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Battle at Fort Sumter
(April 12 to April 14,1861) It was the start of the civil war. South Carolina wanted to secede from the Union and Fort Sumpter was still occuppied by Federal troops. If these troops remained there, then they could control all traffic that entered/departed the Charleston harbor.Beauregard, in command of the Confederate forces around Charleston Harbor, opened fire on the Union garrison holding Fort Sumter. At 2:30pm on April 13 Major Robert Anderson, garrison commander, surrendered the fort. -
South Blockade
During the Civil War, the Union attempted to blockade the southern states. A blockade meant that they tried to prevent any goods, troops, and weapons from entering the southern states. By doing this, the Union thought they could cause the economy of the Confederate States to collapse. -
1st Battle of Bull Run
Stayed at a small stream known as 1st Battle of Bull Run. On July 21, 1861 the First Battle of Bull Run occurred. It was the first real major conflict of the American Civil War. A Union army, consisting of 28,000 men, commanded by General McDowell, fought 33,000 Confederates under General Beauregard. The Union army, under pressure to crush the rebellion in the South, marched towards Richmond, but met the Confederate forces coming north from Manassas, a Southern base. -
Monitor vs. Virginia naval battle
It was sigfigant becasue it introduced steam powered ironclad warships, the days of the wooden sailing ship were numbered. Tactics and, eventually, strategies changed to reflect the vessels' abilities to fire and maneuver. -
Battle of Shiloh
The Battle of Shiloh was a major Union Victory in the "West"It was a much needed victory for at the same time Robert E. Lee and the Confederates were doing well in the East so Grant's win at Shiloh was a morale boost. It also moved the Union closer to its "western goal" of gaining control of the Mississippi River and "dividing and conquering the South". One of the bloodyest battles fought. April6-April7,1862. -
7 Days Campaign
Went from July 25 to June 1. The next seven days, the Army of Northern Virginia would deliver blow after blow at Beaver Dam Creek, Gaines’ Mill, Savage Station, Glendale, and Malvern Hill. Gone were the days of torpor and defensive maneuver. Lee would usher in a new era of offensive combat that would not only completely unnerve George McClellan, but would force the evacuation of the Union army from the region. Lee's victory in the Seven Days would mean that the savage fighting of the Civil -
2nd Battle of Bull Run
Union: Major General John Pope
Confederate: General Robert E. Lee, Major General Thomas J. Jackson, and Lieutenant General James Longstreet
Outcome:Victory for the Confederate forces. 22,180 casualties. Of those, 13,830 were Union soldiers.
Significance of the Second Battle of Bull Run: The Second Battle of Bull Run was a very important victory for the South. In fact, it was the most decisive battle in the Northern Virginia campaign for the Confederates. -
Antietam
Battle in the U.S civil war which was fought on September 17, 1862, also known as Battle of Sharpsburg particulary in the south. It gave president linclon the victory he needed to deliver the emancipation proclimation. Also it was the single bloodiest day in american history. It also stopped lees invasion of the north. If antietam was the bloddiest day Gettysburg was the bloodiest battle of the civil war. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln, by executive proclamation of Sept 22, 1862, declared that on this date “all persons held as slaves within any state or designated part of a state, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever, free.” Slaves in the four slave states that had not seceded from the Union (Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky and Missouri) were not freed until the passage of the 13th Amendment in 1865. -
Emancipation Proclamation issued
The Emancipation Proclamation was an order given on January 1, 1863 by Abraham Lincoln to free the slaves. Not all the slaves were free though. It has some limiations like it only freed the slaves in the Confederate States that were not under Union control. By announcing his intention of eventually freeing the slaves, it kept European powers out of our Civil War and allowed us to settle it for ourselves. The Union had the ability to defeat the South. -
Battle at Chancellorsville
The Battle of Chancellorsville, April 30–May 6, 1863, resulted in a Confederate victory that stopped an attempted flanking movement by Maj. Gen. Joseph "Fighting Joe" Hooker’s Army of the Potomac against the left of Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia. The Southern victory was diminished by the loss of Lt. Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson,wounded by his own men who mistook him and his staff for Union cavalry, a loss that would have far-reaching effects on the Civil War. -
Battle of Gettysburg
It was a major turning point in the war. Until that battle, the South was actually winning. The plan was to sweep around through Hanover, and surprise the Union with an attack on Washington DC from the north vs. the heavily fortified southern side of D.C.
