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The South Secedes
When Abraham Lincoln a who was agianst slavery, was elected president, the South Carolina legislature took it as a threat Calling a state convention, the delegates voted to remove the state of South Carolina from the union known as the United States of America,six more states were added -
southern reigon makes its own goverment
A convention in Montgomery the seven seceding states created the Confederate Constitution, a document in comparison to the United States Constitution.Jefferson davis was named provisional president of the Confederacy until elections could be held. -
The South takes federal forts
When President Buchanan Lincoln's predecessor refused to give up southern federal forts to the seceding states, southern state troops seized them. At Fort Sumter, South Carolina troops repulsed a supply ship trying to reach federal forces based in the fort. -
Lincoln gets Inaugurated
At Lincoln's inauguration on March 4, the new president said he had no plans to end slavery in those states where it already existed, but he also said he would not accept secession. He wanted to resolve without war . -
Attack on Fort Sumter
When President Lincoln planned to send supplies to Fort Sumter, he alerted the state in advance, he feared a trick the commander of the fort, Robert Anderson, was asked to surrender. Anderson offered to surrender, but only after he had exhausted his supplies. His offer was rejected, and on April 12, -
Four More States Join the Confederacy.
The attack on Fort Sumter prompted four more states to join the Confederacy. With Virginia's secession, Richmond. -
Four Slave States Stay in the Union.
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. -
West Virginia Is Born.
Residents of the western counties of Virginia did not want to secede along with the rest of the state. This part of Virginia was admitted into the Union as the state of West Virginia on June 20, 1863. -
Blockade of the South
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 began. -
First Battle of Bull Run.
public demand pushed General-in-Chief Winfield Scott to advance on the South before adequately training his untried troops. Scott ordered General Irvin McDowell to advance on Confederate troops stationed at Manassas Junction, Virginia. McDowell attacked on July 21, and was initially successful.but resulted in a Southern victory and a chaotic retreat toward Washington by federal troops -
General McDowell Is Replaced.
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. -
Port Royal South Carolina
On November 7, 1861, Captain Samuel F. Dupont's warships silenced Confederate guns in Fort Walker and Fort Beauregard. This victory enabled General Thomas W. Sherman's troops to occupy first Port Royal and then all the famous Sea Islands of South Carolina, where Timothy H. O'Sullivan recorded them making themselves at home. -
Emancipation Proclamation
In an effort to placate the slave-holding border states, Lincoln resisted the demands of radical Republicans for complete abolition. Yet some Union generals, such as General B. F. Butler, declared slaves escaping to their lines "contraband of war," not to be returned to their masters. Other generals decreed that the slaves of men rebelling against the Union were to be considered free. -
The First Conscription Act
Because of recruiting difficulties, an act was passed making all men between the ages of 20 and 45 liable to be called for military service. Service could be avoided by paying a fee or finding a substitute. The act was seen as unfair to the poor, and riots in working-class sections of New York City broke out in protest. -
list of people involvled
Abraham Lincoln
Jeff davis
sammuel F .dopunts
George B. McClellan.
Robert Anderson,
President Buchanan
