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Failed Resupply of Fort Sumter
Repeated attempts to resupply fort sumter were derailed by Confederate forces -
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West Virginia is Born
On June 20th 1861 West Virginia was born. However they decided not to secede. Like the rest of the stae and thus west virgina was born. -
First Battle of Bull Run
Due to Public Demand General-in-chief- Winfield Scott was forced to advance on the south before adequetly training his troops -
General McDowell is replaced
A sudden realization of the threat of a protracted war Lincoln replaced mcDowell with general George B. McClellan -
Abraham Lincoln Takes action
On january 27th 1862 President Lincoln ordered the launch of war with his union troops fighting confederate troops -
Stonewall defeats union forces
Confederate general Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson defeats union forces at Shenandoah Valley -
Fort Pulaski, Georgia
General Quincy A. Gilmore attacked fort pullaski and destroyed its forces within 2 days -
New Commander for the union army
On July 11, Major-General Henry Halleck was named general-in-chief of the Union army -
The first Conscription Act
Due to recruiting difficulties an act was passed making all men between the ages of 20 and 45 liable to be called for military service. Though this could be avoided by paying a fine or finding a substitute. A riot broke out in new York for protest. It should be noted this also provided a similar reaction in the South -
The Gettysburg Campaign
Confederate General Lee decided to take the fight to the enemy -
Battle of Chickamauga
On September 19, Union and Confederate forces met on the Tennessee-Georgia border, near Chickamauga Creek. After the battle, Union forces retreated to Chattanooga, and the Confederacy maintained control of the battlefield. -
Winter Quarters at Brandy Station
All was quiet beyond the Rappahannock, but there was a rich harvest for the photographers. Some photographs date from December 1863. -
The Battle of Spotsylvania.
General Grant continued to attack Lee. At Spotsylvania Court House, he fought for five days, vowing to fight all summer if necessary -
Grant's Wilderness Campaign
General Grant, promoted to commander of the Union armies, planned to engage Lee's forces in Virginia until they were destroyed -
Confederate Troops Approach Washington, D.C.
Confederate General Jubal Early led his forces into Maryland to relieve the pressure on Lee's army. Early got within five miles of Washington, D.C., but on July 13, he was driven back to Virginia. -
Abraham Lincoln Is Re-Elected.
The Republican party nominated President Abraham Lincoln as its presidential candidate, and Andrew Johnson for vice-president. The Democratic party chose General George B. McClellan for president, and George Pendleton for vice-president. -
The Fall of the Confederacy.
Transportation problems and successful blockades caused severe shortages of food and supplies in the South. Starving soldiers began to desert Lee's forces, and although President Jefferson Davis approved the arming of slaves as a means of augmenting the shrinking army, the measure was never put into effect. -
Sherman Marches through North and South Carolina.
Union General Sherman moved from Georgia through South Carolina, destroying almost everything in his path. -
Surrender at Appomaltox
R.E Lee surrendered his forces to U.S. Grant at Appomaltox Courthouse On April 9th 1865 -
The Assassination of President Lincoln.
On April 14, as President Lincoln was watching a performance of "Our American Cousin" at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C., he was shot by John Wilkes Booth, an actor from Maryland obsessed with avenging the Confederate defeat. Lincoln died the next morning.
