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South Carolina didnt agree with the election of abraham lincoln, therefore, it was the first to secede from the union.
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While south carolina already seceded, the rest of the lower south decided that they didnt agree with the policies that were taking place inside the union, so the joined south carolina in secession
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Confederate forces demanded the surrender of fort sumter. This took place in Charleston, South Carolina, and this also was the start of the American civil war.
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The upper south decided to go along with the lower south in seceding, This was mainly because of the policies of the north, this took place after they saw the confederate victory at fort sumter.
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This was fought in Prince William country VA. Just months after the start of the war at Fort Sumter, the Northern public waited for a march against the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia, which could bring an early end to the war.
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This was a very important event for the union. It was captured under farragut.
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Grant captured these forts for the union. this was his first battle
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was fought August 28–30, 1862. General Robert E Lee and John Pope's Army of Virginia, and a battle of much larger scale and numbers than the First Battle of Bull Run
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McLellan, for the union, stoped Lee, for the confederates, during this battle
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The Battle of Antietam, in which Union troops turned back a Confederate invasion of Maryland, gave Lincoln the opportunity to issue a preliminary proclamation.
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between General Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and the Union Army of the Potomac, commanded by Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside. This was a confederate victory
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The Emancipation Proclamation is an executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, during the American Civil War under his war powers. It proclaimed the freedom of 3.1 million of the nation's 4 million slaves, and immediately freed 50,000 of them, with the rest freed as Union armies advanced
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Spotsylvania County, Virginia, near the village of Chancellorsville. Two related battles were fought nearby on May 3 in the vicinity of Fredericksburg. The campaign pitted Union Army Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker's Army of the Potomac against an army half its size, Gen. Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. lees was victorious
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this was a major victory for the union
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This was another major victory for the union, this went along with gettsyburg
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Grant defeated the confederate forces during this battle
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Sherman completely destroys the city of atlanta, GA. This was a major city in the south, which the union just burned
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Lincoln runs with Mclellan, but lincoln was very victorious, being that there is no southern factor during this election
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John Wilkes Boothe assassinates Lincoln five days after the victory of the union over the confederates
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the remaining confederates surrender to the union after their victory. the states that seceded will now rejoin the union and slavery will be abolished
