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Secession and confederacy
During the American Civil War, the Confederate States of America consisted of the governments of 11 Southern states that seceded from the Union in 1860-61, carrying on all the affairs of a separate government and conducting a major war until defeated in the spring of 1865. South Carolina threatened separation when the Continental Congress sought to tax all the colonies on the basis of a total population count that would include slaves. -
Battle of Shiloh
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Battle of Antietam
At Antietam Creek near Sharpsburg, Maryland Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia against Union General George McClellan’s Army of the Potomac and was the culmination of Lee’s attempt to invade the north, Troops from both sides faced-off across. Union troops fired first at the Confederate’s left flank and the carnage began Confederate troops fought off offensive after offensive to prevent being overrun turning the cornfield into a massive killing field. -
Battle of Vicksburg
With the loss of Pemberton’s army at Vicksburg and the Union victory at Port Hudson five days later, the Confederacy was effectively split in half. Grant's victory boosted his reputation, leading ultimately to his appointment as General-in-Chief of the Union armies. Grant undertook a new and bold campaign against Vicksburg the Confederate defenders under John Pemberton. After conducting a surprise landing below Vicksburg Grant’s forces moved rapidly inland, pushing back the threat near Jackson. -
Battle of Gettysburg
Lee ordered an attack by fewer than 15,000 troops on the enemy’s center at Cemetery Ridge. The assault, known as “Pickett’s Charge,” managed to pierce the Union lines but eventually failed, at the cost of thousands of rebel casualties, and Lee was forced to withdraw his battered army toward Virginia.Robert E. Lee’s Confederate Army of Northern Virginia had scored a smashing victory over the Army of the Potomac. -
Ku Klux Klan organized
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Panic Of 1873
The financial collapse causes the panic of 1873, economic boom because of the construction of railroads. In 1871, Germany ended the use of silver as a monetary metal. While placing the Deutschmark on the "gold standard" instantly increased the value of Germany's money, relative to other currencies In a classic case of supply-and-demand, more silver meant less value per ounce and less value for those currencies that still allowed an exchange between silver and gold.
