Fort Sumter April 1113, 1861

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Fort Sumter April 11-13, 1861

• Food supplies went low and Lincoln promised not
  to send troops or weapons. The Confederacy
  couldnt leave because the fort was in Union
  hands. On April 11, 1861, the Confederacy asked
  for Fort Sumters surrender. Major Robert
  Anderson refused. The confederate guns opened
  fire. Anderson ran out of ammunition and then
  surrendered the fort on April 13, 1861.
• The Confederacy won because Anderson ran out of
  ammunition and had to surrender the fort.

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The Battle of Bull Run

• First actual battle of the Civil War!
• The battle took place in July of 1861.
• The people of Washington came out with picnic
  baskets to watch the battle because they thought
  the Union was going to win with no problem.
• The Confederates started to win and the Union got
  scared and ran.
• The Confederates were inspired by the example of
  General Thomas (Stonewall) Jackson, they held
  there ground like a stone wall.
• The Confederates did not pursue the fleeing Union
  Army.
• If they would have, they might have captured
  Washington D.C. and ended the war before it even
  started!

Stonewall Jackson
Brittany Welch
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The Capture of New Orleans
On April 18th the Union Navy opened fire on Fort
Jackson and Fort St Philips the bombardment went
on for 6 days over 16,800 shells were fired then
at 200 AM the fleet moved forward the next day
on April 25th 1862. The next day the soldiers in
the two forts bellow the city mutinied and the
forts surrendered. This was a good turning point
for the union because they have separated the
southern confederacy
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The Battle of Shiloh
On April 6, 1812 grant was able to Win his
victory and beat back the confederates. The
Americans, Mexicans, and Ulysses S. Grant. The
effect on the event of the civil war was that the
union navy moved to gain control of the
Mississippi River.
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Battle Of Antietam

• Two Union soldiers found Lees battle plans. More
  than 23,000 people were killed and wounded.
• The battle was September 17, 1862.
• General Lee and General McClellan were involved
  in this event.
• Northern moral increased after they had won the
  battle.

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Emancipation Proclamation

• DateJanuary 1,1863
• Given byAbraham Lincoln
• Purposeto free the slaves in any state in
  rebellion with the union.
• Slaves in the Boarder states would not be freed.
• Problemthe southern states dont OBEY Lincoln
  because Jefferson Davis (confederate
  President)Did not follow Lincolns orders.
• ResultNO slaves actually got their freedom but
  the Unions goal for the war changed! It was now
  about freeing the slaves!

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Battle of Fredericksburg

• Six times Burnside ordered his men to charge and
  six times the rebels drove them back.
• General Ambrose Burnside and General Robert E.
  Lee
• One of the unions worst defeats.
• December, 1862

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Battle of Gettysburg

• North took strong positions on cemetery ridge
  over looking the town.
• The Battle of Gettysburg was on June 30, 1863.
• The Union and Confederate armies were involved
• It was a northern victory. More people died in
  the first two hours of the Battle of Gettysburg
  than in any other American war.

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Gettysburg Address

• Lincoln gives a short speech at a ceremony for a
  Gettysburg cemetery
• The address said it was a test to see if a
  democratic nation could survive
• The date was November 19,1863
• The northerners were involved including Abraham
  Lincoln
• The address showed people what the Civil War was
  about

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• 1863
• William Plummer Benton
• Ulysses S. Grant
• July 4 1863 the Confederates
• surrendered Vicksburg
• The North wanted Vicksburg to cut off
  communication from the rest of the confederates.
  The Union wanted Vicksburg because they had
  control of the Mississippi River but they could
  not use it because with the confederates
  controlling Vicksburg it would have been to
  dangerous.

Battle of Vicksburg
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Battle Of The Wilderness

• Grant other Union Generals began to wage total
  war
• They marched into Shenandoah Valley destroyed
  everything
• 1864
• Generals Ulysses Grant Philip Sheridan
• North won the battle

damaged trees from the battle
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Shermans March To The Sea of 1864

• Sherman marched to the Atlantic coast
• He captured Atlanta on the way
• His troops burned houses, trees, destroyed
  livestock, and ripped up railroad tracks
• This was called Total War
• This destroyed the Souths supplies which made
  them weaker

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Capture of Richmond

• Grant and his troops tried to capture Richmond
  the capital of the confederates . They did
  capture them after9 months of waiting for a fresh
  supply of troops
• April 2,1865
• General Grant and Robert E. Lee
• The confederates surrender and the war was over.

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Surrender of Lee At Appomattox Courthouse

• Lee surrendered to General Grant on April 9, 1865
  at Appomattox Courthouse a town near Richmond.
  Lee had been dug in at Petersburg for Nine months
  under siege by Grant. With reinforcements Grant
  took Petersburg on April 12, 1865. Which was the
  same day that Richmond fell. Lee than withdrew
  to Appomattox courthouse. Lee knew that his men
  would be slaughtered if they kept fighting.
  Grant offered generous terms of surrender.
  Soldiers could keep their horses and officers
  could keep their pistols. This battle ended the
  war. Lees army was defeated.