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Formation of Confederation
This all happened during the Civil War,when the confederate States of america which was made up 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 they were defeated in the spring of 1865. -
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Dates in Chronological Order
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Lincoln and Davis’s inaugural addresses
Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address promised the people that we would have a better national future, but, it was going to happen a month before he got assassination and by the end of the Civil War. Jefferson Davis gave his Inaugural Address speech on February 18, 1861. In his speech he naturally doesn't even express his fear for the future of the South. He talks about the Declaration of Independence and says that its inalienable rights for the South, -
Battles of Fort Sumter
Fort Sumter was the first battle of the American Civil War. It all started when South Carolina finally seceded from the Union, and they wanted to take control of the federal fort that was in Charleston Harbour, but Abraham Lincoln decided to maintain the fort's garrison as a synbol of its authority over South Carolina.The Confederates wanted to take it for themselves as a symbol of their independence from the USA and,having failed to obtain a it causing the Battle of Fort Sumter -
Bull Run
Three months after the Civil War happened in Fort Sumter, the union military group still believed that the confederacy could lose quickly and would have a little to no loss of life. In July, this overconfidence led to a premature offensive into northern Virginia by General McDowell. -
Battle of Antietam
This all started on September 17, 1862 when Generals Robert E. Lee and George McClellan had a face off near Antietam creek in Sharpsburg, Maryland. This was said to be one of the bloodiest single day war with over 20,000 casualties. This battle also gave Abraham the opportunity to to issue the Emancipation Proclamation in September 1862. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, when the nation was about to start its third year of bloody civil war. The proclamation said "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free." Not everything on here was true, the Emancipation Proclamation was limited in many ways. It stated that only to states that had seceded from the Union, leaving slavery untouched in the loyal border states. -
The Battle Of Vicksburg
While this battle was the turning point of the Civil War, It was said by Abraham Lincoln that the battle of vicksburg was a key to the Confederacy. For long month, Ulysses S. Grant and his army had been trying to snatch away the strategic Confederate river fortress of Vicksburg, Mississippi. -
Battle Of Gettysburg
The battle of Gettysburg was an important part of the Civil War, the reason why this was important is because this victory stopped General Robert E. Lee's second invasion of the North. His failure led to heavy casualties. Around 51,000 soldiers were killed, wounded, captured, or listed as missing after The Battle Of Gettysburg. -
Gettysburg Address
Abraham Lincoln gave his Gettysburg Address Speech In November 1863, he was invited to deliver remarks, which later became known as the Gettysburg Address, at the official ceremony for the National Cemetery of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania, on the site of one of the bloodiest and most decisive battles of the Civil War. Though he was not the featured orator that day, Lincoln’s 273-word address would be remembered as one of the most important speeches in American history -
Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address
On March 4, 1865, Abraham Lincoln took an oath in the office for President of the United States for the second time. his promise was that he would try to end the Civil War. He gave one of the most famous speeches in American presidential history. The purpose of Abraham Lincoln's speech was to recognize the tragedy and the disasters of the American Civil War, which was just a few days from ending, -
Appomattox Courthouse
On April 9, 1865, General Robert E. Lee surrendered his 28,000 troops to Union General Ulysses S. Grant in the front parlor of Wilmer McLean’s home in Appomattox Court House, Virginia, he completely ended the war doing so. a few days later, Gneral Lee abandoned the Confederate, hoping to escape with the remains of his Army of Northern Virginia. When he met up with North Carolina, they forced Lee to surrender and it finally ended four years of bloody war.
