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The civil war was faught between the northern and southern states of the US. The southern states seceded from the union to create their own confederacy.
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The south created the confederate states, very similar to the constitution.
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Lincoln's predessesor refused to surrender federal forts to the seceding stated, they took action.
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President Lincoln takes office, and begins his planning for taking back the nation.
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President Lincoln planned to send supplies to the fort. To avoid hostilities, he warned the states. It was eventually surrendered to south caralina.
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With Virginia's secession, Richmmond was named the confederate capitol.
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Residents of the western side of Virginia did not wish to seceed. Thus they split and went seperate ways.
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Despite their acceptance of slavery, Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri did not join the Confederacy. Although divided in their loyalties, a combination of political maneuvering and Union military pressure kept these states from seceding
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Suddenly aware of the threat of a protracted war and the army's need for organization and training, Lincoln replaced McDowell with General George B. McClellan.
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Public demand pushed General-in-Chief Winfield Scott to advance on the South before adequately training his untried troops
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To blockade the coast of the Confederacy effectively, the federal navy had to be improved. By July, the effort at improvement had made a difference and an effective blockade had begun. The South responded by building small, fast ships that could outmaneuver Union vessels
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President Lincoln issued a war order authorizing the Union to launch a unified aggressive action against the Confederacy. General McClellan ignored the order.
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President Lincoln issued an order reorganizing the Army of Virginia and relieving McClellan of supreme command. McClellan was given command of the Army of the Potomac, and ordered to attack Richmond. This marked the beginning of the Peninsular Campaign
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In an attempt to reduce the North's great naval advantage, Confederate engineers converted a scuttled Union frigate, the U.S.S. Merrimac
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Confederate forces attacked Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant at Shiloh, Tennessee. By the end of the day
