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fort Sumter Battle
Major Robert Anderson of the United States moved his 85 soldiers to fort sumter. after a few months he reported that they were low on food and supplies. As the fort was getting reinforced at 4:30 in the morning on April 12 the Confederacy attacked the fort. These shootings went on for the next 34 hours. The next morning Major Anderson surrendered. amazingly no soldiers were killed in this battle. The Civil War had begun. -
battle of Philippi
Even though this battle only lasted 20 minutes it is a very significant battle. This was the first battle with a large number of troops fighting on each side. The town of Philippi is not an important town at all. Even though both sides had claimed that they had killed many of the other side’s troops there were actually no deaths in this battle. -
Bull run first battle
Bull Run just a few miles north of Manassas Junction was on the way to Richmond, Virginia, the capital of The Confederate States of America. The goal was to attack the capitol and end the war. The battle began by The Union attacking the Confederate army across Bull Run. The Confederacy attacked back and sent the Union back to the North. Although they were victorious, the Confederacy did not continue on. This battled showed the North that the Civil War was going to be longer and more expensive th -
Jefferson Davis inaugurated as President of the Confederate States of America
Jefferson Davis was elected as the president of the Confederate States of America on November 6, 1861. He ran unopposed and was elected to serve a term of six years. He had already been serving unofficially for almost a year.Jefferson had been a Senator from Mississippi and had been pro keeping the Union together. Once Mississippi succeeded he became pro Confederacy. Once inaugurated davis sent a peace commission to the Union but Lincoln refused to meet with the Southern ambassadors. -
Battle of Richmond
On August 29, 1862 the Confederate army bumped into the Union army on their way to Richmond, Virginia. The two sides started to fight a little. fighting stopped later that day. The next morning the Confederate army attacked the Union army near Zion Church. As the day went on more soldiers joined both sides. The Union retreated and the Confederacy took with them four thousand Union troops and the path to the Union was now open. -
Emancipation Proclamation
This was a proclamation given by President Lincoln. He granted freedom to all slaves in the Confederacy if the states did not return to the Union by January first 1863. This only applied to slaves that were in Confederate states, the slaves in the Union would be freed only if the war was won by the Union. Even though this did not free slavery because Confederate States did not listen to the United States law, this document was the start of the Union fighting for freedom. -
West Virginia is born
West Virginia used to be part of Virginia. Pioneers and Mountaineers settled in the Western part of Virginia, while aristocratic slave owners settled in the East. When Virginia seceded into the Confederate States of America the people settled in the west thought it was a horrible idea. The Western settlers met to discuss terms of statehood but the only thing holding them back was the Constitution. The Constitution says that if a territory within a state would like to become a state that state mu -
battle of Gettysburg
Lee brought his troops to Pennsylvania to start a battle in the North and to threaten Northern cities. After the first day of the battle the Confederate army had beat the Union. By the second day more soldiers had joined the Union’s army in Gettysburg and were fighting back strongly. More than fifty one thousand soldiers from both sides were either killed, captured, wounded, or missing. The whole battle had lasted three days. Four months later president Lincoln gave his famous Gettysburg Address -
signing of treaty at Appomattox
Ulysses S. Grant surrounded Robert E. Lee, from the confederacy's army. he had no choice but surrender. The two generals agreed to meet on April 9, 1865 at he house of Wilmer McLean in the village of Appomattox Courthouse. The treaty was signed and there was not peace but at least no war. -
13th amendment
This Document, The 13th Amendment to the Constitution freed all slaves in the United States of America. This document was ratified eight months after the Civil War had ended, but this truly ended the struggle of slavery. Slavery no longer existed in the United States of America and there would be no more fighting.
