A CIVIL WAR
DIARY Pretend that this is a page from the diary of a fifth grader who lived during the
Civil War Period. Fill in the missing information.
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| November 1860 | _______________________was just elected to be our next president.
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| December 20, 1860 | _______________________decided to leave the Union today. Everyone is
shocked by the decision.
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| February 1861 | The Southern states that have seceded from the United States and have
formed the ___________________ ___________________________________. They even chose their own president! His name is______________________________________.
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| April 12, 1861 | There is big excitement everywhere. The war has begun. The Confederates
just attacked _______________________________________.
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| July 21, 1861 | The Confederate army won a battle today outside Washington D.C. It was
called the battle of _________________________.
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| June 1, 1862 | The Confederates selected a new general in-chief of the Confederate
armies. His name is ___________________ _________________.
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| January 1, 1863 | The front page of every newspaper has a copy of President's Lincoln's
document to free slaves. It is called the __________
_____________________________________.
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| May 4, 1863 | General Lee is a great general. Even though he had fewer soldiers, he
defeated the Union army today at _________________________________.
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| July 4, 1863 | The Union army won two very important victories yesterday and today. They
were at ______________________ ______________ and ______________________________.
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| April 9, 1865 | It's over! It's over! The war is over! General Lee did not want his men to
lose their lives in an impossible battle. He surrendered at ____________________________. |
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| April 15, 1865 | Terrible news. President Lincoln has been __________. It was done by a man named____________________________ ________________________________________. The president died early this morning. What a sad day. Everyone is mourning the loss of this great leader. | |||||||||||||||
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