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The Election of 1860
On November 6, 1860 Abraham Lincoln won the Election of 1860. The south said that if a Republican was elected they would secede from the union. -
Southern States Secede and the War Begins On December 20, South Carolina seceded from the Union. Following South Carolina Alabama, Flordia, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississipi, and Texas all seceded from the Union
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www.History.com After the South seceded from the Union they elected Jefferson Davis as their new president. The South named their new country the Confederate states of America, or the Confederacy.
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Civil War Trust Confederates began attacking Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861. When the fort surrendered Lincoln stated that the south was in rebellion thus starting the Civil War
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Civil War Trust The Battle of Bull Run was the first major battle between the North and the South. At first the Union troops pushed the Confederates back but in the end the Confederates won the Battle of Bull Run
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AmericanCivilWar.com General Ulysses S. Grant led his troops into Tennessee. On April 6 Confederate soldiers caught Grant by supprise and pushed the Union army back.
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Civil War Trust Was fought between Confederate general Robert E. Lee and Union general George B. McClellan. The Confederates lost many soldiers but eventually won the Seven Days Battle.
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Was fought by Confederate general Robert E. Lee and Union general John Pope. Lincoln ordered Pope to advance on Richmond from Washington. Lee caught Pope off guard and the Confederates pushed Popes army back.
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History.com The Battle of Antetam was the bloodiest single-day battle in the Civil War. The Union army took out about a third of Robert E. Lees troops until the Confederates couldn't advance any further.
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History.com Abraham Licoln issued the Emacipation Proclimation after the Battle of Antietam. The Emancipation Proclimation called for all slaves in nonoccupied areas in rebellion agianst the Union to be freed on January 1, 1863
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Civil War Trust General Robert E. Lee advanced into the town of Getysburg in southern Peensylvannia. On July 1, 1863 Confederate soldiers pushed the Union line back.
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Abraham Licoln Online Lincoln dedicated the Union to winning the war with the Gettysburg Address. The Gettysburg Address was sighned after the Battle of Gettysburg.
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AmericanCivilWar.com Ulysses S. Grant broke through Robert E. Lee's defenses in Petersburg. Lee surrendered after realizing the the situation was hopeless.
