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South Carolina Secedes
South Carolina didnt agree with the election of abraham lincoln, therefore, it was the first to secede from the union. -
The rest of the deep south secedes.
While south carolina already seceded, the rest of the lower south decided that they didnt agree with the policies that were taking place inside the union, so the joined south carolina in secession -
Fort sumter is taken over
Confederate forces demanded the surrender of fort sumter. This took place in Charleston, South Carolina, and this also was the start of the American civil war. -
The Upper South Secedes
The upper south decided to go along with the lower south in seceding, This was mainly because of the policies of the north, this took place after they saw the confederate victory at fort sumter. -
Southern Victory at Bull Run
This was fought in Prince William country VA. Just months after the start of the war at Fort Sumter, the Northern public waited for a march against the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia, which could bring an early end to the war. -
The Union Gets New Orleans
This was a very important event for the union. It was captured under farragut. -
Henry and Donelson get captured
Grant captured these forts for the union. this was his first battle -
Second BAttle of Bull Run
was fought August 28–30, 1862. General Robert E Lee and John Pope's Army of Virginia, and a battle of much larger scale and numbers than the First Battle of Bull Run -
Battle of Antietam
McLellan, for the union, stoped Lee, for the confederates, during this battle -
Preliminary Emancipation Proclemation
The Battle of Antietam, in which Union troops turned back a Confederate invasion of Maryland, gave Lincoln the opportunity to issue a preliminary proclamation. -
Battle at Fredericksburg
between General Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and the Union Army of the Potomac, commanded by Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside. This was a confederate victory -
Lincoln issues final emancipation proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation is an executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, during the American Civil War under his war powers. It proclaimed the freedom of 3.1 million of the nation's 4 million slaves, and immediately freed 50,000 of them, with the rest freed as Union armies advanced -
Battle at Chancellorsville
Spotsylvania County, Virginia, near the village of Chancellorsville. Two related battles were fought nearby on May 3 in the vicinity of Fredericksburg. The campaign pitted Union Army Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker's Army of the Potomac against an army half its size, Gen. Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. lees was victorious -
Gettysburg
this was a major victory for the union -
Vicksburg
This was another major victory for the union, this went along with gettsyburg -
Chattanooga
Grant defeated the confederate forces during this battle -
Atlanta battle
Sherman completely destroys the city of atlanta, GA. This was a major city in the south, which the union just burned -
Election of Lincoln
Lincoln runs with Mclellan, but lincoln was very victorious, being that there is no southern factor during this election -
Lincoln is assassinated
John Wilkes Boothe assassinates Lincoln five days after the victory of the union over the confederates -
confederates surrender
the remaining confederates surrender to the union after their victory. the states that seceded will now rejoin the union and slavery will be abolished
