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The Civil War
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The Election of 1860
The causes of the Civil War were slavery, different economic ways of the North and South, Religion, and government. -
Jefferson Davis
Jefferson Davis was the President of the Confederate States of America(leader of the Southern states). He was overbearing, too controlling, and didn't listen to the people. Davis put efforts into taking charge of the Confederate War plans, but was not much of a leader nor as organized or strong as the Union. He created controversy in South which made them weaker against the North. -
Robert E. Lee
Robert E. Lee was first offered a job as a Union -
The Battle of Fort Sumter
Was the first battle of the Civil War. What occured was the South wanted the government to give up Fort Sumter since they wanted to succeed and it was part of the Sounthern Territory. The fort was surrendered, and it was Licoln's cause to start the Union Army incase of rebelion. -
Thomas Stonewall Jackson
Jackson was mostly reconized for attributes to the Batlle of Bull Run battle, after this battle he was promoted to General, this was even a nickname. He believed in strict discipline, hardwork, and you only had one chance to do it. He was at one point the most celebrated soilder in the army. He motivated the Confederate army, and made them better. -
Winfield Scott and the Anaconda Plan
Winfield Scott proposed the Anaconda Plan to create a blockade of southern goods, and to split the South in two by placing troops in the Mississippi River, this would cause a weak South to become weaker of the this split, and therefore rebelion would sieze. The cause of this plan was to make the South stay, and gain control of America again. -
First Battle of Bull Run
McDowell sent almost 20,000 men on a march to Stone Brigde to attack the Confederate soilders, shots were fired. The Confederates tried to organize a revolt, but they failed becuase of the lack of communication. Richard Ewell was suppose to move foward with his 1,500 troops, along with others, but ended up being the only one. When word got back Confederate troops were sent and they made the Union soilders retreat. This battle caused many to infer that this war would be longer than expected. -
Georgle McClellan
He organized the famous Army of the Potomac and served briefly as the general-in-chief of the Union Army. McClellan's leadership skills during battles were questioned by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, who eventually removed him from command, first as general-in-chief, then from the Army of the Potomac.McClellan as a poor battlefield general. -
Jefferson Davis
Davis was elected to a 6-year term as President of the Confederate States of America on November 6, 1861. During his presidency, Davis was not able to find a strategy to defeat the larger, more industrially developed Union. Davis' insistence on independence, even in the face of crushing defeat, prolonged the war. After Davis was captured in 1865, he was charged with treason, though not tried, and stripped of his eligibility to run for public office. This limitation was removed in 1978. -
Ulysses S. Grant
February 1862, he took Fort Donelson in Tennessee, which was the first Union victory of strategic importance. As the fierce battles of the Civil War continued, some began to question General Grant's military leadership. General Grant's military strategy was on target as he defeated General Lee at Petersburg. Finally, on April 9, 1865, Lee surrendered at Appomattox Court House. Grant wrote generous terms of surrender that helped to begin the process of uniting the nation again. -
Monitor and Merrimac
The Battle of Hampton Roads, often referred to as the Battle of the Monitor and Merrimack (or Merrimac), The battle was a part of the effort of the Confederacy to break the Union blockade, which had cut off Virginia's largest cities, Norfolk and Richmond, from international trade.The major significance of the battle is that it was the first meeting in combat of ironclad warships. -
Battle of Antietam
First major battle in the Civil War, and was the bloodiest single day battle. General George McClellan of the Union attacked Lee's army, the Union attacks eventually diminished most of Lee's troops, but Confederate reinforcements came and surprised atacked McClellan ending the war the same night it started. This battle gave Lincoln confidence to announce his Emanicpations Proclamation, and it discouraged Europe from recognition of the Confederacy -
Battle of Fredericksburg
Under the command of General Burnside, Union Troops crossed the Rappahannock River and occupied Fredericksburg. Confederate troops withdrew and occupied the heights above the town. The Confederates were well situated. In assaults south of the town, as well as above the town, in Marye's heights, Union troops failed to dislodge the Confederates. Union troops suffered massive casualties and were forced to withdraw. -
Battle of Vicksburg
The importance of Vicksburg to the Confederacy was that it was the last major fort on the Mississippi still in Confederate hands and thus still remaining an obstacle for Union supply shipments.The victory turned out to have even greater importance for the North because they got Lt. Gen Pemberton's Army of the Mississippi to retreat to Vicksburg and surrender with the city. -
Gettysburg Address
Abraham Lincoln, president of the Union (the northern states), had problems with various pressure groups who wanted the war, which had killed 250,00 of America's young people, to end, even at the cost of giving in to Confederate demands. The Gettysburg address, given while the war was still raging, served to bolster the spirits of the north by focussing on the ultimate goals. -
Sherman’s March
Sherman demolished everything along his way- the stores, the factories, the railways- everything. In doing so he practically cut off the supplies to Lee's armies which were facing the North. -
Appomattox Court House
Appomattox, Virginia is the site where Robert E. Lee, the commander of the Army of Northern Virginia during the American Civil War, officially surrendered to Union forces. The surrender took place in the Appomattox Court House on 9 April 1865. Sporadic fighting occurred for additional months, but the loss of General Lee and his army set in motion the final conclusion of the Civil War. Southern states were subsequently occupied by United States troops, and the Era of Reconstruction began. -
Lincoln's Assassination
Lincoln was shot at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., as the American Civil War was drawing to a close, just six days after the surrender of General Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia to General Ulysses S. Grant and Union forces. The assassination was planned and carried out by John Wilkes Booth as part of a larger conspiracy in an effort to rally the remaining Confederate troops to continue fighting.
