Sidi M. El Ofir's American History Blog

- On May 16, the two armies clashed at champions Hill, halfway between Jackson and Vicksburg.

-Frant began a siege, a tactic in which an enemy is surrounded and starved in order to make it surrender.

- Lincoln delivered his remarks, which known as the Gettysburg Address.

- In 1863, most americans did not pay much attention to Lincoln's speech.

- In 1864, Lincoln fought he would be beaten.

- Lincoln won an easy victory, garnering 212 out of a possible 233 electoral votes.

- In February 1865, Congress joined Lincoln in that stand and passed the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution.