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Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was running for President with an anti-slavery platform and had already defeated three opponents. Lincoln won the Electoral College by a lot. The election showed how split the nation was. -
First Southern Union State
South Carolina was the first Sothern State to be apart of the Union states and respond to Abraham Lincolns election. -
Jefferson Davis decision
Jefferson Davis became the president of the Confederate states and started the C.S.A. C.S.A stands for Comunity Support Agriculture, and it connects customers and framers. -
The Battle of Bull Run
The first battle of the Civil War was The Battle of Bull Run which happened in Manassas, Virginia. The Confederates won the battle against the Union. By the outcome of this battle people could tell the war wouldn't end soon. -
The Tennessee
The Tennessee army that is under General Grant's command repulse the Confederate advance. Tennessee was one of the largest battles of the civil war in the western theatre. -
Confederate and Union Force
The numbers of Confederate and Union troops fell when they went onto the Nothern territory. It was the bloodiest day of the Civil war when the Confederate troops went onto the Northern Territory and announced the Emancipation Proclamation. -
The Battle in Gettysburg
The battle of Gettysburg had almost 150,000 troops fighting and over 51,000 troops missing or dead. The battle of Gettysburg was on farm fields and was in Central Pennsylvania. This was the last major push form the Confederate onto the Union territory. -
July The Forth
Vicksburg surrendered to General Grant. The Vicksburg campaign leads to many fights including sinking gunboats on the Mississippi River by Confederate defenders. This was a big accomplishment for the Western theatre. -
Confederate And Union
Lincoln defeats General Gorge B McClellan to stay president of the United States. But the southern states continued to rebel. -
Appomattox Court House
The Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his troops to Ulysses S. Grant at the Appomattox Court House in Virginia. Other southern troops started surrendered, this ended the Civil war that lasted four years.
