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Lincon elected
He won against 3 other people. He won in the North and the West. He was against slavary and because of that the South made another country. -
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Civel War
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Fort Sumpter
The confederates attacked the fort after the comander declined to surrender it. Supply ships were coming to give it more supplies. The fort was surrendered. No one got hurt. It started the war and persuaded other states to join the South -
Lincon oders blockade
Lincon has ships block the south so they can't get any supplies. -
Bull Run
The first battle of the Civel Wa. The south won. -
Monitor vs. Virginia
The monitor sanked some of the blockade ships. The next day the Virginia came and protected the fleet. They discovered that armored ships were better. -
Battle of Shiloh
The South attacked the North. The North retreated further North. They stoped at a road. The next day reinforcemnts came. They made the South retreat. It made it harder for two of teh South's armys to join. -
Seven Days
The South attacked the North and And made them leave the area around Richmond. It lasted until July 1. The South won. -
Seize of Vicksburg
Grant attacked Vicksburg. The people inside had little food. There were armys behind Grant that were going to attack. An important city was captured by the North. -
Second battle of Bull Run
The South army attacked Pope. He attacked the South army. The north lost and a counter attack made them retreate. -
Antietam
The battle was between Lee and McClellan. The North almost won, but another army came to help the South. At night, Lee retreated. The North won. the North prevented Lee from going more North. -
Emancipation Proclamation
It freed slaves. Because of it, Europe dind't help the south. -
Chancellorsville battle
The south won. Lee was attacked by the North. He devided his army. The North stopped attacking. Lee attacked the front and back of the North. The south won, but they lost Stonewall Jackson. -
Battle of Gettysburg
More people died in this battle than the other battles. It was 3 days long. The North won. -
Battle at Chattanooga
The North shelled Chattanooga. They killed some soldiers. They sanked two steam ships. They removed 2 ships from the South. -
Ulysses S. Grant takes over the Union Army
Grant was made in charge of the Union armys. One other person had a higher positin than Grant.
Grant made all of the armys work together he captured Richmond. -
13th amendment
It said that slavery was illegal. The South could not do slavery if it joined the Union. -
Atlanta captured
Atlanta was an important city in the South. Sherman tried to capture it. Sherman captured a railroad. The South army left. The North got an important city in the South. -
Sherman's March to the Sea
The march was 300 miles long. Sherman tried to confuse the South on where he ws going. A North army would go from the North to the South. -
Savannah captured.
Sherman needed supplies. Sherman was protected so he couldn't get them from the Navy. He got one of the forts. He got his supplies. The South left and then surrendered. The North got 150 guns and cotton and captured a city. -
Abrahem Lincon reelected
Abrahem Lincon won the election. He lost in 3 states. He got to end the war. -
Richmond captured.
After the battle of peterson, Lee surendered Richmond and Peterson The North captured South's Capital. -
Lincon got shot.
When Lincon was at a play, he got shot by John Booth. Licoln wasn't president. -
Robet E. Lee surenderes
The army ran out of people. Grant captured Petersburg, so Lee tried to join with another army. Grant surounded Lee, so Lee surendered. -
Getty'sburg Address
Abrahem Lincon gave a speech after the Gettysburg battle. the place was made a place to bury the soldiers. It has always been remembered. -
Emancipation Proclamation takes effect
Any slaves that were in the Confederate states were freed when the armys went through an area. The South lost their slaves so they didn't have people to work on the farms.