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Confederate States take over
The Confederate soldiers take over -
Abraham Lincoln's inauguration
Only two southern forts remained in Union hands -
Confederate batteries began thundering away
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Virginia unwilling to fight against other Southern states
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Britain announces nuetrality
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Seven Days Battle starts
The beginning of the Seven Days Battle -
End of the Seven Days Battle
The end of the Seven Days Battle -
3 months after Fort Sumter fell
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Second Battle of Bull Run
Troops won a resounding victory at the Second Battle of Bull Run -
Fight beside Creek Antietiam
Two armies fought besides Creek Antietam -
Lincoln fires Mclellan
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Emancipation Proclamation
Only frees slaves on Confederate -
Western counties secede from Virginia
Western counties of Virginia were anti-slavery, so they seceded from Virgnia and were admitted into the Union as West Virginia in 1863 -
Draft Riots
Violent disturbances in New York City because a law was passed for men to keep fighting the Civil War -
Fort Pillow
Started about a massacre of surrendered African-American troops conducted or condoned
