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Election of 1860
This was the final event that set off the south before going into the Civil War. It is Abraham Lincoln being elected president because of what he believed in. He believed in abolishing slavery. -
Fort Sumter
A fort in South Carlolina that was the setting of the opening of the American Civil War. This fort was cut off from vital supplies and reinforcements by southern control of the harbor by the Anaconda Plan. This was one of the most important battles during the Civil War. -
Battle of Bull Run
The first major battle of the civil war where 30,000 union troops were marched from Washington D.C to Manassas, Virginia to attack the confederate soldiers. -
Thomas Stonewall Jackson
Gerneral of the Confederate forces, he led the confederate forces in the battle of Bull Run. -
Winfield Scott the Anaconda Plan
Winfield Scott is chief-in-justice for the union who also created the Anaconda Plan which cut off essintial supplies from reaching the south. The plan he created really helped the union -
Monitor vs. Merrimac
This was an epic ship battle between two iron-made ships called the Monitor (Union) and the Merrimac (Confederacy). The all out battle lasted for five hours and ended up being a tie with the result of both of the ships being destroyed and they sank to the bottom of the sea. -
George McClellan
McClellan was a major gerneral in the American Civil War. He organized the Potomac army which fought at Antietam. He was really important when it came to training the union soldiers for war. -
Battle of Antietam
The bloodiest battle of the Civil war where reinstated General McClellan battled the Confederate Robert E. Lee at Antietam creek in Sharpsburg, Maryland. McCellan had the advantage since he knew what Robert E. Lee's plans were, because of a confederate soldier who dropped the blueprints for the attack. -
Emancipation Proclamation
This document was signed and passed by President Abraham Lincoln stating that slaves are now free, which also put the thirteenth amendment into affect in December of 1865 (free slaves) Once this happend, over 200,000 slaves walked to the north where they would be protected from the south. Many of them joined the union army and fought against the south which then became known as the Army of Freedom. -
Battle of Fredricksburg
The battle of Fredricksburg was a battle between a newly instated General Burnside for the Union who battled Robert E. Lee. This battle was brutal for the union. 12,000 deaths or wounded comoared to only 5,000 on the confederate side. -
Battle of Vicksburg
This battle turned the tides on the Confederacy because the union was successful in taking control of Vicksburgh Mississippi. General Grant of the union cut off the ends of the condederate ties to other states such as Texas and Louisiana with control of federal warships. -
Battle of Gettysburg
This battle was said to be the bloodiest because of over 50,000 casualties. Robert E. Lee gave it his all in this battle then retreated when he almost lost everyone, they retreated to Virginia in hope of escaping the north. This battle weakend the the confederate army so much that this battle may have cost them the war they fought so hard to win. -
Gettysburg Address
A speech in dedication to the soldiers who fought for the union in the battle of Gettysuburg, spoken by President Abraham Lincoln. This is a welcome speech for all the people who served in the war. This is one of the most remembered speeches and documents in American history. -
Sherman's March
Intended to break the will of the confederacy and destryoing its will to fight on. General William Tecumseh Sherman marched and burned everything in his path destroying cotton patches and barns. He set out from Tennessee, clear across Georgia, and took Atlanta and the capitol of South Carolina too. -
Jefferson Davis
President of the Confederate states and tried to keep increasing political power throughout the south. -
Robert E. Lee
General of the Confederate army during the American Civil war. He surrenders to Grant of the union army at Appomattox Court House in 1865. He led several victories but lost at Gettysburg forcing himself to surrender against the union army. -
Appomattox Court House
Lee and his army try to escape but are cut off and are forced to surrender to Grant at Appomattox Court House. Loncoln just wants peace, so he lets the southern soldiers return home on their horses. -
Lincoln's Assasination
In the Fors theater in Washington, Lincoln was shot and killed by John Wilks Booth. The north was very upset, but the south wasn't really mourning until they had to cope with dealing with the overwhelming problems of post-war reconstruction. -
Ulysses S. Grant
Commander of the Union army who defeated Robert E. Lee at Appomattox Court House. He was one of the most important generals from the union. He later became the president of the United States also.
