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robert e lee becomes commander
On June 30, 1831, he married Mary Ann Randolph Custis. They had seven children. All three of their sons served in the Confederate army. George Washington Custis and William Henry Fitzhugh "Rooney" attained the rank of Major General and Robert E. Lee, Jr., that of Captain. The latter served as a private in the Rockbridge Artillery at the Battle of Antietam. -
Lincoln Elected
Abraham Lincoln was the sixteenth presedent of the United States, but the first Presedent of Texas. He was elected when Texas joined the U.S. Abraham Lincoln was born in 1809. -
fort sumter
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incoln calls for 75,00 voleenteers
On April 11, 1861, Beauregard sent three aides, Colonel James Chesnut, Jr.James Chesnut, Jr.James Chesnut, Jr. of Camden, South Carolina, was a United States Senator, a signatory of the Constitution of the Confederate States of America, and a Confederate Army general..., Captain Stephen D. LeeStephen D. LeeStephen Dill Lee was an American soldier, planter, legislator, and author. He was the youngest Confederate lieutenant general during the American Civil War, and later served as the first pr -
first battle of the bull run
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pope becoms commander
The Army of the Potomac was created in 1861, but was then only the size of a corps (relative to the size of Union armies later in the war). Its nucleus was called the Army of Northeastern Virginia, under Brig. Gen. Irvin McDowell, and it was the army that fought (and lost) the war's first major battle -
monitor vs merrimac
On August 3, 1861 the United States Navy’s Ironclad Board placed ads in Northern Newspapers inviting designers to submit their plans for the construction of ironclad warships. In a letter to Abraham Lincoln dated August 29, 1861 John Ericsson offered to build a vessel, “…that within ten weeks after commencing the structure I would engage to be ready to take up position under the Rebel guns at Norfolk…” Ericsson was a Swedish-American inventor that designed the Union Monitor nicknamed “cheese b -
Battle of Shiloh
Also called Pittsburg Landing, the battle took place near the town of Shiloh, Tennesee. The main generals were Grant and Beauregard. Although they lead a surprise attack on the Union, the Confederates were not able to conquor their opponent. The battle of Shiloh ended on April 7 with a Union victory. -
Antietam/Sharpsburg
In mid-September 1862, after the loss at Second Manassas/Bull Run, the Army of the Potomac shadowed the Army of Northern Virginia as Robert E. Lee began his first major incursion into the North. While at Frederick, MD, George McClellan obtained a copy of the Confederate battle plan--Lee's Special Order No. 191--that had been found wrapping three cigars. -
chancellorsville
On April 27, Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker led the V, XI, and XII Corps on a campaign to turn the Confederate left flank by crossing the Rappahannock and Rapidan Rivers above Fredericksburg. Passing the Rapidan via Germanna and Ely’s Fords, the Federals concentrated near Chancellorsville on April 30 and May 1. The III Corps was ordered to join the army via United States Ford. Sedgwick’s VI Corps and Gibbon’s division remained to demonstrate against the Confederates at Fredericksburg. In the meantime, -
atlanta captured
In the summer of 1864, Union Gen. William T. Sherman faced off against Confederate generals Joseph E. Johnston and John B. Hood in a series of battles in northern Georgia. Sherman's goal was to destroy the Army of the Tennessee, capture Atlanta and cut off vital Confederate supply lines. While Sherman failed to destroy his enemy, he was able to force the surrender of Atlanta in September 1864, boosting northern morale and greatly improving Abraham Lincoln's re-election bid. With Atlanta under Un -
battle of nashville
Unfortunately, there is no National Battlefield or "battlefield park" for the 1864 Battle of Nashville. What was once the battlefield is now residential and commercial development south and west of the downtown area. There are, however, several historic sites relating directly or indirectly to the battle and the period of Union occupation of the city during the war. We encourage you to visit these sites, most of which are free or open to the public for a nominal fee. -
Lee Surrendered
It would be useless and therefore cruel, to provoke the further effusion of blood," said Confederate General Robert E. Lee, "and I have arranged to meet with General Grant with a view to surrender." After four years of fighting the Civil War, Lee knew it was time to put an end to the fighting. Do you know where General Lee and the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia surrendered to the Union Army? -
lincoln assassinated
On the evening of April 14, 1865, while attending a special performance of the comedy, "Our American Cousin," President Abraham Lincoln was shot. Accompanying him at Ford's Theater that night were his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, a twenty-eight year-old officer named Major Henry R. Rathbone, and Rathbone's fiancee, Clara Harris. After the play was in progress, a figure with a drawn derringer pistol stepped into the presidential box, aimed, and fired. The president slumped forward. -
jhonson suurenders
April 26,1865. Following its strategic defeat at Bentonville, N.C., March 21, 1865, the Confederate army of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston was reduced to perhaps 30,000 effectives, less than half the size of Union Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's Federal command. Though the Confederates had fought well at Bentonville, their leader had no illusions about stopping his adversary's inexorable march through North Carolina. When Maj. Gen. John M. Schofield's force, joining Sherman at Goldsborough March 24, s -
13th Amendment
The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution officially abolished and continues to prohibit slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime. It was adopted on December 6, 1865, and was then declared in a proclamation of Secretary of State William H. Seward on December 18 -
siege of pittsburgh
England has been threaten recently by the United States of America in her colonies. France (under Napoleon III) had seen IndoChina attacked by the United States Navy, however, the US claimed they was fired upon by the French just because they were sailing by from the trading ports. This led to a declaration of war against the US. The US Navy was swept aside as 200,000 French and 80,000 British along with 10,000 Canadians landed in Canada/US and started to invade -
vicksburg
The park commemorates the campaign, siege, and defense of Vicksburg. The city's surrender on July 4, 1863, along with that of Port Hudson, LA, on July 8, split the South, giving control of the Mississippi River to the Union. -
gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg was a turning point in the Civil War, the Union victory that ended General Robert E. Lee's second and most ambitious invasion of the North in 1863. Often referred to as the "High Water Mark of the Rebellion", it was the war's bloodiest battle with 51,000 casualties and the setting for President Abraham Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address".
