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Election of Abraham Lincoln
-Lincoln won 180 of 183 electoral votes in free states. Douglas had the second highest votes. He only won one state.
-Lincoln didn't campaign in their region and did not carry any southern states, but he became our next president.
-Abraham Lincoln faught through the Civil war and helped. -
Battle of Fort Sumter
-A federal outpost in Charleston, South Carolina, that was attacked by Confederate troops, beginning the Civil war.
-Confederate guns opened fire on Fort Sumter. It had heavy guns faced the Atlantic Ocean , not the shore. After 34 hours of cannon blasts, Fort Sumter surrendered. -
First battle of Bull Run
-First major battle of Civil War, and the Confederates' victory. The battle is also known as the First Battle of Manssas. It 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 Potomac.
-It caused Lincoln to make a really strong army of 100,000 well-trained men. -
Second Battle of Bull Run
-Jackson's troops met Pope's Union forces of 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 American's in the Revolution. -
Emancipation Proclamation
-Lincoln finally wrote the Emancipation Proclamation, the order to free the Confederate slaves. -
Battle of Gettysburg
-A key battle that finally turned the tide against Confederates.
-Confederate raiding party and the Union forces began exchanging fire. 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.
-He was assassinated at Ford's Theater during the play.
