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The Confederacy took over fort sumter then surrendered the fort and it was evacuated the next day.
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On April 17 in Virginia not wanting to fight against other Southern states, secede a loss to the Union. Virginia was the most populated state in the South and the most industrialized. In May, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina followed Virginia bringing the number of Confederate states to 11.
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After ten hours of fighting, nearly 5,000
soldiers lay dying, dead, captured, or missing
as the Union troops retreated to Washington -
Grant gathered his troops near a church named Shiloh, thousands of yelling Confederate soldiers surprised the Union. Grant reorga-
nized his troops, ordered reinforcements, and counterattacked
By mid afternoon the Confederate
forces were in retreat. -
Lee moved against McClellan in a series of
battles known collectively as the Seven Days’ Battles. -
General Lee invaded Maryland hoping the state would
join the Confederacy, Union victory, this is the battle that helps Lincoln to decide to create
the Emancipation proclamation. -
On January 1, 1863, Lincoln issued the
Emancipation Proclamation. -
the Confederate attempt to launch a frontal assault on the Union
stronghold on a hill. Union victory,
General Lee is forced to retreat to Virginia. This was the last attempt the South would have to invade the North. -
In November 1863, a ceremony was held to dedicate a cemetery in Gettysburg. The first speaker was Edward Everett then after Abraham Lincoln spoke, speech is called Gettysburg Address
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Lee and Grant met to arrange a Confederate surrender. they made terms. Grant paroled Lee’s soldiers and sent them
home with their personal possessions, horses, and 3 days’ rations.
Within two months all remaining Confederate resistance collapsed. -
5 days after Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox Court House, Lincoln and his wife went to Ford’s Theater in Washington during the play then a man silently opened the doors to the presidential box. he raised a pistol, and fired, hitting the president in the back of Lincoln's head.
