CIVIL WAR

BATTLE OF FORT SUMTER

• The beginning of the civil war in 1861 when confederate troops fired on fort Sumter.
• In two days fort Sumter fell.
• The confederates went after it because it had guns.
• President Lincoln sent 75,000 troops to stop the sloughs rebellion.

FIRST BATTLE OF BULL RUN

• It showed both north and south that it would not be an easy battle.
• The battle was fought near the Manassas Junction in Virginia.

BATTLE OF ANTIETAM

• Took place on September 17,1862.
• It halted general Lees northward march.
• The bloodiest one day battle in US history.

BATTLE OF SHILOH

• The battle where the union gained more more control of the Mississippi River.
• The battle took place on April 6, 1862.
• It was a two day battle where both north and south gained and lost ground.

SIEGE OF VICKSBURG

• It was a six week blockade of the town Vicksburg which caused the citizens of the town starve and they surrendered.
• It helped them gain more control of the south.

CLARA BARTON AND THE RED CROSS

• Clara Barton was a volunteer for the war.
• She started the American Red Cross association.

THE GETTYSBURG ADRESS

• It was a speech give by president Lincoln.
• It was about the norths commitment to win the war.