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Antebellum
The Antebellum Era was before the war. It is described as the period between the War of 1812 and the Civil War, and it is most often used to refer to the Southern U.S. during that time period. -
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Civil War
The North and the slaveholding South erupted into a conflict after the election of Abraham Lincoln as president in 1860. Eleven southern states seceded from the Union. -
Abraham Lincoln Election (Election of 1860)
The election was held as an immediate impetus for the outbreak of the American Civil War. The United States had been divided during the 1850s on questions surrounding the expansion of slavery and the rights of slave owners. The issues broke the Democratic Party into Northern and Southern factions, and a new Constitutional Union Party happened! -
Fort Sumter
The Battle of Fort Sumter was the start to The Civil War. It was a coastal fortification that was bombarded and ended up forcing to surrender. -
Battle of Bull run
Irvin McDowell led his Union troops across Bull Run against Gen. P.G.T.'s Confederate troops near Manassas Junction. McDowell had a plan for an attack against the Confederate's. His plan had succeeded, -
Battle of Shiloh
The battle of Shiloh lasted two days. Confederate forces attacked Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant at Shiloh, Tennessee. 13,000 out of 63,000 Union soldiers died, and 11,000 of 40,000 Confederate troops were killed. -
Battle of Antietam
The Battle of Antietam was the bloodiest day of the war. 2,108 Union soldiers were killed and 9,549 wounded. 2,700 Confederates were killed and 9,029 wounded. The battle had no clear winner, but because General Lee withdrew to Virginia, McClellan was considered the victor -
Battle of Fredericksburg
The Battle of Fredericksburg was fought in Fredericksburg, Virginia between General Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army and the Union Army of the Potomac, that was commanded by Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside. Burnside's forces were defeated in a series of attacks against entrenched Confederate forces. Burnside was replaced with General Joseph Hooker. -
Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation was an executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln During the Civil War. Slaves had freedom in the ten states that were still in rebellion -
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Reconstruction Era
During the civil war, Southern States seceded from America.The Reconstruction Era was when they were trying to incorporate those states back into America. They had to figure out how to incorporate all the millions of newly freeded slaves into society. -
Battle of Gettysberg
The Battle of Gettysberg was fought in Gettysberg, Pennylvania between the Union and Confederate forces. Union Maj. Gen. George Gordon Meade's Army of the Potomac defeated the Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, ending Lee's invasion of the North. -
Gettysburg Address
The Gettysburg address speech was given by Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War. It was given after the bloodest battle on the battlefield, dedicated to the people who died in battle. This speech came to be one of the greatest speeches in American history. -
Appomattox Court House
It was the engagement of Confederate States Army of Northern Virginia before it surrendered to the Union Army. -
Lincoln's Assassination
The assassination of Abraham Lincoln took place as the Civil War was ending. It took place at Penn Quarter, Washington D.C. Abraham Lincoln was the first American president to be assassinated. The assassination was done by John Wilkes Booth, intended to have Confederare troops continue fighting, -
13th Amendment
The Thirteenth Amendment is to abolish slavery and involuntary servitude. It was passed by the Senate on April 8, 1864, by the House on January 31, 1865, and adopted on December 6, 1865. It was the first of the three Amendments adopted following the American Civil War. -
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Texas v. White
United States bonds owned by Texas had been illegally sold by the Confederate state legislature during the Civil War. The state filed suit directly with the United States Supreme Court which, based on the Constitution, retains original jurisdiction on which the state is still a party.
