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First Republican President
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South Carolina is first to secede from Union, after the vote on secession occurs.
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Elected president of the Confederate Army Jefferson Davis, a former U.S Army officer
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Confederate Army opens fire on Fort Sumter at 4:30 am in Charleston
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Robert E. Lee, 25 year distinguished veteran of the U.S Army, is offered command of the Union Army but he declines
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Virginia secedes from the Union, then followed by Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina
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President Lincoln issues proclamation, preventing rural Southern states from the to be well supplied during the war.
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Robert E. Lee resigns from the U.S Army.
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Union Army experiences defeat at Bull Run, just southwest of Washington.
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Two Confederate officials sailing to England are captured; however, England demands their release and threatening war.
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Gen. Ulysses S. Grant is victorious in capturing Fort Henry, in Tennessee, and ten days later Fort Donelson
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Confederate's ironclad ship, Merrimac, sinks 2 union ships.
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Confederate's surprise attack Grant's unprepared troops
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McClellan's troops are nearly defeated in the battle of Seven Pines
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Gen. Robert E. Lee assumes command replacing Johnston, leaving McClellan unimpressed
