Civel War

  • Lincon elected

    Lincon elected
    He won against 3 other people. He won in the North and the West. He was against slavary and because of that the South made another country.
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    Civel War

  • Fort Sumpter

    Fort Sumpter
    The confederates attacked the fort after the comander declined to surrender it. Supply ships were coming to give it more supplies. The fort was surrendered. No one got hurt. It started the war and persuaded other states to join the South
  • Lincon oders blockade

    Lincon oders blockade
    Lincon has ships block the south so they can't get any supplies.
  • Bull Run

    Bull Run
    The first battle of the Civel Wa. The south won.
  • Monitor vs. Virginia

    Monitor vs. Virginia
    The monitor sanked some of the blockade ships. The next day the Virginia came and protected the fleet. They discovered that armored ships were better.
  • Battle of Shiloh

    Battle of Shiloh
    The South attacked the North. The North retreated further North. They stoped at a road. The next day reinforcemnts came. They made the South retreat. It made it harder for two of teh South's armys to join.
  • Seven Days

    Seven Days
    The South attacked the North and And made them leave the area around Richmond. It lasted until July 1. The South won.
  • Seize of Vicksburg

    Seize of Vicksburg
    Grant attacked Vicksburg. The people inside had little food. There were armys behind Grant that were going to attack. An important city was captured by the North.
  • Second battle of Bull Run

    Second battle of Bull Run
    The South army attacked Pope. He attacked the South army. The north lost and a counter attack made them retreate.
  • Antietam

    Antietam
    The battle was between Lee and McClellan. The North almost won, but another army came to help the South. At night, Lee retreated. The North won. the North prevented Lee from going more North.
  • Emancipation Proclamation

    Emancipation Proclamation
    It freed slaves. Because of it, Europe dind't help the south.
  • Chancellorsville battle

    Chancellorsville battle
    The south won. Lee was attacked by the North. He devided his army. The North stopped attacking. Lee attacked the front and back of the North. The south won, but they lost Stonewall Jackson.
  • Battle of Gettysburg

    Battle of Gettysburg
    More people died in this battle than the other battles. It was 3 days long. The North won.
  • Battle at Chattanooga

    Battle at Chattanooga
    The North shelled Chattanooga. They killed some soldiers. They sanked two steam ships. They removed 2 ships from the South.
  • Ulysses S. Grant takes over the Union Army

    Ulysses S. Grant takes over the Union Army
    Grant was made in charge of the Union armys. One other person had a higher positin than Grant.

    Grant made all of the armys work together he captured Richmond.
  • 13th amendment

    13th amendment
    It said that slavery was illegal. The South could not do slavery if it joined the Union.
  • Atlanta captured

    Atlanta captured
    Atlanta was an important city in the South. Sherman tried to capture it. Sherman captured a railroad. The South army left. The North got an important city in the South.
  • Sherman's March to the Sea

    Sherman's March to the Sea
    The march was 300 miles long. Sherman tried to confuse the South on where he ws going. A North army would go from the North to the South.
  • Savannah captured.

    Savannah captured.
    Sherman needed supplies. Sherman was protected so he couldn't get them from the Navy. He got one of the forts. He got his supplies. The South left and then surrendered. The North got 150 guns and cotton and captured a city.
  • Abrahem Lincon reelected

    Abrahem Lincon reelected
    Abrahem Lincon won the election. He lost in 3 states. He got to end the war.
  • Richmond captured.

    Richmond captured.
    After the battle of peterson, Lee surendered Richmond and Peterson The North captured South's Capital.
  • Lincon got shot.

    Lincon got shot.
    When Lincon was at a play, he got shot by John Booth. Licoln wasn't president.
  • Robet E. Lee surenderes

    Robet E. Lee surenderes
    The army ran out of people. Grant captured Petersburg, so Lee tried to join with another army. Grant surounded Lee, so Lee surendered.
  • Getty'sburg Address

    Getty'sburg Address
    Abrahem Lincon gave a speech after the Gettysburg battle. the place was made a place to bury the soldiers. It has always been remembered.
  • Emancipation Proclamation takes effect

    Emancipation Proclamation takes effect
    Any slaves that were in the Confederate states were freed when the armys went through an area. The South lost their slaves so they didn't have people to work on the farms.