The War Between the States

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The War between the states

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Primary Emancipation Proclamation 1863

Primary NYC Draft Riots 1863

Primary Black soldier protesting unequal pay in the Union Army 1863

Primary Gettysburgh Address 1863

Primary Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address 1865

Web 2nd: http://americancivilwar.com/

Web 2nd: Harriet Beecher Stowe Center

Web 2nd: Timeline of Emancipation during the Civil War

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I. Southern Secession A. S.C. secedes (Dec. 20, 1860) B. Confederate States of America (est. Feb. 1861) C. Fort Sumter (April 12, 1861) D. Expectations & enthusiasms E. Northern advantages v. southern advantages F. Role of border states II. Deadlock: 1861-1862 A. The war in the East 1. First Bull Run (Manassas, VA, July 21, 1861) 2. Peninsula Campaign (Richmond, VA, May-June 1862) 3. Second Bull Run (Aug. 1862) & Antietam (Sharpsburg, MD, Sept. 17, 1862) B. The war in the West C. Naval campaigns III. Union Victory (1863-1865) A. Emancipation (January 1, 1863) B. Black enlistments in the Union Army C. Changing Confederate strategies D. Gettysburg (July 1863) E. The Union finds its general (Ulysses S. Grant) (March 1864) F. Appomattox (April 9, 1865) G. Assassination (April 14, 1865)


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