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south carolina breaks away
south carolina breaks away from the union. -
mississippi seceeds
mississippi broke away from the union -
Honest Abe gets elected
Abe Lincoln wins the popular and electoral votes -
Fort Sumter
the confederates attacked and captured Fort Sumter -
jefferson davis CSA President
Jefferson Davis was appointed as the confederate president. -
washington D.C.
washington d.c. had strong southern character -
virginia splits
virginia splits in two . west virginia and virginia -
Alabama
Alabama, located in the heart of the cotton-producing South, became the third state to secede from the Union in January 1861. -
Hampton Roads
On March 8, 1862, the Virginia destroyed two Union warships and ran the frigate Minnesota aground off Hampton Roads. the USS Merrimac,USS Monitor faught here -
peninsula campaign
n April 1862, some 100,000 Union troops under George B. McClellan arrived in Virginia, planning to move on the Confederate capital of Richmond via the peninsula formed by the York and James Rivers. -
ft.Henry & Ft. Donelson
In early 1862, Union forces launched an attack against two Confederate forts located on the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers, near the Kentucky-Tennessee border. -
Antietam
this was the bloodiest single day battle of the war. the souths Robert E. Lee faced off against George McClellan. -
fredricksburg
the Army of the Potomac, crossed the Rappahannock River into Virginia with more than 120,000 troops in December 1862, confronting 80,000 of Robert E. Lee's Confederates at Fredericksburg on December 13 -
Chacellorsville
Stonewall Jackson was shot and killed by his own troops. -
battle of Brandy Station
On June 9, they caught Stuart's 9,500 men off-guard in a surprise attack, this was the largest calvery battle of the war. -
gettysburg starts
the bloodiest battle of the civil war. There were 51,000 casualties in three days. Confederate General Robert E. Lee was going up against Union General George Meade. -
Gettysburg ends
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Chattanooga
On November 25, Union forces overcame the heavily fortified Confederate position on Missionary Ridge, forcing Bragg's retreat into Georgia. -
spotsylvania court house
for 12 days there was blood fighting 18,000 ubion casualties and 11,000 confederate casualties. -
lightweight pontoon bridge
sherman relied on them heavily on his march to the sea -
Petersburg
In June 1864, Union forces began a siege of Petersburg, a railroad crossing 23 miles south of Richmond, as well as the Confederate capital itself.Greatly outnumbered, Robert E. Lee's Confederates managed to maintain control of both cities. By early 1865, they were growing increasingly hungry and exhausted due to reduced supply lines. -
battle of atlanta
confederates lost the city to Sherman on september second. -
Mobile bay
By August 1864, Alabama's Mobile Bay was the last major Confederate port left open on the Gulf of Mexico.After a Confederate mine sunk the monitor Tecumseh, Farragut climbed the mast of his flagship, the Hartford, and urged his fleet on with a cry of "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!" -
second battle of fort fisher
amphibious assult on confederate stronghold -
tennesse
tennesse adopted a new constitution abolishing slavery -
lincoln
lincoln is sworn into a second term in office -
CSA
the Confederate states of america starts useing african american troops. -
Jefferson Davis
jefferson davis and cabinet flee richmond. -
US Congress
rejects veto and gives equil rights to all US -
U.S. Congress
approves minting of the nickel -
Congress
Congress passes the 14th amendment -
reconstruction
tennesse becomes the first state re-admited to the union. -
U.S.Grant
first person to be a five star general -
15th amendment
african americans gain the right to vote in DC -
Nebraska
Nebraska is admitted as the 37th state -
railroad
first raised railroad started in NY. hepled reconstruction
