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Forty hours of continuous shelling before the fort fell to the South. By this time one-fifth of the fort was on fire. The Southern commander gave permission for all the Union troops to leave safely and the Southern troops took over the fort.
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They couldn't trade cotton with Europe. And cotton was a big part of their income, cutting off trade took away a lot of their income.
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It was the first major land battle of the American Civil War.
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the Ironclad ship of confederates sunk 2 wooden Union ships then the Union also made a iron ship (the Monitor)- changed ship warfare for forever
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The Confederate army met Grant at Shiloh, Tennessee. Grant had not expected the attack.
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The Union was being led by General John Pope. They were defeated at Bull Run Creek while trying to reach Richmond.
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They fought a series of battles: Mechanicsville on June 26-27, Gaines's Mill on June 27, Savage's Station on June 29, Frayser's Farm on June 30, and Malvern Hill on July 1.
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The culmination of the Maryland Campaign of 1862, the first invasion of the North by Confederate General Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia.
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Union generals declared slaves escaping to their lines (contraband war)that they weren’t returned to their masters. Congress passed an act that all slaves from the Union be considered free.
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President Lincoln signed the final Emancipation Proclamation, which ended slavering in rebelling states.
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Union General Hooker crossed the Rappahannock River to attack General Lee's forces. The Union army almost completely defeated them.
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The battle of Gettysburg is considered the most important engagement of the American Civil War.
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On May 18 1863, Grant surrounded the fort. On July 4th they surrendered. After that the North gained control of the Mississippi river.
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The most famous speech President Abraham Lincoln gave. It was dedicated to the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg,
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The high marker of the Confederacy. It was also significant because it ended the hope of the Confederate hopes to be recognition by foreign governments.
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This was the turning point in the Civil War because it opened the doorway to the Union people for invasion into the South.
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Lincoln tells general Grant to command all armies of the United States. William T. Sherman accepts Grant as commander.
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When he was running for re-election he ran against George B. McClellan, Abe won by more than 400,000 votes.
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General Sherman cuts the rail lines around Atlanta and captures the key Southern city, bolstering public opinion in the North as Lincoln prepares for re-election.
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William T Sherman left Tennessee with 100,000 troops, him and his Soldiers burned and destroyed everything within 60 miles. :O
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Sherman telegraphs Lincoln offering him Savannah as a Christmas present.
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This was the law that officially outlawed slavery except as a punishment for a crime.
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After the battle at fort sumter. He surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to General Ulysses S.
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Abe was shot in head by John Wilkes Booth, a member of a group to kill Lincoln.
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The Union troops to take over Richmond and Petersburg.
