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Election of Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln had won the election of 1960 and became the 16th president of the United States. He won without needing the South to vote for him. This is important because whoever won was there leader of the Country. -
South Carolina’s Secession
South Carolina left the United States because Lincoln was elected in as president, so they became their own country. This is important because we know who wanted to keep the slaves. -
Secession of Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia was a prominent part of the Confederate States during the American Civil War. As a slave-holding state, it held a state convention to deal with the secession crisis, and voted against secession on 4 April 1861. It was important because it was close to D.C. -
Fort Sumter
Fort Sumter is a sea fort in Charleston, South Carolina that was attacked by the Union which started the Civil War, Fort Sumter is important because it started the Civil War -
Suspension of Habeas Corpus
Habeas Corpus was unilaterally suspended by President Abraham Lincoln in Maryland during the Civil War. He suspended it because he didn't won't anyone to support the rebels and didn't want anyone to resist Militia Ding. This is important because it shows how much Lincoln would go through to have people on is side. -
Secession of North Carolina
Secession of the state of North Carolina from the American Union occurred on May 20, 1861; this date was chosen to celebrate the anniversary of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence of 1775. North Carolina’s secession was more in accord with the doctrines of John C. Calhoun of South Carolina. The secession of North Carolina is important because it showed who was for the Confeds or the Union. -
First Battle of Bull Run
First Battle of Bull Run was fought on July 21, 1861 in Prince William County, Virginia, just north of the city of Manassas and about 25 miles west-southwest of Washington, D.C. This is important because this was the first major land battle of the armies in Virginia. -
Ironclad Ships
Ironclad Ships were ships that replaced the Wooden ships the North was using and they started to used in the battle Hampton Roads (Monitor v. Merrimack) in Virginia, 1862. Ironclad ships are important because it advanced the war in protection. -
Battle of Shiloh
The Battle of Shiloh happened in Tennessee and was the first Union Victory. -
Union Capture of New Orleans
Union troops officially take possession of New Orleans because of confederate surrendering at their forts letting the North takeover. -
Clara Barton
Clara Barton was a nurse in the civil war whose first war was Battle of Cedar Mountain in Virginia. She is important because she healed wounded troops back then. -
Battle of Antietam
The Battle of Antietam was the Bloodiest one day battle that happened in Maryland and was an union victory and chance to speak on slavery. It was important because it was a turning point in the Civil War. -
Robert E. Lee
Robert E. Lee was a general who was for the Confeds because his home was was and his first battle was Battle of Antietam that happened in Maryland. He was important because he was leader who changed the south with his great leadership.He was important because he was the most known General for the Confederates. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Emancipation Proclamation was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln after the Battle of Antietam because they needed a victory. It was order to free the slaves. it was important because it the point of the war. -
"Stonewall" Jackson
"Stonewall" Jackson was a Confederate General who worked with Robert E.Lee and who was in one civil war battle but then got killed by his men. The Battle of Chancellorsville was the battle he was in. -
Gettysburg
Gettysburg was a battle that happened in Pennsylvania and was the Bloodiest Battle of the Civil War. It was important because it was the bloodiest battle and not a day to forget. -
Pickett’s Charge
Pickett's Charge was infantry assault that was ordered by Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee to have against Maj. Gen. George G. Meade's Union positions on Cemetery Ridge at the end of the Battle of Gettysburg. It was important because it ended the Battle of Gettysburg. -
Vicksburg
Vicksburg was a battle that happened in Mississippi and had a use for the second part of the Anaconda Plan because it divided the south. It was important because it divided and weaken the south. -
54th Mass. Regiment
54th Mass. Regiment was one of the first official regiments to African-American units in the United States during the Civil War. They were important because of their courageous assault on Fort Wagner that played a main role in bringing about an end to slavery. -
Gettysburg Address
Gettysburg Address was a speech written by Abraham Lincoln to say that the troops were not fighting for no reason. It was important because it let the troops know that what they were fighting for was right. -
Battle of Atlanta
The Battle of Atlanta was fought on July 22, 1864, just southeast of Atlanta, Georgia. Union forces commanded by William T. Sherman, wanting to neutralize the important rail and supply hub, defeated Confederate forces defending the city under John B. Hood. This is important because it begins Sherman’s March to the Sea -
Sherman’s March to Sea
Sherman’s March to Sea is a military campaign of the American Civil War conducted through Georgia from November 15 to December 21, 1864 by Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman of the Union Army. It was important because it demoralized the Confederates. -
Battle of Bentonville
Battle of Bentonville was fought in Bentonville, North Carolina, near the town of Four Oaks, as part of the Carolinas Campaign of the American Civil War. It was the last battle between the armies of Union Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman and Confederate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston. -
Confederate Surrenders
Confederate Surrenders at the Appomattox Courthouse in Virginia, on April 9, 1865 Robert E. Lee, the commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, surrendered his beleaguered Confederate forces to Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army. It was important because it ended the war. -
Lincoln’s Assassination
The United States loss its 16th president in 1865 at the Ford's Theatre in Washington D.C. by John Wilkes Booth at 10pm. It was important because the United States just lost a great president right after the Civil war ended.
