Civil war

The Civil War

  • Abraham Lincoln was Elected President

    Abraham Lincoln was Elected President

    He was the first Republican president.
    He won becuase it was a four-way race:
    He reveived only 40% of the popular votes, but got the majority of electoral votes.
  • Secession

    Secession

    South Carolina seceded from the Union.
    Eventually, eleven states suceded:
    South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Tevas, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina.
  • The Confederacy

    The Confederacy

    The Confederate States of America was fromed as an independent country.
    Jefferson Davis, a West Point graduate the former U.S. Army officer, was president.
    The Confederacy had elecen states with 5 million people (not counting 4 million who were slaves)
    The Union had 21 states and 20 million people.
  • Fort Sumter

    Fort Sumter

    The Confederates fire on a federal fort - Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina.
    The Civil War began.
  • For the 1st 3 years, the Confedertes were winning

    For the 1st 3 years, the Confedertes were winning

    The 1st Battle of Bull Run
    Just 25 miles southwest of Washington, D.C.
    The Confederate army won and the Union army retreated.
    "Stonewall" Jackson was a hero.
  • Slavery was Abolished in Washington, D.C

    Slavery was Abolished in Washington, D.C

    President Lincoln ended slavery in our nations's capital
  • One Union Victory

    One Union Victory

    Ulysses S. Grant captured Fort Henry and Fort Donelson in Tennessee.
    The general earned the nickname "Unconditional Surrender" Grant.
  • President Lincoln's son Willie died form a fever

    President Lincoln's son Willie died form a fever

    he was 11 years old
  • Battle of The Seven Days

    Battle of The Seven Days

    Robert E. Lee attacked McClellan near Richmond. McClelland retreated toward Washington.
  • Monitor vs the Merrimac

    Monitor vs the Merrimac

    The Confederate ironclad (Merrimac) clashed with the Union ironclad (Monitor) in Chesapeake Bay.
    It was a draw.
  • The Peninsular Campaign

    The Peninsular Campaign

    The Union Army (called the Army of the Potomac) was led by General McClellan. It moved down the Potomac River to the peninsula on the Chesapeake Bay. The idea was to capture Richmond - the capital of the Confederacy. Nothing ever came of this, so President Lincoln fired McClellan.
  • The Battle of Shiloh

    The Battle of Shiloh

    The Confederates made a surprise attack on General Ulysses S. Grant's unprepared troops in Tennessee. U.S. Grant fought back and won the day.
  • The Mississippi River

    The Mississippi River

    David Farragut seized New Orleans, the South's greatest seaport. Farragut is famous for saying: "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!"
  • The Battle of Seven Pines

    The Battle of Seven Pines

    The Confederates stopped McClellan's troops in front of Richmond.
  • Robert E. Lee

    Robert E. Lee

    General Robert E. Lee assumed command of the Confederate army. He renamed it the "Army of Northern Virginia."
  • The second Battle of Bull Run

    The second Battle of Bull Run

    The Confederate army, led by Stonewall Jackson and James Longstreet, defeated the Union Army. The Union Army retreated to Washington, D.C.
  • Antietam - The Bloodiest day of the year

    Antietam - The Bloodiest day of the year

    The Confederate Army, led by Robert E. Lee, fought McClellan's Union army. It was a draw - even though the North had twice as many soldiers! President Lincoln called it a Union victory - and then issued the Emancipation Proclamatiion. (He also fired General McClellan for not pursuing Robert E. Lee.)
  • Battle of Fredeericksburg

    Battle of Fredeericksburg

    The Confederate Army, under Robert E. Lee, crushed the Union army.
  • The Emancipation Proclamation

    The Emancipation Proclamation

    Part 1 - President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation:
    "That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State, or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward and forever free . . ."
  • The Emancipation Proclamation: part 2

    The Emancipation Proclamation: part 2

    Part 2
    1. It freed slaves in rebel staates, not in the Border States.
    2. He asked black soldiers to enloist in the Union Army.
    3. It changed the nature of the war! From a war to preserve the Union ... to a war to end slavery.
    4. Slavery was not officially abolished everywhere until the 13th Amendment.
  • The Draft

    The Draft

    Congress drafted all males 20 to 45. A rich man could get out of the draft - if he paid $300 or provided a substitute man.
  • Battle of Chancellorsville

    Battle of Chancellorsville

    The Confederate army, led by Robert E. Lee, defeated the much bigger Union army. Stonewall Jackson, Lee's right-hand man, died there.
  • Battle at Vicksburg

    Battle at Vicksburg

    Part 1
    General U.S. Grant and the Union army laid deize to Vicksburg. Vicksburg was the last Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi River.
  • Battle at Vicksburg

