CIVIL WAR

FORT SUMTER

• A federal outpost in charleston
• South Carolina was attacked by confederate troops
• Witch began the civil war

BULL RUN

• The war is not going to be an easy victory for the union
• Jackson's troops defeated another union army befor it could directly march on Richmond

BATTLE OF ANTIETAM

• It took place on September 17th 1862.
• It was the bloodiest one dat battle of the United States.

SHILOH

• Each group lost the battle and gained ground.
• Union reinforcements came and helped win part of the control Mississippi river valley

VICKSBURG

• It only lasted about six weeks before it ended.
• And after the Mississippi River was under union control

WILDERNESS CAMPAIGN

• It was alittle battle in Virginia around Richmond
• They lost a lot of men but they had a lot of reinforcements

EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION

• It had a distinct act on the war
• Despite the impossibility of enforcing it in confederate - held states