Civil War

By Nash B

  • Battle of Fort Sumter

    battle that started the civil war, confederate states attack the united states.
  • Confederate States of America is formed

    Confederate States of America is formed

    southern states separate from the north

  • President Lincoln declares a blockade of Southern ports

    lincoln includes North Carlina and Virginia in the blockade into the union
  • Battle of Shiloh

    Battle of Shiloh

    allowed grant to begin a massive operation in the Mississippi Valley.
  • Lincoln is elected President

    Lincoln is elected President

    republican from illinois who said first that he did not want to end slavery but said he did not want it to go west. the southern states did nid not believe him and feared he would end slavery so they succeeded from the union.
  • Battle of Antietam

    Battle of Antietam

    key turning point in the civil war.

  • Battle of Gettysburg

    crushing defeat for the confederacy.

  • Gettysburg Address

    commemorated the cemetery in Gettysburg in the civil war

  • Lincoln Assassinated

    john Wilkes booth assassinates Abraham lincoln

  • 13th amendment to Constitution

    no slavery without crime should be used at all in the united states

  • Sherman’s March to the Sea

    it was to scare the people in Georgia into abandoning the federate cause

  • Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address

    Abraham lincoln urged to get people to bind up the nation's wounds and to move forwards to peace

  • Surrender at Appomattox Court House

    confederate surrenders to the union

  • Emancipation Proclamation

    declared that all slaves are free.
  • First Battle of Bull Run (Manassas)

    First Battle of Bull Run (Manassas)

    confederate states beat the union giving them hope that they might win the war