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