CIVIL WAR

FORT SUMTER

• The north tried to get weapons from fort Sumter so they could keep them from the south.
• The south held the north from getting control of fort Sumter and kept it on their side

THE FIRST BATTLE OF BULL RUN

• Confederate troops drove the union army back.
• This showed that the war would not be an easy win for the union

THE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM

• Was the bloodiest war on American soil.

THE BATTLE OF SHILOH

• Confederates made a surprise arrack in the battle of Shiloh.

SEIGE OF VICKSBURG

• The union defeated Vicksburg by holding them on the cliff until they were starving.

AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE WAR

• Many African Americans fleed to the north to fight for their freedom

GETTYSBURG ADDRESS

• This was the speech Abraham Lincoln gave to dedicate Gettysburg to the ones who died in the battle of Gettysburg .