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THE CIVIL WAR. Lincoln was born in a log cabin near Hodgenville, Kentucky on February 12, 1809. Lincoln became a lawyer in Springfield, Illinois. The 1858 Lincoln- Douglas debates made Lincoln famous. Confederate States of America. April 12, 1861: Confederacy attacks Fort Sumter, S.C.
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Lincoln was born in a log cabin near Hodgenville, Kentucky on February 12, 1809.
Lincoln became a lawyer in Springfield, Illinois
The 1858 Lincoln- Douglas debates made Lincoln famous.
Union Strategy • Capture Richmond, VA • Control the Mississippi River • Blockade the South • Anaconda strategy: divide the South and crush it
Confederate Strategy • Keep fighting until Union quits • Get help from Britain and others
Robert E. Lee, Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia
July 21, 1861: Battle of Bull Run • Union Gen. Irvin McDowell
General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson
April 6, 1862: Battle of Shiloh • General Ulysses S. Grant
General George McClellan, commander of the Army of the Potomac
August 29, 1862: Union loses 2nd Battle of Bull Run
McClellan was put back in command
Lee planned to attack the North. He wanted to bring the destruction of the war to the North and to show Britain that the South could win.
September 17, 1862: Battle of Antietam • McClellan’s Union army met Lee’s Confederate forces near Sharspburg, Maryland.
24,000 killed and wounded; the bloodiest day in American history.
Emancipation Proclamation • Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. It declared that all slaves in states “still in rebellion” would be free as of January 1, 1863.
The Proclamation gave the Union a new cause to fight for – to free the slaves. It also convinced Britain to stay out of the war.
May, 1863: Battle of Chancellorsville • Another Confederate victory
Gen. “Stonewall” Jackson killed accidentally