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Battle of Mobile Bay

The Manhunt of John Wilkes Booth started here. Abraham Lincoln was assassinated on the night of April 14, 1865 at the Petersen House in Washington, D.C. He was attending a comedy show where he got shot. Booth had made an escape out the back door of the theater. He rode on his rented horse right out of Washington. As Booth made his way into Maryland, he met up with a man named David Harold. They both moved into Virginia but came across Confederate soldiers. Harold surrendered but Booth refused. He was later found in a barn in Virginia. For 12 days Booth had been the most wanted man in the whole United States. A $100,000 reward was for who could turn them in.

The Escape from Libby Prison was one of the most famous attempted escapes from the Civil War. During February 1864, 109 Union prisoners tried escaping from a tunnel they had been digging for months. Earlier escapes had ended badly but this “Great Escape Plan” risked getting caught by the prison officials. The Union prisoners soon gathered that the officials were totally oblivious to this plan of theirs after one of the Union officers was found in a locked room in the cellar working on their plan to break out. Luckily, the Union officer came up with a quick lie and the Confederate prison official believed him. After lights went out on February 9th, the prisoners revealed the tunnel and quickly ran through. Roll call the next morning and the Confederate officers were stunned. Although they all successfully made it out of the prison, 48 men were recaptured, 59 made it back to the Union side, and two died on the way back.

Lincoln's Inauguration Speech

The Battle of Bull Run is commonly known as the first full scale war in the Civil War. The Union believed to be the most prepared for this battle considering they had outweighed the Confederate sides soldiers. They were known to have more railroads than the South and more factories. Although the end result was that they had lost the battle. Stonewall Jackson, a Confederate General, had led the South to victory. This battle had occurred July 21, 1861 in Virginia and had lasted not very long.

During Spring of 1863 lots of Southern women were fighting to keep up after their husbands were fighting in the Civil War. The inflation had gone way up and families started to starve. This had caused ruckus. Women were breaking into bakeries and stealing things for revenge. They raided and attacked businesses throughout Richmond, Virginia. The protesters would yell out, “We celebrate our right to live! We are starving! Bread or blood!”. Hundreds would join them.

On the day of April 14, 1865, Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth. Booth was a part of the Confederate side of the Civil War. Lincoln and his wife were enjoying a comedy show at the Petersen House in Washington, D.C when Booth got access into the president's box. He shot Abe in the back of the head with a pistol and jumped out of the box. Abe rushed to see a surgeon in the audience. He died the next morning at 7:22.

The Raid on Harper's Ferry-

Stone River Battle

Taking of Savanna (Sherman)-