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He identified wholeheartedly with the northern cause and led southern states to secede.
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South Carolina was the first state to secede. They charged that a sectional party had elected a president that is hostile towards slavery.
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Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas joined South Carolina in secession.
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Deep south met in Montgomery, Alabama to establish the Confederate States of America. They drafted a constitution and elected Jefferson Davis as president.
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After 40 hours of defending the fort, union forces surrendered
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After the fort sumter attack, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina joined the Confederacy
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McDowell attacks Confederates in Virginia. General Thomas J Jackson brings confederate reinforcements and blocks the north before counterattacking. Proved that the war would not be quickly fought and won for the North
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Occupied under Farragut. Secured the mouth of the Mississippi,
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Lee sent Jackson to Pope's rear, while the main Confederate army was thrown against the Union's flank. Southern victory, Pope retreated.
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Bloodiest battle of the war. Draw, but Lee was forced to fall back
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Confederates won, Unions suffered twice the amount of casualties.
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Declared that slaves in areas under Confederate control were freed
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Meade's Union troops had the high ground, Lee was forced to retreat.
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Grant seizes Vicksburg, gaining control of the Mississippi
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anti-draft riot where a mob burned draft offices, the homes of leading republicans, an orphanage for black children, and lynched blacks
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Grant attempts seige; result is a stalemate.
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Took Atlanta by employing a series of skillfull flanking movements. Improved Lincoln's chances of reelection
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Republican cause of liberty and Union secure
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Outlaws slavery
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After their retreat is cut off, Lee realizes further resistance is useless.
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Killed by John Wilkes Booth, a proconfederate actor
