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| CHAPTER 17 | THE WAR OF THE UNION | OVERVIEW |
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CHAPTER TIMELINE |
| March 4, 1861 |
Lincoln’s inauguration |
| 4:30 A.M., April 12, 1861 |
Guns fire on Fort Sumter |
| July 1861 |
First Battle of Bull Run |
| March 1862 |
Monitor v. Merrimack |
| April 1862 |
Battle of Shiloh |
| August 1862 |
Second Battle of Bull Run |
| September 1862 |
Battle of Antietam |
| December 1862 |
Battle of Fredericksburg |
| January 1, 1863 |
Emancipation Proclamation (Preliminary, September 1862) |
| May 1863 |
Battle of Chancellorsville |
| July 4, 1863 |
Victories at Vicksburg and Gettysburg |
| May 1864 |
Battle of the Wilderness |
| November 1864 |
Lincoln reelected |
| November 1864 |
Destruction of Atlanta |
| April 9, 1865 (Palm Sunday) |
Surrender at Appomattox |
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CHAPTER OBJECTIVES |
After you finish reading and studying this chapter, you should be able to: |
- Explain how the outbreak of fighting occurred.
- Analyze the advantages that each side had in the war.
- Describe the problems associated with raising an army for both the North
and the South.
- Trace the major strategic and military developments of the Civil War.
- Explain the political problems of the governments in both the North and the
South.
- Account for the emancipation of slaves and describe its impact.
- Describe Confederate diplomatic aspirations.
- Explain how each side financed the war and the economic effects of the war
on the North.
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