Civil War

By rorycolburn

  • Lincoln wins

    he takes office later in 1861

  • South Carolina Scedes

  • 6 more states scede

  • The Confederacy begins

  • Jefferson Davis

    elected the first president of the Confederacy and takes office a year later

  • Fort Sumpter

    The first shots are fired by southerners

  • Union troops

    Lincoln calls 75,000 troops

  • 1st Battle of Bull Run

    Confederates win under Stonewall Jackson
    Manassas VA

  • Monitor v Merrimac

  • 2nd Battle of Bull Run

    Confederates win under Lee

  • Antietam

    Unnion win under McCelllan
    Maryland
    deadliest battle: 4,000 killed, 18,000 wounded

  • Gettysburg, PA

    Union Victory after Lee invaded the North
    50,000 casualties
    the tides turn in favor of Union