Civil War. by FATIMA AGUIRRE https://padlet.com/fatimaaguirre21/h6sgfej229xj4yzx en-us 2021-03-03 22:15:43 UTC 2021-03-04 00:10:27 UTC hello@padlet.com Firing on Fort Sumter. fatimaaguirre21 https://padlet.com/fatimaaguirre21/h6sgfej229xj4yzx/wish/1266299664  On April 1861, the Civil War began at Fort Sumter. The Fort belonged to the North (the Union), but it was in South Carolina. The confederate president Jefferson Davis Told the Union forces leave, but President Abraham Lincoln refused, the Confederate Army fired on Fort Sumter.
More Southern states joined the Confederacy, 11 states left the Union. ]]> 2021-03-03 22:20:43 UTC https://padlet.com/fatimaaguirre21/h6sgfej229xj4yzx/wish/1266299664 Battle of Antietam. fatimaaguirre21 https://padlet.com/fatimaaguirre21/h6sgfej229xj4yzx/wish/1266352504 On September 17, 1862, more than 23,000 soldiers died and were injured at the Battle of Antietam. It was the bloodiest day of fighting in the Civil War.  ]]> 2021-03-03 22:44:53 UTC https://padlet.com/fatimaaguirre21/h6sgfej229xj4yzx/wish/1266352504 Battle of Gettysburg. fatimaaguirre21 https://padlet.com/fatimaaguirre21/h6sgfej229xj4yzx/wish/1266359535 On July 1863, more than 50,000 soldiers were killed in the Battle of Gettysburg. The Union won two important battles. At the battle of Vicksburg in Mississippi, General Ulysses S. got control of the Mississippi River and his victory cut the Confederacy in half. After those wars, The Union Army began to win. ]]> 2021-03-03 22:48:18 UTC https://padlet.com/fatimaaguirre21/h6sgfej229xj4yzx/wish/1266359535 Emancipation Proclamation. fatimaaguirre21 https://padlet.com/fatimaaguirre21/h6sgfej229xj4yzx/wish/1266395420 On 1863 President Lincoln wrote the Emancipation Proclamation. In this document he said that "Persons held as slaves shall be forever free." He didn't free all the slaves but it was an important step.  ]]> 2021-03-03 23:05:40 UTC https://padlet.com/fatimaaguirre21/h6sgfej229xj4yzx/wish/1266395420 The south losing their strongholds. fatimaaguirre21 https://padlet.com/fatimaaguirre21/h6sgfej229xj4yzx/wish/1266467602 During 1864-1865 the Confederate Army lost its strongholds.]]> 2021-03-03 23:42:08 UTC https://padlet.com/fatimaaguirre21/h6sgfej229xj4yzx/wish/1266467602 The Southern Army leaves Richmond. fatimaaguirre21 https://padlet.com/fatimaaguirre21/h6sgfej229xj4yzx/wish/1266493189 On April 2, 1865, the Southern troops run fled their capital of Richmond, General Lee knew that the time come to surrender. ]]> 2021-03-03 23:55:22 UTC https://padlet.com/fatimaaguirre21/h6sgfej229xj4yzx/wish/1266493189 The surrender of the South to the North at Appomattox Courthouse. fatimaaguirre21 https://padlet.com/fatimaaguirre21/h6sgfej229xj4yzx/wish/1266505555 On April 9, 1865, General Lee surrendered to General Grant at a small town in Virginia. The bloodiest war in America history was over. ]]> 2021-03-04 00:01:30 UTC https://padlet.com/fatimaaguirre21/h6sgfej229xj4yzx/wish/1266505555