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Abraham Lincoln Elected President
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Significance: If he wasn't elected the Civil War probably wouldn't have even happened. -
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Lincoln Orders Blockade of the South
Resource Significance: Lincoln set up a blockade which was designed to stop the Confederates from recieving supplies, trade goods, and wepons. -
First Battle of Bull Run
Resource Significance: It was the first major land battle of the Civil War. -
Monitor versus Virginia Naval Battle
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Significance: It was the first meeting in combat of ironclad warships. -
Battle of Shiloh
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Significance: Shiloh showed everybody that this was going to be a long and bloody war. It was a moral boost for the Union Army because they won. -
Seven Days Campaign
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Summary: 7 Days Campaign was a series of major battles that took place from June 26, 1862 until July 1, 1862. -
Battle of Chattanooga
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First Battle: June 7-8 1862
Second Battle: August 21, 1863
Campaign: November 23-25, 1863
Significance: It gave the Union the ability to move further South. Therefore they were able to fight more battles. -
Second Battle of Bull Run
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Significance: It was a very important victory for the South. It was the most decisive battle in the Northern Virginia Campaign for the Confederates. -
Battle of Antietam
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Significance: It was the first Civil War Battle to take place on Union soil. It was also the bloodiest single-day battle in American History. 22,717 wounded, dead, and missing on both sides combined. -
Emancipation Proclamation Issued
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Summary: A document that Abraham Lincoln signed that granted freedom to all slaves. It wasn't passed by congress until February of 1865. -
Emancipation Proclamation Takes Effect
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Significance: It was an important shift in the Union's expanding their goal to reunification to also include the complete abolishment of slavery EVERYWHERE. -
Battle at Chancellorsville
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Significance: The battle took place from April 30th to May 6th. It was a failed attempt for the Union to try and take over the Confederate Capital. -
Battle of Gettysburg
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Summary: The Battle of Gettysburg was the battle with the most soldiers killed. President Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address after this turning point in the war. -
Siege of Vicksburg
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Significance: It gave control of the Mississippi River to the Union. The Union was now able to control the shipments that go along the Mississippi. -
Gettysburg Address
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Significance: It is one of the best known speaches ever in United States history. It was given by Abraham Lincoln after the major loss of soldiers at the Battle of Gettysburg. -
Ulysses S. Grant takes over the Union Army
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Summary: Lincoln knew that he needed a new general to lead his army so he prommoted Ulysses S. Grant to Lieutenant-General. -
13th Amendment Passed
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Significance: It was a law passed saying that slavery is no longer legal. -
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Sherman Captures Atlanta
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Significance: Sherman and his men took the Deep South's major manufacturing center and also the railroad hub. -
Abraham Lincoln Re-Elected
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Summary: Lincoln's Re-election had a really big impact on the Civil War because Lincoln was the one who wanted to get a rid of slavery. -
Sherman's March to the Sea
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Significance: In Sherman's march he demolished everything along the way. He cut off the supplies going to the Confederate Army. -
Savannah Georgia Falls to the Union
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Significance: The Union created a barrier preventing supplies to get to the Confederate Army. -
Union Army moves in and occupies Richmond, VA.
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Summary: Richmond Virgina was the captial of the Confederates and without the government officials telling the generals what to do the army is basically lost. -
