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Secession of the States
The South saw Lincol's election as a threat because without slaves, their agricultural society would fail. The First state to secede was South Carolina. -
Confederacy Forms
The South's "new country" pulled from the Union. They called themselves the "Confederate States of America" or the Confederacy. -
Fort Sumter
The Confederate soldiers attacked Fort Sumter to gain supplies. Confederate General P.G.T. Beauregard opened fire on the Union Major Robert Anderson, who later surrendered and was evacuated from the fort. Luckily there were no deaths. -
Proclomation of Blockade
Presiden Lincoln proclaimed this blockade, in order to monitor 3,500 miles of the Atlantic Andy Gulf coast (Confederate) that included 12 major ports, and the two notable ones were New Orleans, Louisiana, and Mobile, Alabama. Blockade runners/ships used to evade Union Naval blockades, could only carry a light amount of supplies. -
Writ of Habeas Corpus
It was a court order that said, that people who hold others in custody (I.e. A warden) are to take their prisoners to court, and they are to make known the court order they are there for, and to show a fair reason for imprisonment. (Prevents the unreasonable containment of prisoners.) -
Battle of Shiloh (a.k.a. Pittsburg Landing)
The Battle of Shiloh was the 7th costliest battle in the Civil War with 23,746 casualties. It was fought in Hardin County Tennessee. It was a Union victory. -
Battle of Chattanooga
It was a Union victory. Chattanooga was an important railway center, and once it was taken, it became the openings for later campaigns in the Deep South, such as the Capture of Atlanta and Sherman's March to the Sea. Union troops led by Gen. Grant and Gen. George Thomas and Confederate troops led by Gen. Bragg and Lieut. Gen. William Hardee -
Battle of the First Bull Run (a.k.a Battle of Manasseh)
It was fought in Prince William County, Virginia. It was the first major land battle with Brig General Irvin McDowell. -
Battle of the Second Bull Run
Confederate General Robert E. Lee and Union Major General John Pope. It was a Confederate victory 20,000 casualties. First Battle of the two iron clads. -
Battle of Antietam (a.k.a. Sharpsburg)
It was the 8th costliest battle of the Civil War with about 22,000 casualties. It was also deemed the "bloodiest one-day battle". -
The Emancipation Proclomation
Lincoln proclaimed that he would free all slaves in the states that were in rebellion. (Confederate states) -
Battle of Fredericksburg
It was an early battle of the Civil War. It stands as one of the greatest Confederate victories. The major generals were Confederate General Robert E. Lee and Union Major General Ambrose Burnside. -
Battle of Chancellorsville
It was a Confederate victory that prevented an attempted flanking movement by Major General Joseph Hooker against General Robert E. Lee. It as one of the bloodiest battles with around 30,000 casualties. -
Battle of Gettysburg
It is thought of as one of the most important arrangement of the Civil War. It was the costliest battle of the Civil War with around 46,000 casualties. -
Martial Law
Martial Law as used in Missouri by General John Frémont. Under the law, not civilian, but military courts had the power to deliver justice. Officials such as Lincoln thought that the laws were imperative to protect the citizens and keep order. -
Battle of Chickamauga
Both of the forces were struggling over control of the railroad center of Chattanooga. It was the second costliest battle and a Union Victory. Confederate army under Braxton Bragg and a Union army under General William Rosecrans -
Gettysburg Address
This was a speech given by Abraham Lincoln at the dedication of the Soldiers National Cemetary. It's purpose was to say that the sacrifices of the men who died during he Battle of Gettysburg were made to keep the fundamentals of human equality and self-government as stated in the Declaration of Independence. -
Battle of Cold Harbor
Last big battle of Grant's Overland Campaign. Three Union corps came o a frontal attack against the Confederacy. By noon around 7,000 troops were missing, wounded, or killed. -
(Sherman's) March to the Sea
Union Gen. William Sherman led around 60,000 troops on a 285 mile march from Atlanta, Georgia, to Savannah, Georgia. The goal of this march was to scare the citizens to give up the Confedrate cause. -
Appomattox Courthouse Surrender
Bear the Appomattox Court House, Virginia, Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his army Union General aUlysses S. Grant. It lasted a couple of hours which brought the Civil War to an end. -
Lincoln's Assassination
A revengeful John W. Booth murdered President Abraham Lincoln in the top box of Ford's Theatre in Washington D.C. Soldiers went on a 12 day manhunt for Booth, eventually finding and shooting him in the neck.
