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Abraham Lincoln became 16th president of the United States.
Abraham Lincoln became president and was against slavery which lead to a majority of the population being against slaves aswell. This lead to the South seceding. -
South constitution is created
At a convention in Montgomery, Alabama, the seven seceding states created the Confederate Constitution, This was due to the Northern states being against slavery and the South wanted to perpetuate the institution of slavery. Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas and South Carolina were the states that seceded. -
Attack on Fort Sumter
Marked the beginning of the American Civil War. -
Four more states join the Confederacy.
Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina. These four states felt threatened and joined the Confederacy. -
Battle of Bull Run
It was the first major land battle of the Civil War. This battle was faught at Prince William County, Virginia and was ment to be a suprise attack by the North but that did not stop the Confederates, who finished with a victory. -
First battles of the Ironclads
This fight between the Merrimack and Monitor was a very important naval battle in history, it made all the old navies obsolete. All countries had to get rid of their wooden vessels and begin building ironclads. During the Civil War the Union was able to build more iron ships than the Confederacy could which would play a major part in their victory. -
Battle of Shiloh
Shiloh was the second greatest battle of the war and the most bitterly fought engagement.The Union lost, however, even though the Confederates had the union at their advantage they missed their chance to break up the Union advance in the west. -
Battle of Antietam
General Lee lead the Confederate army into the North. The battle was did not have a distinct winner. This battle led to the Emancipation Proclamation by President Abraham Lincoln. -
Battle of Fredericksburg
The Union Army was defeated. This Confederate victory opened the way for the Union advance to Chattanooga and finally to "Atlanta and the sea." -
Emancipation Proclamation
President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation which declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free." -
Battle of Gettysburg
This was the most famous and brutal battle of Civil War. Battle was for three days, July 1 - 3, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The Union won this bloody battle. -
Campaign for Vicksburg.
An objective of the Union forces in the Civil War was to split the Confederacy in two by winning control of the Mississippi River. They would have to take the Confederate land at Vicksburg, Miss. Union vessels could not work freely on the river if it was held by the South. This city served as an important transportation area for the Confederacy. The Union won and the Confederacy was divided -
Battle of Chickamauga.
The Battle of Chickamauga was one of the major battle. The Federal Army of the Cumberland versus the Confederate Army of Tennessee. The Confederates won and advanced southwestward. -
Battle of Chattanooga
This was a crucial battle held in Chattanooga, Tenn. This victory gave the North control of the railroads centered in Chattanooga. The South now had only one east-west route. -
General William T. Sherman's march to the sea.
General Sherman continued his march through Georgia to the sea. He cut himself off from his source of supplies, letting his troops live off the land. His men made a route 300 miles in length and 60 miles wide through Georgia. General Sherman was a brutal fighter and made sure of destroying factories, bridges, railroads, and public buildings on his route. -
The fall of the Confederacy.
Successful blockades from the Union caused severe shortages of food and supplies in the South. Starving soldiers began to leave Lee's army, even though President Jefferson Davis allowed slaves to fight, it wasn't really put into effect. -
Sherman marches through North and South Carolina.
Union General Sherman moved from Georgia through South Carolina, destroying almost everything in his path. -
Battle of Appomattox
One of the last battles of the Civil War. Gen. Robert E. Lee and and 27 thousand of his the Northern Virginia army troops had to surrender. -
Assassination of President Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was the first president to be assassinated. The assassination was planned and carried out by well-known actor John Wilkes Booth for the Confederacy's cause. -
Confederacy surrenders and leader captured.
Remaining Confederate troops were defeated. Jefferson Davis , a American Statesman and leader of the Confederacy was captured in Georgia.
