1. The American Civil War

2. Battle of Bull Run
Battle showed that the war was not going to be short
Surprising Confederate victory led by Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, PGT Beauregard, and Joseph Johnston

3. Battle of Shiloh Both sides suffered major casualties
Showed that the war was going to be very costly
Union victory in Tennessee

4. Battle of Antietam
Bloodiest single day in the war (23,000 dead in one day)
Union victory
Lincoln responded with the Emancipation Proclamation

5. Emancipation Proclamation
Issued by Abraham Lincoln January 1, 1863 after Antietam
Called for the freedom of all slaves in the rebelling states
Did not actually free any slaves
Made ending slavery a primary goal of the Union during the Civil War

6. Battle of Vicksburg Major Union victory
Union takes control of Mississippi River led by Ulysses S. Grant
Cut the Confederacy in two

7. Battle of Gettysburg Lee decided to invade the North
It was a crushing defeat for the Confederate Army
Both sides lost a great deal of men
In response to the horrors of the Battle of Gettysburg, Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address

8. Gettysburg Address
Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address to remind the American people what America represents and what they are fighting for- preservation of the union, freedom, and equality