CIVIL WAR

FORT SUMTER

• It was attacked in 1861.
• Was a federal outpost in Charleston, South Carolina.
• It controlled the entrance to the Charleston harber.

BATTLE AT BULL RUN

• The first major battle of the Civil War.
• Also known as the first battle of Manassas.
• Lincoln needed a better trained army. He put his hopes in General George McClellan.

BATTLE OF ANTIETAM

• September 4, 1862
• The bloodiest single-day battle of the Civil War.
• Also known as the "Battle of Sharpsburg".

THE BATTLE OF SHILOH

• Was a two-day battle.
• Each side wouldn't give up.
• They gained partial control part of the Mississippi River.

THE SIEGE OF VICKSBURG

• The Union surrounded the city from food.
• Made the Confederates starve.
• Union had complete control of the Mississippi River.

EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION

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• Lincoln knew that one way to weaken the South was to free the slaves.
• He presented it after the "Battle of Antiedom".
• Despite the impossibility of it, the Emancipation Proclamation had a big impact on the War.

GETTYSBURG ADRESS

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• Delivered November 19, 1863.
• Dedicated a new cemetery at Gettysburg.
• Lincoln renewed his commitment to winning the War.