The Civil War is one of the most important events in American history. It took place from 1861 to 1865 and unfolded as a series of major events and battles. Important events associated with the Civil War include: the abolition of slavery, the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and the major battles. Click below to learn more about specific topics related to the American Civil War.
READINGS & SOURCES
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|Abraham Lincoln
|American Civil War Overview |Assassination of Abraham Lincoln |Atlantic Slave Trade |Battle of Antietam |Battle of Chattanooga |Battle of Chickamauga |Battle of Cold Harbor |Battle of Fort Sumter |Battle of Gettysburg |
|Battle of Shiloh
|Battle of the Wilderness |Causes of the Civil War |Emancipation Proclamation |First Battle of Bull Run |Frederick Douglass |George McClellan |Gettysburg Address |Jefferson Davis |John Wilkes Booth |Joseph Hooker |
|P.G.T Beauregard
|Reconstruction |Richard Ewell |Robert E. Lee |Robert Gould Shaw |Second Battle of Bull Run |Significance of the Civil War |Slavery in the United States |Stonewall Jackson |Ulysses S. Grant |