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Major Events of the Civil War

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Confederate States of America   formed in 1861 by the states that seceded from the Union (also known as the Confederacy)  
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Jefferson Davis   president of the Confederacy during the Civil War  
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Fort Sumter, South Carolina   the place where the first shots of the Civil War were fired  
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Robert E. Lee   military leader who fought for the Confederacy  
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Confederate generals   Robert E. Lee, Albert S. Johnston, Pierre Beauregard, Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, George Pickett,  
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Anaconda Plan   Winfield Scott's plan to defeat the South; involved naval blockade and getting control over the Mississippi River to split the Confederacy in two  
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First Battle of Bull Run   July 21, 1861; first major battle of the Civil War; Confederacy won this battle  
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Confederate victories   First Battle of Bull Run, Seven Days' Battles, Second Battle of Bull Run,  
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Ulysses S. Grant   general who fought for the Union; Robert E. Lee surrendered to him at Appomattox  
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Union generals   Ulysses S. Grant, George McClellan, William Tecumseh Sherman, Ambrose Burnside, Joseph Hooker,  
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George McClellan   general who fought for the Union  
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Battle of Shiloh   April 6, 1862; Union generals: Sherman and Grant; Confederate generals: Johnston, Beauregard; Union won this battle  
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Seven Days' Battles   June to July 1862; Confederacy won this battle  
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Battle of Antietam   September 17, 1862; bloodiest battle in American history; 25,000 men died or had injuries; McClellan got fired after this battle  
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Emancipation Proclamation   issued on January 1, 1863; freed all slaves in Confederacy  
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54th Massahusetts Regiment   the most famous regiment of the Civil War; one of first to accept African Americans July 1863-attacked Fort Wagner; attack increased enlistment from African Americans  
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Battle of Gettysburg   July 1 to July 4, 1863; George Pickett of Confederacy led a charge against Union army; Pickett's Charge failed; Union won, but Confederacy wasn't finished off  
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Union victories   Battle of Shiloh, Battle of Gettysburg, Siege of Vicksburg  
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Gettysburg Address   November 19, 1863-Lincoln gave this speech at a cemetery dedication; Lincoln said speech was "a flat failure" but more and more people liked the speech as time went on  
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Siege of Vicksburg   July 4, 1863-Ulysses S. Grant and army laid seige on Vicksburg, Virginia; Vicksburg surrendered  
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William Tecumseh Sherman   led army through Confederacy; took over Atlanta and Savannah  
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Appomattox Court House   April 9, 1865-Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant here  
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