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Abraham Lincoln Elected
Abraham Lincoln was elcected in 1860 as the 16th president of the United States. He was the first Republican president so far. The other candidates he ran up against were, John Bell, Stephen Douglas, and John C. Breckinridge. -
Seccession of States ( South Carolina)
South Carolina was the first state to seccede from the union in 1860. -
Seccession of States ( Missippi)
Missippi was the second state to seceede from the Union -
Secession of States ( Florida )
Flordia was the third state out of 11 states to seceed from the Union. -
Seccession of States (Alabama)
Alabama was the 4th state to seceed following Florida. -
Seccession of States (Georgia)
Georigia seceeded from the Union on January 19th, 1861. -
Seccessioin of States (Louisiana)
Louisiana was the 6th to seceed from the Union in 1861. -
Seccssion of States ( Texas)
Texas was the 7th state to seceed, and was the furthest state in the west to seceed. -
Fort Sumter
General Beauregard, who was the commander at the time of the provisional Confederate forces at Charleston, South Carolina, demanded the surrender of the Union garrison of Fort Sumter in the Charleston Harbor. The confederates had the victory of that battle. -
Lincoln Calls For 75,000 Volunteers
After the defeat at Fort Sumter Lincoln realized he needed backup so he ordered for 75,000 volunteers. This is how Tennessee got its nickname " The Volunteer State" because they gave a massive amount of volunteers. :) -
Seccession of States (Virginia)
Virginia seceeded from the union April 17th. 1861. -
Seccession of States (Arkansas)
Arkansas seceeded from the union 150 years ago today!!!!!! (today is May 6th) -
Seccession of States (North Carolina)
North Carolina secceded from the Union on May 20th 1861. -
Seccession of States (Tennessee)
Tennessee was the VERY LAST state to seceed from the union, we secceeded a few months after every other southern state! -
1rst Manassas (1rst Bull Run)_
This was the first major battle and start of the many battles to come. After this battle this battle both sides realized it was going to be a very long battle -
McClellan becomes commander
On November 1rst, 1861 he became the supreme commander over all union armies. He took General Winfeild Scott's place after he retired. -
Fort Henry
This battle was fought on a river in Tennessee.This battle lead up to the battle of Fort Donelson. -
Fort Donelson
This battle was fought in Tennessee, and followed the battle of Fort Henry. -
Robert E. Lee becomes commander
General Lee took the initiative and acted at once. Cutting off supplies and reinforcements executed by Jackson at Seven Pines was a successful Confederate venture. -
Mermimack v. Monitor
the Confederate ironclad Virginia steamed into Hampton Roads where she sank Cumberland and ran Congress aground. Fortunately for the Union, on March 9, the ironclad Monitor arrived to do battle, initiated the first engagement of ironclads in history. The two ships fought each other to a standstill, but Virginia retired. -
Shiloh
After the fall of Forts Henry and Donelson the generals were forced to fall back, wich caused us to give up Kentucky, much of the west, and parts of Tennessee -
Pope Becomes commander
Pope was promoted major general in 1862.After securing the Mississippi River for the Union almost as far south as Memphis, Pope attracted the admiration of President Abraham Lincoln. -
2nd Manassas ( 2nd Bull Run )
In order to draw Pope’s army into battle, Jackson ordered an attack on a Federal column that was passing across his front on the Warrenton Turnpike on August 28. -
Sharpsburg ( Antietam )
On September 16, Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan confronted Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia at Sharpsburg, Maryland. -
Burnside Becomes Commander
Burnside had been asked to be the commander of the AOP but he declined. -
Fredericksburg
Lee reacted by entrenching his army on the heights behind the town. On December 11, Union engineers laid five pontoon bridges across the Rappahannock under fire. -
Chancellorsville
On April 27, Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker led the V, XI, and XII Corps on a campaign to turn the Confederate left flank by crossing the Rappahannock and Rapidan Rivers above Fredericksburg. Passing the Rapidan via Germanna and Ely’s Fords, the Federals concentrated near Chancellorsville on April 30 and May 1. -
Vicksburg
In May and June of 1863, Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant’s armies converged on Vicksburg, investing the city and entrapping a Confederate army under Lt. Gen. John Pemberton. -
Gettysburg
Gen. Robert E. Lee concentrated his full strength against Maj. Gen. George G. Meade’s Army of the Potomac at the crossroads county seat of Gettysburg. -
Siege Of Petersburg
Union forces surrounded and kept an eye on Petersburg for 9 months. Union forces were well supplied. Confederate forces could barely find food to eat and they didnt have shoes. -
Atlanta Captured
Following the Battle of Peachtree Creek, Hood determined to attack Maj. Gen. James B. McPherson’s Army of the Tennessee. He withdrew his main army at night from Atlanta’ s outer line to the inner line, enticing Sherman to follow. -
Battle of Nashville
In a last attempt to force Gen. William T. Sherman’s army out of Georgia, Gen. John Bell Hood led the Army of Tennessee north toward Nashville in November 1864. -
13th Amendment
13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Abolition of Slavery. -
Lee Surrenders to Grant
He surrendered to General Grant at Appomattox Courthouse on April 9, 1865, after Union forces prevented the escape of some 27,000 Confederate soldiers. -
Lincoln Assassinated
Licoln was shot in the back of the head by John Booth while seeing a play at a theater with his wife. :( -
Joseph E. Johnson Surrenders
Following its strategic defeat at Bentonville, N.C., March 21, 1865, the Confederate army of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston was reduced to perhaps 30,000 effectives, less than half the size of Union Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's Federal command. So, since he lost more than half of his army to that battle he surrendered.
