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The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
killed by Booth while watching a show -
Secession of Virginia
in Richmond to determine secession from the United States. This was to Govern the state during the State in case of a state emergency. This was to write a new constitution for virginia. -
Ft. Sumter
Bombardment of fort sumter towards charleston by the south carolina militia -
Battle at Bull Run
Also known as the battle of Manassas. The first major battle of the civil War. The union won this battle. Spectators showed up to the battle to watch, ended up losing their lives. -
Battle at Shiloh
40,000 Confederate soldiers under the command of Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston poured out of the woods and struck the encamped divisions of Union soldiers occupying ground near Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. -
Battle at Richmond
Confederate soldiers under Major General Edmund Kirby Smith against raw, inexperienced recruits under Union Major General William “Bull” Nelson., resulting in an overwhelmingly Confederate victory. -
Battle at Antietam:
It pitted Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia against Union General George McClellan’s Army of the Potomac and was the culmination of Lee’s attempt to invade the north. -
Emancipation Proclamation
The emancipation proclamation was a proclamation issued by Lincoln to encourage rebellious states to rejoin the Union. -
Battle at Gettysburg
in the town of gettysburg the Union and the confederate battled. this resulted in the bloodiest battle of the war. -
Gettysburg Address
president lincolns speech during the American Civil War at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, -
Surrender at Appomattox
Robert E lee surrendered at Appomattox Court House
