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Lincoln Elected
On November 6th, 1860, Lincoln was elected to office. He won both the electoral and popular vote. Lincoln wanted to stop slavery from growing in the West.This caused anger in the South, because Southerners wanted to slavery to spread. -
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Civil War
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South Carolina Secedes
The Lincoln election of 1860 was the last straw for South Carolina. On December 20, 1860 South Carolina finally seceded from the United States. South Carolina was later followed by 10 more states. -
Mississippi Secedes
After South Carolina seceded in 1860, Mississippi made the decision to follow them. By the end of January, Mississppi was no longer part of the U.S. -
Florida Secedes
like Missipssippi, Florida no longer wanted to be a part of the United States. On January 10, 1861, Florida seceded. -
Alabama Secedes
On January 11, Alabama joined the Confederate States of America. -
Georgia Secedes
Georgia is the 5th state to secede the United States following Alabama. -
Louisiana Secedes
Louisiana is the 6th state to leave the U.S. and join the CSA. -
Texas Secedes
Texas is last to secede of the originall 7 states of the CSA. -
Fort Sumter
Fort Sumter was bombarded by the Confederates for 2 days starting on April 12 to April 13, 1861. -
Virgina Secedes
Virgina is the first of next four states to join the CSA after Lincoln calls for 75,000 troops, but its western counties did not agree so they made West Virginia. -
Lincoln Calls for 75,000 Volunteers
After the surrender of Fort Sumter, President Lincoln issued a proclamation that all states were send 75,000 volunteers. This was only fuel to the fire of the confederacy. -
Robert E. Lee becomes Commander
He used to be Jefferson Davis' military adviser until he was known for being a great tactian. -
Arkansas Secedes
Arkansas is the second of the last four states to join the CSA. -
Tennessee
Tennessee was 1 later from when Arkansas joined the CSA. -
North Carolina
North CArolina was the final state to join the CSA because of Lincoln's rash call for 75,000 volunteers. -
1st Manassas (1st Bull Run
This was the first major land battle of the civil war. The commanders in charge were Brig. Gen. Irwin McDowell (Union) versus Birg. Gen.s P.G.T Beauregard and Jospeh E. Johnston. Win for Confederates near Manassas Junction. -
McClellan becomes Commander
Upon arriving in Washington D.C. after Licoln called for him, George B. McClellan was promoted to commander of the army of the Potomac. -
Burnside becomes commander
McClellan was fired for not meeting Lincoln needs. So lincoln put in Ambrose E. Burnside as the new commander. -
Battle of Fort Herny
On February 4 and 5 Ulysses S. Grant postioned two divisions near and waited until they could attack on February 6th. They took the fort easily because it had started to flood because its building site was horrible. -
Fort Donelson
After Fort Henry's defeat, the Union was able to move 12 miles overland to Fort Donelson. The fight went on from the 11th to the 16th. Even with the advantage of the Navy gunboats, the union still took to more days until the confederates surrendered. -
Merrimack v Monitor
Is the battle of Hampton Roads. The two ironclad ships fought for three hours. Both sides claimed victory. -
Pope becomes commander
After his great work on the Mississippi, Lincoln gave John Pope the commanding officer of the Union. -
Shiloh
Althought the confederates dominated the 1st day, the 2nd day was the Union's turning point making them win. Is the bloodiest batle in all of U.S. History. -
2nd Manassas (2nd Bull Run)
This was when the Robert E. Lee went on the offensive to fight The Army of the Potomac led by Pope. This ended in a Confederate victory on the same field of the 1st Manassas. -
Sharpsburg (Antietam)
This was the second major battle between McClellan and Lee. It is thought to be a tie, but was a strategic win for the union. -
Fredericksburg
This was a one of history's most one sided battles. With the confederates behind the stone wall, Burnside decides use the peacemail method that utterly failed. -
Chancellorsville
This was a 7 day battle. Because Lee was outnumbered and about to be smushed he divided his army which is a risky move. Although it was risky, the Confederates ended up winning. -
Vicksburg
This took almost two months for the Union to win. Vicksburg started running low on supplies and holding out for forty days made the confederates ive up and surrender. -
Gettysburg
THe battle of Gettysburg took place July 1-3. I would have to say this is the most famous civil war battle in history. THe union was able to keep a very strong defense, so the now offensive confederates lost. -
Atlanta Captured
This was the result of a campaign full of battles. Gen. Sherman (union) went up against Gen. Johnston (con.) after invading Georgia from Chattanooga's vicinity. Johnston was soon replaced with Gen. Hood, but the Union still won. -
Siege of Petersburg
Petersburg's siege was a series of attacks from trenches. This is why it is called a trench warfaer instead of a siege where suplles are cut off and the area is surrounded. This took 9 months with the Union winning in the end. -
Battle of Nashville
This was a two day battle on Dec. 15 - 16. For the Union, this was a very great achievement. They had a lot of lucky chances that ended up with them killing many key Confederate generals. -
Lee Surrenders
Lee surrendered after the Battle of Appomattox, which was the last meeting of the confederates and federals. He thought the the federals were made of only calvary but they were being backed up by two corps forcing him to surrender. -
Licoln Assinated
This took place only five days after Lee surrendered to the Union. He was shot at Ford's Theater during a production of "Our American Cousin". This was mainly orchestrated by John WIlkes Booth. -
Joseph E. Johnson
This officially ended the war and was the biggest surrender of confederate soldiers. It happened at Bennett Place with the negotiations between Gen. Sherman and Gen. Johnston. -
13th Amendment
This was the offical declaritive that slavery was to be abolished for good. This basically meant involuntary servitude was only as a punishment of a crime.
