ush (3:2) ● the early stages (1861-1863) ● south wins important battles – first battle of bull...
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USH (3:2)● The early stages (1861-1863)
● South wins important battles– First Battle of Bull Run
● Lincoln increases size of Union army● South gains confidence
● Battle of Antietam– Victory for North– Lincoln issues The Emancipation Proclamation
● Freed the slaves
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(3:2)● The Tide Turns
● North victories at Vicksburg and Gettysburg turn War in their favor
● Battle of Gettysburg (July, 1863)– Bloodiest battle of the War
● 28,000 Confederate soldiers dead● 21,000 Union soldiers dead
(3:2)● Civil War Generals
● Confederate– Robert E. Lee– “Stonewall” Jackson
● Union– Ulysses S. Grant– William Tecumseh Sherman
● Notable Generals– Abner Doubleday (Union)– Ambrose Burnside (Union)
(3:2)● The South Surrenders
● Appomattox Courthouse– Lee surrenders to Grant (April 9, 1865)– Civil War ends
(3:2)● President Lincoln Assassinated (April 14, 1865)
● At a play at Ford's Theater● John Wilkes Booth