Battles of the Civil War
Emma: In the early 1800s, the United States of America was divided about the moral issue of slavery. Northerners we distraught and upset about slavery & what it did to the people, wanting the South to stop using that method to harvest crops. The South were angry that the North would not obey the Fugitive Slave Law and let their “property” be free.
These events led up to the bloodiest war in the U.S; the American Civil War. About 620,000 Americans lost their lives through 1861-1865. A few of the major battles through the Civil War were the battle of Bull Run, the battle of Antietam, the battle Gettysburg, the fighting at Vicksburg, and the siege of Petersburg. These battles and Union victories throughout the war caused the Confederacy to surrender and rejoin the United States at the Appomattox Court House in Virginia.
Emma: In the early 1800s, the United States of America was divided about the moral issue of slavery. Northerners we distraught and upset about slavery & what it did to the people, wanting the South to stop using that method to harvest crops. The South were angry that the North would not obey the Fugitive Slave Law and let their “property” be free.
These events led up to the bloodiest war in the U.S; the American Civil War. About 620,000 Americans lost their lives through 1861-1865. A few of the major battles through the Civil War were the battle of Bull Run, the battle of Antietam, the battle Gettysburg, the fighting at Vicksburg, and the siege of Petersburg. These battles and Union victories throughout the war caused the Confederacy to surrender and rejoin the United States at the Appomattox Court House in Virginia.
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Timeline of the Civil War Battles and events leading up to them.