CIVIL WAR

FORT SUMTER

• Lincoln called for 75,000 militiamen
• Four more states joined the confederacy

BULL RUN

• Jackson's army defeated the union army
• It was not an easy war it was a harsh war that happened

BATTLE OF ANTIETAM

• Took place on September 17,1862
• The battle was the bloodiest one day battle of the civil war

BATTLE OF SHILOH

• Troops gained greater controls over Mississippi River
• Each side lost a gained ground

THE SIEGE AT VICKSBURG

• The Mississippi was under control
• Six week blockade that starved the city

AFRICAN AMERICANS IN WAR

• Some of them were contrabands
• Within a year several African Americans joined
• They received less pay then white soldiers
• They also face greater danger then the white soldiers

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APPOMATTOX COURTHOUSE

• April 9,1865 lee surrendered to grant
• The USA could be united again
• The long bloody war was over