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Lincolns Inaguration
On Monday March 4th, was the day that Lincoln became the 16th president of the United States. In Washington D.C -
Fort Sumter
On April 12th, Charelston harbor opened fire on Union garrison in South Carolina. At the end, the fort surrenederd. -
Bull Run
It was the first major battle in Virginia. By July 22nd, the union reached the safety of Washington. -
Monitor vs. Merrimac
The Southern naval engineers removed a new ship that threatned the naval balance of power in the war in Hampton Roads, Virginia. Although, the ship was made out of complete iron so the cannon balls bounced of and wouldn't go through them. -
Antietam
Maryland left a powerful assault and was the bloodiest day in America, military history. They sent attacks and counterattacks swept against Lee's army. -
Fredericksburg
The union army was commanded by Maj. Gen Ambrose Burnside in Virginia. Burnsides plan was to cross the Rappahannock. -
Emancipation Proclamation
It ordered the army to treat as free men the slaves in the ten states.The proclamation freed 50,000 slaves. -
Vicksburg
There was a bombardment by Union and two major assaults against the confederate. It was the army of Tennessee. -
Gettysburg
It was in Adams County on 1863. It was Maj. Gen. George G meade of the union. The union won the battle. -
Petersburg
Numerous raids were conducted and the battle fought. In attempt to cut off the railroad supply lines. -
Lincoln Reelection
Northerners endorse the leadership and policies of President Lincoln.Lincoln was reelected in to presidency and he faced many challenges to his presidency. -
Sherman's March to the sea.
Sherman’s troops leaving the city of Atlanta, GeorgiaHe destroyed much of the South’s physical and physiological capacity to wage war. -
Fall of Richmond
It was the target of numerous attempts by the Union Army to seize possession of the capital. Richmond was the seat of political power for the confederacy, the union army. -
Appomattox Courthouse
In Virginia, Lee launched an attack to break through the Union force to his front. He realized that the calvary was backed up by two corps of Union infantry. -
Lincolns Assaassination
Happened in Fords’s Theater Washington D.C.John Wilkes Booth shot Abraham Lincoln. Eliminating the top three people in the administration, Booth hoped to severe the continuity of the United States.
