Civil War

By Joeywalz

  • Lincoilns first election

    Licoln won a very heated and close event in an extremely divided nation with extreme tetions rising every day he won with and then there was still the huge and scary question of slavery.

  • South Secedes

    South Carolina Secedes from the union.

  • Confederate States of America Established

    This is when the secceded States of the confederacy came together to form the confederate states of america.

  • Shiloh

    After Taking the City of New Orleans Grant took his force of $40,000 men to Shiloh Tennesse to meet the Almost equal force of Beauregard but he was cought by suprise and lost the first day of battle but when he was renforced he got back the lost land and ended up contoling the Mississipi as far south as Memphis.

  • Capture of New Orleans

    When a fleet of iron clades were sent to new orleans by the norh that broke through the southern defences heading sounth the Union attacked New Orleans from the South which left the City defenceless because they were expecting an attack from the North.

  • First battle of Bull Run

    Also know as the first battle of Manassas Mcdowell almost succeeded in dispersing the confederate forceses. But the south stopped the union offensive and launched a brutal counter act.In the end the Union in a heat striken fear broke ranks and retreated.

  • 1st Confiscation Act

    In the early days of the civil war congress stated that anytrhing could be confiscated that could ade the cofederate army including slaves.

  • Trent Affair

    This was an international affair where the Union army cought a cofederate ship heading for englad and france trying to gain there support for the war.

  • First income tax

    This first income tax was set in persentages for people that made over five thousand dallors. But hese taxes were only a small amout of what they needed to fund the war.

  • Monitor v. Merrimac

    This was a battle betwee two iron clad ships. The Souths ship the Merrimac was just a steam boat that was re-fitted with iron plates. The Norths ship the Monitor was a "Floating iron box with two guns with a rotating turret on the top. The North over all won due to them keeping the blockade.

  • 2nd Confiscation Act

    This involved the taking of land property and possessions of people who were thought to be unloyal to the union army.

  • Harpers Ferry

    Lee was hoping to capture one of the unions armorys but it would prove to be a futile atemped and he ended up un succesful.

  • Antienem

    This was the bloodiest battle in American history when Mcleans force of 87,000 men Attacked Lee's force of 50,000 there were massive casualties on both sides on both sides 6,000 soliders died on both sides and 17,000 were wounded.

  • Emancipation Proclimation

    After the single bloodiest day of the war the president decided that he would us his war time powers to free all of the slaves in the confederacy.

  • Writ of Hbeas Corpus suspended

    This suspended the right for a man to appear in front of a Judge in a court so this made it w=very easy for Lincoln to covict traders ver quickly.

  • Homestead Act

    This allowed any citizen to go live on a plot of land for five years and once the five years was up they paid a small fee for it and it was theres. The land was split up in sections of 160.

  • National Draft Law Instated

    This was due to a lack of volenteers after the initial enthusiasm wore off so with out much choice Lincoln needed men but this also ended in many riots and you could also buy your way oput of the draft.

  • Vicksburg

    On July 4 1863 the starving Citizens and Soldiers surrendered to grants army because they had had the cirty under siege. Vicksburg was one of the last remaining confederate strong holds and the same week the last stronghold on the Rivdr Port Hutson surrerenderd.

  • 13th Amendment

    This was the amendment that abolished slavery once and for all in the United States.

  • Lincolns re-election

    It was very unsure if he would be re-elected because of great controbversy with how he was running the war and how he cept shufleing the generals arround but a couple wins right before the election really helped.

  • Shermans March to the Sea

    Sherman Marched his army all the way to the sea taking every city he could along the way. This involved may sieges but most of them only lasted a few days because by this time the south had really lost moral and had little to no food in most cities.

  • Surrender at Appomattox

    Here in a private home Lee realizing that further bloodshed was pointless aranged to meet grant at a private house where they arranged the terms of the souths surrender.

  • Assassination

    He was killed by John Booth in the Fords theater while going to see a play with his wife and he was shot while up in a balcony.

  • Capture of Atlanta

    After Johnsons impressive victory at Kennesaw mountain neverthe less he was unable to protect Atlanta from Shermans forces. This victory helped unite the Republican party and helped Lincoln win his next election.