Civil War

  • Jefferson Davis

    Jefferson Davis

    He was another president of the confederates.
  • Abraham Lincoln

    Abraham Lincoln

    He was the 16th president of the USA.
    He was elected as president in the election of 1860 where his goal was to stop slavery.
  • William Tecumseh Sherman

    William Tecumseh Sherman

    He was yet another general.
    Known for his march to the sea.
  • Harriet Tubman

    Harriet Tubman

    She was an American abolitionist that was a very important part of our history.
  • Ulysses S. Grant

    Ulysses S. Grant

    He was the general of the confederates in the American Civil War.
    He then became the 18th president
  • Stonewall Jackson

    Stonewall Jackson

    He was the most well known general of the confederates after Robert E. Lee
  • The Kansas Nebraska Act

    The Kansas Nebraska Act

    Gave a lot of little known events in history to become more known than they are today. It created two new states and it led to "Bleeding Kansas"
  • John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry

    John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry

    A raid conducted by John Brown to Let him be known that he was a danger to slavery
  • Election of 1860

    Election of 1860

    This was the election in which Lincoln was made president.
  • Confederate States of America is formed

    Confederate States of America is formed

    Confederate States of America is formed when seven other states had been seceded.
  • Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln

    Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln

    Lincoln is officially known as the 16th president of the USA.
    Directly after, he gives a speech saying that he ain't gonna tolerate secession.
  • Civil War

    Civil War

    To be known as the bloodiest war in world history, the American Civil War cause was slavery.
  • Fort Sumter

    Fort Sumter

    Fort Sumter was a massive fort that was in southern territory but belonged to the North.
    They were bombarded for hours and hours and eventually surrendered
  • Battle of Bull Run

    Battle of Bull Run

    It was the first land battle of the Civil War over the little river of Bull Run.
    People there were so excited to see it that they actually set up on the hill with their tea or picnic stuff.
    This was also the bloodiest battle of the Civil War.
  • Emancipation Proclamation

    Emancipation Proclamation

    The act that was supposed to end slavery but Lincoln wasn't the president of the South so, this had absolutely NO effect.
  • General Sherman's March to the Sea

    General Sherman's March to the Sea

    This was the march that Sherman took to scare the Georgians away.
    they didn't kill anything but they stole livestock and food but burned down anything of anyone who fought back.