    Battle at Vicksburg

    Part 2
    The significance:
    1. The Union now controlled the Mississippi River.
    2. The Confederacy was split in two.
    Robert E. Lee in Virginia was cut off from his allies in the West.
    3. This was the Union strategy known as the Anaconda plan. (Cut up the South as if it were a snake.)
  • The Fifty-Fourth Massachusetts

    The Fifty-Fourth Massachusetts

    The all-black unit of the Union Army charged Fort Wagner in Charletston, South Carolina. (Denzel Washington starred in Glory, a film made about this battle.)
    Sergeant William H. Carney was the first African-American to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.
  • Draft riots in New York City

    Draft riots in New York City

    Irish immigrants did not want to fight in the Civil War. The riots lasted 4 days, during which hundreds of African-Americans were killed or wounded.
  • Battle at Gettysburg

    Battle at Gettysburg

    This was the turning-point of the war. In July, the Union army defeated Robert E. Lee for the first time every. Before Gettysburg, the Confederate army was winning. After Gettysburg, the Union Army was winning.
  • Battle of Chickamauga

    Battle of Chickamauga

    The Union army was trapped in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
    In November, General U.S. Grant and his army routed the Confederates.
  • The Gettysburg Address

    The Gettysburg Address

    In November, President Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address: "Four score and seven years ago ..." How we set up a democracy in 1776. "Government of the people, by the people, for the people ..." The best definition of democracy ever! He was there to turn the battlefield into a national cemetery.
  • President Lincoln appointed

    President Lincoln appointed

    President Lincoln appointed General U.S. Grant to command the Union army.
  • U.S. Grant's Offensive

    U.S. Grant's Offensive

    General U.S. Grant began an offensive on Richmond, capital of the Confederacy. Robert E. Lee had to defend Richmond - it had the Confederate army's only weapons factory. The two armies fought the battles of the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, and Cold Harbor.
  • The Siege of Petersburg

    The Siege of Petersburg

    Grants swung south of Richmond. He captured Petersburg and cut off the Confederate rail lines. As a result, a nine month siege of Petersburg begins with Grant's forces surrounding Lee.
  • Burning Atlanta

    Burning Atlanta

    The Union army, led by William Tecumseh Sherman, marched from Tennessee into Georgia. They burned Atlanta, which was a major railroad center for the South. Fron then on, the Confederates could not send soldiers or food to help Robert E. Lee in Virginia.
  • Sherman's "March to the Sea"

    Sherman's "March to the Sea"

    After destroying Atlanta the Union Army marched through Georgia to the Atlantic coast. Led by William Tecumseh Sherman, the 60,000 Union soldiers cut a fiery swath through Georgia. Sherman believed in a policy of "scorched earth". so they burned farms and fields. The purpose was to hurt the morale of Confederate soldiers fighting with Robert E. Lee in Virginia. By Christmas, Sherman reached Savannah, Georgia. He left behind a 300-mile path of destruction.
  • The Shenandoah Valley

    The Shenandoah Valley

    The Union army burned the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia so that farmers there could not send food to Robert E. Lee.
  • President Abraham Lincoln Re-elected

    President Abraham Lincoln Re-elected

    President Abraham Lincoln was re-elected.
  • The Thirteenth Amendment

    The Thirteenth Amendment

    Slavery was outlawed.
  • The Freedmen's Bureau

    The Freedmen's Bureau

    Congress established this federal agency to provide health care, education, and technical assistance to the emancipated slaves.
  • President Lincoln's second Inaugural Address

    President Lincoln's second Inaugural Address

    President Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address: "With malace toward none." It was clear that the Union was going to win the war. When peace came, Lincoln said,d the North would not seek revenge on the South. Instead, the federal government would "act with malace toward none."
  • The Fall of Petersburg

    The Fall of Petersburg

    After months of siege, General U.S. Grant took Petersburg.
  • The Fall of Richmond

    The Fall of Richmond

    In Richmond, the Confederate army ran out of food and ammunition. The people abandoned the city. General U.S. Grant took Richmond, the capital of the Confederacy. Robert E. Lee retreated to the west.
  • Appomattox Courthouse

    Appomattox Courthouse

    Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered his Confederate Army to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court Howse in Virginia.
    U.S Grant was gracious in Victory.
    Both man asked the Confedrate troops to go home.
    The war was over. :D :D :D
  • The Human Cost

    The Human Cost

    600,000 soldiers died in the war.
    With civilians, it is estimated that 1.5 peiple died during the war.
  • The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

    The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

    President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated.
    Vice Presidnet Andrew Johnson, a Tennessee Democrat, succeeded him as president.