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Lincoln declared that succession was illegal and that he would hold federal forts in the South.
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The attack on Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina by Confederate forces started the civil war.
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President Lincoln orders the blockade against Southern ports. This blockade limited the rural South's ability to remain well equipped during the war against the industrialized North.
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The First Battle of Bull Run took place on July 21, 1861.
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17 Union ships move up the Mississippi River then take New Orleans, which was the South's greatest seaport.
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The Seven Days Battles was a series of battles.
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In the second Battle of Bull Run in northern Virginia, 75,000 Federals under Gen. John Pope are defeated by 55,000 Confederates under Gen.
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the final Emancipation Proclamation freeing all slaves in territories held by Confederates is issued by President Lincoln.
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July 1-3, 1863 - Confederate soldiers came upon a Union brigade guarding the Town of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania.
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The last Confederate stronghold, Vicksburg, on the Mississippi River surrendered to the Union forces after a six week siege.
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The Union battled the confederates and won.
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Robert E. lee surrendered to the Union
