to dedicate a cemetery in Gettysburg. The first speaker was Edward Everett opposing forces collided at the crossroads town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on the morning of July 1. -
Surrender at Appomattox
was that troops had been overcome by Grant's forces at Peters burg President Davis and his government abandoned their troops.At one point, Union cavalry forces under General Philip Sheridan had outrun Lee’s troops, blocking their retreat and taking approximately 6,000 prisoners at Slayer's Creek. -
The assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln had to reunify the nation after the war, he never got to implement them.