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Lincoln's Election
- Lincoln says he will stop the expansion of slaverly.
- 7 Southern states secede from the Union.
- Lincoln's inaugural speech pleads for South to stay.
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Fort Summter
- South leaves Union and takes over Union forts.
- Lincoln sends reinforcements.
- South attacks fort and foces them to surrender.
- 4 more southern states leave.
- Beggining of Civil war
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Battle of Bull Run
- Lincoln calls for 90 day enlistments
- Lincoln wants to take the Confederate Capitiol- Richmond, VA
- Union winning first half, but pushed back by confederates.
- Turning Point- north realizes not a short war
- Lincoln calls for thousands more volenteers, calls for three years enlistments.
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Battle of Antietam
- Confederate General Lee attacks the North.
- The single bloodiest day in the civil war
- Union victory but didn't finish off the Southern army
- Turning Point- due to struggles of war Northerners begin looking for new reasons to fight.
- Emancipation Proclomation (freed slaves in the south)
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Battle of Gettysburg
- Lee invades the North
- Brings the war north, convince them to call for peace, and secure European aid.
- 1/3 of amry lost- Pickett's charge
- Turning Point of the war
- Lee loses ability to play offense, and stays on defense.
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Battle of Vicksburg
- Confederate guns controlled the river.
- 43 day siege of Mississippi stronghold.
- Turning Point- completes the Anaconda plan.
- Union gains complete control of Mississippi River.
- Grant is promoted to Union general
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Sherman's March
- Marched through Georgia destroyed all war rescoures.
- Burned down city of Atlanta.
- Destroyed a path 60 miles wide in Georgia.
- helped get Linocoln reelected.
- Turning Point- used total war to destroy everything of military value and destroy Southern will.
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Appomattox
- Grant puts city of Petersburg under siege.
- Siege lasts 10 months.
- Lee is forced to surrender becasue Union broke through his defenses taking Petersburg and Richmond.
- Grant's surrender terms ask them to lay down their weapons and return home.
- Officialy ends the Civil War, April 9th, 1865
