CIVIL WAR

FORT SUMTER

• Fort Sumter was a federal fort in South Carolina.
• With in two days of the souths rebellion fort Sumter fell.
• Lincoln sent 75,000 militiamen to stop the souths rebellion.
• After the troops were sent each state had to choose a side

BULL RUN

• Confederate troops drove the union army back it cause bull run.
• Bull run was not going to be a easy battle for the union
• In the spring of 1862 McClellan led 100,000 troops to the battle of bull run.

BATTLE OF ANTIETAM

• Antietam took place on September 17, 1862.
• It halted lee's northward march.
• This was the bloodiest one day battle of the civil war.

BATTLE OF SHILOH

• During this battle the union gained control of the Mississippi River.
• Each side lost and gained land.

Siege of Vicksburgh

• Six week blockade of Vicksburg that starved the city.
• They repeatedly shelled the city.

Emancipation proclamation

• Freed slaves from the plantation owners.
• Now slaves had to learn how to live life.
• Some slaves moved to the north to try to find a place to live and a job.

Gettysburg

• Lasted 2 weeks.
• The union won the battle of Gettysburg
• After the battle cemetery was made there for the soldiers that died.