But the North succeeded in cutting off the South's supply lines and ended victoriously...albeit barely...at Gettysburg, which was the start of the South's loss of the war. July1 to July3rd. -
Siege of Vicksburg
May 18-July 4, 1863 When federal troops under Maj. Gen. U.S. Grant took Vicksburg it gave the Union control of the Mississippi River and split the Confederacy in two. Resources west of the river were denied to the Rebels while the Union was able to move supplies of all kinds on the river. It was a huge loss for the Confederacy. was the culmination of one of the most brilliant military campaigns of the war. -
Gettysburg Address
he Gettysburg Address was missing. The "battlefield draft" that Abraham Lincoln had taken from his coat as he looked across the freshly dug graves on November 19, 1863, the two pages written in the president's own hand and completed the morning of the great speech, the document that dedicated the nation to "a new birth of freedom," had disappeared. It currently located at Gettysburg, PA 17325. -
Battle at Chattanooga
It was a turning point for the civil war, because it gave the Union the ability to move further down South. Union forces struck out and captured Orchard Knob and Lookout Mountain. On November 25, Union soldiers assaulted and carried the seemingly impregnable Confederate position on Missionary Ridge. One of the Confederacy’s two major armies was routed. The Federals held Chattanooga, the “Gateway to the Lower South,” which became the supply and logistics base for Sherman 1864 Atlanta Campaign. -
13th Amendment passed
This Amendment officially outlaws slavery and involuntary servitude, but it doesn't serve as punishment for crime. It was brought in because some people thought that the Emancipation Proclomation was temporary. -
Abraham Lincoln re-elected
"It was important for me to be reelected. I was the solid hand that guided the Union through the Civil War, my presence commanded respect. The very worst thing the South could have done was assassinate me, I had plans on treating them as naughty children and bring a healing of the nation. But, the nation lost me at the hand of John Wilkes Booth, and the Southern people paid dearly, the pain of their lives was greatly magnified because many in the North wanted revenge". (This quote said it all) -
Sherman captures Atlanta
Unwilling to attack Atlanta's strong defenses, U.S. forces swept west and south around the city. The snuck into the city and attacked while everyone was sleeping. The U.S. forces won! This battle would help favor the relecetion of abe lincon. Another reason they attacked was because it was where all the buildings were that build weapons and supplied the Confederates army was so by taking that out it would have a major effect of the Confederate army. Reason3,damage railroads(supplied Confederate) -
Abraham Lincoln elected president
When he was elected, it was a sign to the south that what they wanted didn't matter. It was that way because a very small part of the population of the south voted for his opponent, but he still won. This was his first term of election. Abe lincon was in charge for alot of major things that were going on during the Civil War. -
Sherman begins march to the sea
took place from November 15, 1864 to December 21, 1864. which followed the successful Atlanta Campaign. After leaving the decimated city of Atlanta on November 16, Sherman led his troops on a destructive campaign which concluded with the capture of the port city of Savannah on December 21. It is known for its boldness as well as the sheer destruction inflicted on the south, both to its industry as well as military targets, effectively destroying the Confederate’s capacity to wage war. -
Savannah, GA falls to the Union
The union took over Savannah, GA in order to build a border to stop the confederates army's attempts to move supplies/get supplies. -
Union Army moves in and occupies Richmond, VA.
Union troops occupy Petersburg and Richmond because they are runnning low on materials and want to gain more power. and Virginia offerd Richmond to be the Confederate capital. -
Robert E. Lee surrenders
This was his last stand with the army of Northern Virginia, and this was one of the last battles of the civil war. He planned to attack the Union but when he learned what he was up against he had no other choice but to surrender. -
Abraham Lincoln shot and killed
Died the next morning, (on April 15) President Lincoln was killed because the conspirators, especially John Wilkes Booth, were angry at how the Civil War was fought and the fact that General Ulysses S. Grant stopped the prisoner-of-war exchange toward the end of the war. Booth was a supporter of slavery and thought the South should have been left alone. Booth hated Lincoln and what he stood for, and was distraught by the destruction the war wreaked on the South. -
Ulysses S. Grant takes over the Union Army
Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885) served as commander in chief of the Union army during the Civil War is the signifigance. Led the North to victory over the Confederacy. Grant later became the eighteenth President of the United States, serving from 1869-77. After fighting in the Mexican-American War, Grant left the army, only to rejoin at the outbreak of the Civil War. His victories at Fort Henry, Fort Donelson, Vicksburg and Chattanooga convinced Lincoln to promote him to head all Union armies.
