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Election of Abraham Lincoln
-Lincoln won 180 of 183 electoral votes in free states. Douglas had the second highest votes, only won 1 state.
-Lincoln didn't campaign in their region and did not carry any southern states, but became our next president
-Abraham Lincoln fought through the Civil War -
Battle of Fort Sumter
-A federal outpost in Charleston, South Carolina, which was attacked by confederate troops, beginning the Civil War
-Confederate guns opened fire on Fort Sumter. It had heavy guns facing the Atlantic Ocean, not the shore -
First Battle of Bull Run
-First major battle of the civil war, and the confederates. victory. The battle is also known as the First Battle of Manssas shattered the North's hopes of winning the war quickly
-This war persuaded Lincoln of the need for a better trained army
-They assembled 100,000 soldiers for the army of the Potomac
-Caused Lincoln to make a strong army -
Second Battle of Bull Run
-Jackson's troops met pope's Union forces on the battlefield
-The first day of war was savage. Captain George Fairfield of the 7th Wisconsin regiment later called -
Battle of Antietam
-Known as the Battle of Sharpsburg, was the bloodiest single-day battle of the Civil War-and of U.S. history.
-Many more soldiers were killed and wounded at the Battle of Antietam than the deaths of all Americans in the Revolution.
-It was important because it caused the death of many Americans. -
Emancipation Proclamation
-Lincoln finally wrote the Emancipation Proclamation, the older to free the Confederate -
Battle of Gettysburg
-Key battle that finally turned the tide against Confederates
-Confederate raiding party and the union forces began exchanging five.
-The larger confederate forces began to push the Union troops back through Gettysburg -
Gettysburg Address
-In which Lincoln praised the bravery of Union soldiers and renewed his commitment
-Moving speech done by Abraham Lincoln
-He referred the Declaration of Independence and its ideal of liberty -
Surrender of Confederate Forces
-Confederate forces are in North Carolina
-Grant broke through the defenders and they surrendered -
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
-President Lincoln and his wife attended a play at Ford's theaters
-John walks Booth sneaked into his box and shot him
