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Lincoln Election
1.On Tuesday, November 6th, 1860, Abraham Lincoln was elected the 16th President of the United States, with Hannibal Hamlin as V.P.
2.The election proved to be one of the most momentous in American history at it came at a time of national crisis, and brought Abraham Lincoln to the White House. Indeed, Lincoln’s trip to Washington was literally fraught with trouble, as rumors of assassination plots swirled and he had to be heavily guarded during his train trip from Illinois to Washington. -
Battle of Fort Sumter
1.It was the bombardment and surrender of Fort Sumter, near Charleston, South Carolina, that started the American Civil War. Following declarations of secession by seven Southern states, South Carolina demanded that the U.S. Army abandon its facilities in Charleston Harbor.
2.Becomes the first engagement
3.Fort Sumter was in Charleston, South Carolina
4.It was one out of three federal forts -
Southern State Secession Dates
Alabama: Feb 4, 1861
Arkansas: May 18, 1861
Florida: Feb 4, 1861
Georgia: Feb 4, 1861
Kentucky: Dec 10, 1861
Louisianna: Feb 4, 1861
Mississippi: Feb 4, 1861
Missouri: Aug 19, 1861
North Carolina: May 16, 1861
South Carolina: Feb 4, 1861
Tennessee: May 16, 1861
Texas: March 2, 1861
Virginia: May 7, 1861 -
Battle of Bull Run/Manassas
Fought on July 21, 1861, in Prince William County, Virginia, near the City of Manassas. It was the first major land battle of the American Civil War.
The South won the first battle of Bull Run. -
Monitor & Merrimack fight
Monitor & Merrimack were two American ships that fought the first engagement between ironclad ships. -
Battle of Shiloh
Also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing.
Was a major battle in the Western Theater of the American Civil War, fought April 6–7, 1862, in southwestern Tennessee. -
Battle of Antietam
"Bloodiest single day of the war"
23,000 died -
Battle of Fredericksburg
Fought December 11–15, 1862, in and around Fredericksburg, Virginia, between General Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and the Union Army of the Potomac, commanded by Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside. Burnside's plan was to cross the Rappahannock River at Fredericksburg in mid-November and race to the Confederate capital of Richmond before Lee's army could stop him. -
Emancipation Proclamation
1.Sets slaves free in areas in rebellion to the union. Nothing happened.
2.The proclamation allowed black soldiers to fight for the Union -- soldiers that were desperately needed. It also tied the issue of slavery directly to the war. -
Battle of Chancellorsville
1.April 30- May 26, 1863
2. Happened in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, near the village of Chancellorsville.
3. 24,000 casualties
4. General Stonewall Jackson died in battle, he was shot by his own man, by mistake, while Stonewall was sleeping. -
Stonewall Jackson Killed
1.Confederate general during the American Civil War
2. Confederate pickets accidentally shot him at the Battle of Chancellorsville, which the general survived, with the loss of an arm to amputation. However, he died of complications of pneumonia eight days later. His death was a severe setback for the Confederacy, affecting not only its military prospects, but also the morale of its army and of the general public. -
Battle of Vicksburg
May 18-July 4, 1863
Ulysses S. Grant’s armies converged on Vicksburg, investing the city and entrapping a Confederate army under Lt. Gen. John Pemberton. On July 4, Vicksburg surrendered after prolonged siege operations. -
West Virginia Becomes a State
1."Mountaineers Are Always Free" is the state motto of West Virginia."
2. The phrase reflects the history and identity of the state and indicates how West Virginia became the 35th state. The land that formed WV used to be part of Virginia, but the two areas differed in both surroundings and people. Pioneering individuals, mountaineers, settled in the western portion, while a slave-holding aristocratic society developed in the eastern portion. Westerners wanted to separate from Virginia. -
The Battle of Gettysburg
Was the turning point of the civil war. -
Battle of Little Roundtop
Is the smaller of two rocky hills south of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. It was the site of an unsuccessful assault by Confederate troops against the Union left flank on July 2, 1863, the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg. -
Gettysburg Address
Is a speech by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln and is one of the best-known speeches in United States history. It was delivered by Lincoln during the American Civil War, on the afternoon of Thursday, November 19, 1863, at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, four and a half months after the Union armies defeated those of the Confederacy at the decisive Battle of Gettysburg. -
Shermans March to The Sea
1.To reinforce Jefferson Davis' plan to win the war swiftly. To stop Lee's invasion of the states in the north.
2.They wanted to make the war aweful/terrible
3. "The war is hell" = "Total war"
4. On May 6, 1864, Sherman began to move southward from the vicinity of Chattanooga. -
Lincoln Gets Re-elected
Lincoln won by over 400,000 popular votes. He ran against George B. McClellan. McClellan was the "peace candidate" but did not personally believe in his party's platform. -
Surrender at Appomatox Courthouse
Was the final engagement of Confederate States Army General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia before it surrendered to the Union Army under Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, and one of the last battles of the American Civil War. -
Lincoln Assassination
On Good Friday April 14 1865 the 16th President of the United States was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth, while watching a play. -
The 13th Ammendment
1.Abolishes and prohibits slavery, except as punishment for a crime.
2.It was passed by the Senate on April 8, 1864, passed by the House on January 31, 1865, and adopted on December 6, 1865.
