civil war and reconstruction part 3

8/7/2019 civil war and reconstruction part 3

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Civil War and Reconstruction

Part 3: Timeline of Civil War EventsChristian Jones

Based on Oklahoma EOI Standards


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December 1860South Carolina Secedes

South Carolina secededfrom the Union as areaction to the

presidential election of1860 in which AbrahamLincoln was elected.

A total of eleven states

seceded and formed theConfederate States ofAmerica.


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Crittenden's Compromise

SenatorJohn C. Crittenden ofKentucky proposedguaranteeing slavery where italready was and reinstating

the Missouri Compromise lineall the way to California.

Republicans voted against itbecause, as Lincoln put it, this

acknowledges that slaveryhas equal rights with liberty,and surrenders all we havecontended for.


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Baltimore Riot of 1861

On April 19, 1861, while on theirway to Washington, D.C., soldiersfrom the Sixth MassachusettsRegiment were attacked by a mobof citizens as they passed through

the streets of Baltimore,Maryland.

Four soldiers and 12 civilians werekilled, while several dozensoldiers and civilians werewounded.

By the end of May, 1861, Marylandwas undermartiallaw, ormilitary rule, and controlled byFederal troops garrisoned in thestate.


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April 1861Battle of Fort Sumter

One week after the BaltimoreRiot, confederate soldiersfired on Fort Sumter inSouth Carolina.

Though technically insouthern territory, the Unionsoldiers holding the fort didnot want to surrender.

During this battle, the firstshots of the Civil War werefired.


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July 1861FirstBattle ofBull Run (Manassas)

The Union armyadvanced onRichmond and waspushed back byConfederate soldiers.

This battle, on July 21,

marked the firstmajor engagement ofthe Civil War.


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1861-1865Anaconda Plan

Union generalWinfield Scottcreated a plan to limit theSouth's ability to trade.

Called theA

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conda

Pla

n, itcalled for the Union toblockade the Confederacy'scoastline to keep the Southfrom importing or exporting

goods and for the Union totake control of the Mississippito separate Texas, Louisiana,and Arkansas from the easternConfederate states.


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February 1862Legal TenderAct

The Legal Tender Act created a national paper currency known as

greenbacks.

This caused inflation, ora decline in the value of money, whichmade it easier for the Union government to pay off debts andfinance the war.


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March 1862Battle of Hampton Roads

Also called the Battle ofMonitor and Merrimack,Union ship USS Monitorand Confederate ship CSSVirginia (it had previouslybeen named "Merrimack")battled at Hampton Roads.

The ships were both ironclad,

marking the first time thiskind of technology had beenused in a naval battle.


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August 1862SecondBattle ofBull Run (Manassas)

The Union forces were onceagain defeated at Bull Run.

Confederate General Robert E.

Lee and the Confederatetroops outnumbered theUnion soldiers.

Union forces were driven out

of the northern part ofVirginia because of thisbattle.


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September 1862Battle ofAntietam

The Battle of Antietamtook place nearAntietam Creek in

Maryland and was thefirst major battle innorthern territory.

The battle was also the

bloodiest single day offighting in Americanhistory.


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January 1863Emancipation Proclamation

Lincoln declared all slaves inConfederate states were freewith the EmancipationProclamation.

Slaves in the Union states ofMissouri, Kentucky,Maryland, and Delaware werenot set free.

This proclamation changed thegoals of the war to endingslavery instead of simplypreserving the Union.


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May 1863Battle of Chancellorsville

This battle marked the fifth timeUnion forces attempted toinvade and captureRichmond.

Confederate General Robert E.Lee was able to defeat UnionMajor General JosephHooker in one of his greatestvictories of the war, but itwas at a great cost.

General "Stonewall" Jacksonwas accidentally shot andkilled by friendly fire duringthe fighting.


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July 1863Battle of Gettysburg

Union GeneralGeorgeGordon Meade stoppedthe Confederateinvasion of

Pennsylvania atGettysburg.

The Battle of Gettysburgwas one of the bloodiestbattles in the Civil War.

Along with Vicksburg, thisUnion win was a majorturning point in the war.


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July 1863Battle of Vicksburg

GeneralGrant defeatedthe Confederate Armyat Vicksburg,Mississippi on July 4.

The Union then gainedcontrol of all of theMississippi River, andthe Confederate states

Texas, Louisiana, andArkansas were cut offfrom the rest of theConfederacy.


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November 1863Lincoln delivers GettysburgAddress

Lincoln spoke atGettysburg at aceremony dedicating the

battlefield as a cemeteryfor those who died inthat battle.

The speech became one of

the most famousspeeches in U.S. history.


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GettysburgAddress

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation,conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation soconceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field ofthat war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for

those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting andproper that we should do this.

But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate -- we can not consecrate -- we can not hallow-- this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecratedit, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor longremember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us theliving, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought herehave thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the greattask remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we take increased devotionto that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion -- that we herehighly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that this nation, underGod, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by thepeople, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.


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1864Sherman's March to the Sea

William Tecumseh Sherman

captured Atlanta, Georgia for theUnion army.

After capturing Atlanta, Sherman led

his army across the south to theAtlantic coast.

As his army marched through SouthCarolina, his goal was to captureimportant cities like Charleston andColumbia.

Sherman's army set fire to towns anddestroyed anything that might helpthe South's war effort, includingcrops, bridges, and railroad tracks.


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Election of 1864

Sherman's capture ofAtlanta helped securethe victory forPresident Lincoln,winning back thesupport of the

Republican Party justin time for theelection.

Before Sherman's victoryin the South, Lincolnwas concerned thatnorthern anger overthe EmancipationProclamation andongoing war wouldcause him to losesupport.


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April 1865 Lee surrenders at theAppomattox Courthouse

Robert E. Leesurrendered toUlysses S. Granton April 9 afterUnion soldiers

surrounded histroops whileretreating fromRichmond.

Though Leesurrendered

withoutpermission fromConfederatePresident Davis,the Civil War stillcame to an end.


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April 1865Booth assassinates Lincoln

While at thetheater, anactor namedJohnWilkes

BoothassassinatedPresidentLincoln onApril 14, just6 days after

Lee hadsurrenderedto Grant andended theCivil War.

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