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Election of Aborham Lincoln.
1860 Abraham Lincoln was elected as president .
Aborham Lincoln Was Elected president.
It is important because he had to make decisions for the Civil War. -
The Battle of Ft. Sumter
Confederate forces.
Demanded the surrender of Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor.
It is important because he had to surrender his forces and the Harbor. -
FIrst Battle of Bull Run
President Lincoln
President Lincoln wanted to put an end to the repellion of the southern states.
it is important because it ended slavery -
Harpers Ferry
General Robert E. Lee
surrounded the force and captured it at Harpers Ferry.
This is important because Harpers Ferry was captured. -
The Antietam Battle
General Robert E. Lee
General Joseph Hooker's artillery began firing on troops led by Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson in the cornfield north of Sharpsburg.
It is important because so many people died and so many people were wounded. -
Battle of Fredricksburg
General Burnside
Union Troops crossed the Rappahannock River and occupied Fredericksburg.
it is important because Fredricks burg was taken over. -
Emacipation Proclamation
President Abraham Lincoln
President Abraham Lincoln put in place the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war.
It protected Aferican American rights. -
Gettysburd Battle.
General Robert E. Lee's Army Of Northern Virginia.
He planned to destroy the railroad bridge at Harrisburg.
It is important because they needeed the rail road track to move supplies. -
Siege of knoxville
Confederate General James.
After two weeks and one failed attack, he abandoned the siege and rejoined General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia.
It is important because the attack was failed. -
Sherman's March to the Sea.
Sherman
Sherman began the Georgia expedition with the intention of destroying the military resources of the state.
It is important because Military Troops died. -
Battle of cold harbor
General Robert E. Lee.
It was fought on June 3rd, 1864, at Cold Harbor, Virginia, northeast of Richmond.
It was part of the Overland Campaign that also included battles at the Wilderness and Spotsylvania Court House. -
Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
Roberet E. Lee
surrendered his Army to General Grant
Its Important Because he had a good army and they got captured.
