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South Secedes
South Carolina was the first state to secede
Some others followed right after
The majority seceded after Fort Sumter
Some stayed with the Union -
Lincolns First Election
Election of 1860
Lincoln against slavery but doesn't want to completely take it away
Zero support from the South
Reason for Secession -
Confederate States of America est
11 Southern slave states that declared their secession and formed the Confederate States of America -
1st Battle of Bull run
The goal was to defeat most of Confederate army, get to the Confederate capital, and end the war. Confederate forces were driven back at first, then they won.
Affirmed that the Civil War was not going to be so easy. -
First Income Tax
The first Federal income tax was levied to help pay for the Union war effort.
A tax of 5% on incomes between $600 and $5,000, a 7.5% tax on incomes in the $5,000-$10,000 range and a 10% tax on everything higher. -
1st confiscation act
authorized court proceedings to strip confederate owners of any property supporting the confederacy
Including slaves that came under Union lines as property in the care of the U.S. government. -
Trent Affair
harles Wilkes, a U.S. Navy Officer, captured two Confederate envoys aboard the British mail ship, the Trent. Britain accused the United States of violating their neutrality, created a diplomatic crisis between the United States and Great Britain during the Civil War. -
Monitor v Merrimac
Iron clads of the North and the South Battle
Monitor was for the North
Merrimac the South
The North ship wins
Changes ocean warfare forever -
Shiloh
Union army under Grant moved via the Tennessee River deep into Tennessee
on the west bank of the river, where Confederate forces under Beauregard launched a surprise attack on Grant's army.
The Confederates were winning on 1st day, but were defeated on the second day. -
Capture of New Orleans
Union Captured the largest confederate City
big turning point and boosted Morale of the Union
confrontational administration of the city by its military governor caused lasting resentment -
Homestead Act
any current or future citizen could claim a homestead of up to 160 acres of government land, and “improve” the land by putting it to use as a family plot. If they did this then the land was theirs free of charge -
Morill Land Grant
eligible states received 30,000 acres of federal land for each member of congress the state had as of the census of 1860. This was to be used toward establishing and funding the educational institutions -
2nd confiscation act
called for court proceedings seizing land and property from confederalists in the South and the emancipation of their slaves that came under Union control -
Harpers Ferry
12,419 Federal troops captured, the surrender at Harpers Ferry was the largest surrender of US military personnel yet Because of the delay in capturing Harpers Ferry and the movement of Federal forces to the west, Lee was forced to regroup. Two days later he commanded troops in Antietam, -
Anteitam
McLellan and Lee
The bloodiest single day in American military history
ended in a draw,
Confederate retreat gave Abraham Lincoln the “victory” he desired before issuing the Emancipation Proclamation. -
Emancipation Proclamation
It proclaimed the freedom of slaves in the ten states that were still in rebellion, excluding areas controlled by the Union Freed could be enrolled into the paid service of United States' forces, and in the Union Army -
national draft law instituted
required the enrollment of every male citizen and those immigrants who had filed for citizenship between ages twenty and forty-five
Replaced the previous militia act -
Habeas Corpus Suspended
The Act allowed the president to suspend the writ of habeas corpus so long as the Civil War was ongoing.
This was because of all the riots and outbreaks that had occured -
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Vicksburg
Grant decided to besiege the city beginning on May 25. With no reinforcement, supplies nearly gone, and after holding out for more than forty days, the garrison finally surrendered on July 4 -
Capture of Atlanta
Boosted Union Morale and Lincolns political position Sherman's army captured the railroad track from Macon, pushing the Confederates to Lovejoy's Station. With his supply lines fully severed, Hood pulled his troops out of Atlanta the next day, September 1, destroying supply depots as he left to prevent them from falling into Union hands. He also set fire to eighty-one loaded ammunition cars, which led to a conflagration watched by hundreds -
Lincoln re Election
This was the election of 1864
Abraham Lincoln ran as the Republican (National Union Party) nominee against Democratic candidate George B. McClellan, who ran as the "peace candidate"
No electoral votes were counted from the Southern States
Lincoln re elected -
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SHermans march to the sea
Sherman's troops leaving the captured city of Atlanta, Georgia, on November 15 and ended with the capture of the port of Savannah on December 21. His forces destroyed military targets as well as industry, infrastructure, and civilian property and disrupted the South's economy and its transportation networks. -
Capture of Richmond
President Davis, his Cabinet, and the Confederate defenders abandoned Richmond and fled south on the last open railroad line The retreating soldiers were under orders to set fire to bridges, the armory, and warehouses with supplies as they left. Union Troops put out the fires
Shortly after Lee surrendered to Grant -
LIncolns Assassination
He was shot while attending a play in DC
planned and carried out by the well-known stage actor John Wilkes Booth, as part of a larger conspiracy in a bid to revive the Confederate cause.
First U.S President to be assasinated -
Surrender of Appomatox
Robert E Lee surrenderred to Ulysses S Grant after the Battle of Appomatox courthouse.
This ended the Civil War -
13th amendment
The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude