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Election of 1860
The Election of 1860 In 1860 Reublican and abolitionist, Abraham Lincoln was elected as the president of the United States. -
The South Secedes
The South Secedes President Abraham Lincoln promised that he would not attack the South and would not try to end slavery there. President Lincoln also stated that he wanted to keep the Union together. -
Fort Sumter
The Battle of Fort Sumter The Confederates began to bombard Fort Sumter at the entrance of Charleston Harbor in South Carolina. After the fort surrendered, Lincoln stated that the seceded southern states were in rebellion. This was when they realized that the Civil War had just began. -
The First Battle of Bull Run
The Battle of Bull Run This battle was split into two parts. The first battle took place 25 miles southwest of Washingtonalong a stream called Bull Run. At first the Union troops drove the Confederates back. The Union army was coaught off gaurd and Pope's army fell apart at the second Battle of Bull Run. Hoping to win a Confederate victoy on Union soil, Lee's forces began to cross into Maryland. -
The Election of Jefferson Davis
The Election of Jefferson Davis The delegates wrote a constituition that elected Jefferson Davis as the president of the Confederate. Jefferson Davis was born in Kentucky on 1808. Davis suspected that he might be the choice of his fellow Southerners for their interim president. When the newly seceded states met in Montgomery, Alabama, in February 1861, they decided just that. -
Habeas Corpus Suspension Act
The Habeas Corpus Act The constitutional protection against being place in prison unlawfully. Many antiwar activists were arrested. In 1863 Congress passed a law that allowed men to be drafted or forced to join the army. Antidraft riots took place as a result. -
The Battle of Shiloh
The Battle of Shiloh The overpowering Confederate offensive drove the unprepared Federal forces from their camps and threatened to overwhelm Ulysses S. Grant’s entire command. The massed artillery helped to turn the tide as Confederates surrounded the Union troops and captured, killed, or wounded most.By the next morning, the Federal army numbered about 40,000, outnumbering Beauregard’s army of less than 30,000. -
The Secon Battle of Bull Run
The Second Battle of Bull Run This battle was split into two parts. The first battle took place 25 miles southwest of Washingtonalong a stream called Bull Run. At first the Union troops drove the Confederates back. The Union army was coaught off gaurd and Pope's army fell apart at the second Battle of Bull Run. Hoping to win a Confederate victoy on Union soil, Lee's forces began to cross into Maryland. -
The Battle of Antietam
The Battle of Antietam This battle was the bloodiest one day battle of the war, and in U.S. history. it was also an importantvictroy for the Union. Lee lost about a third of his troops and could not advance no farther. -
The Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation This proclamation was called for all slaves in nonoccupied aras in rebellioin against the Union to be freed on January 1, 1863. During the war Congress allowed about 180,000 African Americans to serve in the Union army. The war affected the lives of many Americans. -
General Ulysses S. Grant
General Ulysses S. Grant He was the most imoprotant figure in the western region. He led all of his troops into Tennessee. On April 6 the Confederate caught Grant by suprise and pushed the Union army back at the Battle of Shiloh. -
The Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg On the first of July the Confederates pused the Union line back. the next day the Union turned back a major Confederate assult. Lee ordered General George Pickett to attackon July 3. -
The Gettysburg Address
The Gettysburg Address The Gettysburg Address was a speech that Abraham wrote and recited after the Battle of Gettysburg. He recited this sppeech to the Union after they won the war. -
Appomattox Courthouse
The Appomattox Courthouse In April 1865 Grant broke throught Lee's defenses at Petersburg. Lee realize the situation was hopeless and surrendered to Grant in the town of Appomattox Courthouse on April 9, 1865. Some 620,000 Americans had lost their lives in the four years of bloody fighting. The Civil War stil remains the most deadly conflict in U.S. History.
