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Civil War: Beginning To End
By: Joey, Rafael, and Richard
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1861
• Divisions between the North and South erupted into a full-scale conflict after Lincoln was elected as president.
• 11 states seceded from the Union.
• January 1861- The South Secedes and creates a government.
• March 4, 1861- Lincoln is inaugurated.
• April 1861- The Attack on Fort Sumter
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1861
• In June 1861 West Virginia is born a state.• July 21st,1861, the first battle of the Civil War
had begun by a river named the Bull Run. This battle was later renamed as the Battle of Bull Run.
• The Union blockade on the Confederacy made a huge impact.
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1862• Confederates won
victory over victory due to poorly-led Union forces.
• Confederate General Robert E. Lee suffered a major loss at the Battle of Antietam, the bloodiest engagement in the war.
• Union General Grant prevails at the battle of Shiloh in Tennessee.
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1862• Stonewall Jackson’s campaign begins
succession on May 8th.• On September 22 Lincoln issued the
Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.• Then, on December 13th Lee won the Battle
of Fredericksburg.
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1863• January 1,
1863:Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation
• Lincoln signs federal draft act.
• May 1 – 4: “Stonewall” Jackson is wounded during the Battle of Chancellorsville. He develops pneumonia and dies on May 10.
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1863• On July 1st-3rd
the Battle of Gettysburg was in place.
• Then, on July 4th the Confederates surrendered the Mississippi River for the Union.
• November 25th the Union won the battle at Chattanooga, Tennessee.
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1864
• Ulysses S. Grant is given official authority to command all armies in the United States on March 10.
• June 1-3: The Battle of Cold Harbor resulted in heavy Union casualties. Grant plans a tenth month siege in Petersburg.
• Lincoln signs a bill repealing the fugitive slave laws.
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1864
• Confederate forces under Jubal Early probe and fire upon the northern defenses of Washington, D.C., throwing the Capital into a state of high alert.
• After forcing the Confederate army of John Bell Hood out of Atlanta, Georgia, General William T. Sherman captures the city, a major munitions center for the South.
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1865
• Congress has passed Amendment XIII in January 31.
• Lincoln was inaugurated for a second term as president on March 4.
• The Appotomax campaign begins, as Grant moves against Lee’s defenses at Petersburg.
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1865
• Petersburg falls while Confederate government evacuates the capital on April 2nd.
• Union troops then occupies Richmond• Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of
Northern Virginia to Grant.• John Wilkes Booth shoots Lincoln at Ford’s
Theatre. He dies the following day.
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Fun Facts
• Liberty was a French idea in 1865.
• The Confederacy had many flags. At the beginning of the war, Grant was 39 years old, while Lee was 54.
• Greater than 50,000 books were made about the Civil War.
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