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The South Secedes
Abraham Lincoln called a state convention after being elected president delegates voted to remve the state of south carolina from the union known as the united states of amaerica. -
Port Royal South Carolina
On November 7, 1861, Captain Samuel F. Dupont's warships silenced Confederate guns in Fort Walker and Fort Beauregard. This victory enabled General Thomas W. Sherman's troops to occupy first Port Royal and then all the famous Sea Islands of South Carolina, where Timothy H. O'Sullivan recorded them making themselves at home. -
Attack on Fort Sumter
When President Lincoln planned to send supplies to Fort Sumter he alerted the state in advance the , in an attemot to avoid hostilities. South Carolina,however, feared a trick;th commander of the fort,Robert Anderson was asked to surrender immediately. -
General McDowell Is replaced
Suddenly aware of the threat of a protracted war and the army's need for organization and training Lincoln replaced Mcdowwel with General George B. McCellan. -
First Battle Of Bull Run
northners wanted to end war quickly led mcdwell to march into virginia before his troops were very properly trained. -
A Blockade of the South
To blockade the coast of the Confederacy effectively, the federal navy had to be improved. By July, the effort at improvement had made a difference and an effective blockade had begun. The South responded by building small, fast ships that could outmaneuver Union vessels. -
Abraham Lincoln takes action
On January 27, President Lincoln issued a war order authorizing the Union to launch a unified aggressive action against the Confederacy. General McClellan ignored the order. -
BAttle of Monitor
In an attempt to reduce the North's great naval advantage, Confederate engineers converted a scuttled Union frigate, the U.S.S. Merrimac, into an iron-sided vessel rechristened the C.S.S. Virginia. On March 9, in the first naval engagement between ironclad ships, the Monitor fought the Virginia to a draw, but not before the Virginia had sunk two wooden Union warships off Norfolk, Virginia. -
The battle of Shiloh
On April 6, Confederate forces attacked Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant at Shiloh, Tennessee. By the end of the day, the federal troops were almost defeated. Yet, during the night, reinforcements arrived, and by the next morning the Union commanded the field. When Confederate forces retreated, the exhausted federal forces did not follow. Casualties were heavy -- 13,000 out of 63,000 Union soldiers died, and 11,000 of 40,000 Confederate troops were killed. -
Port Royal, South Carolina
On November 7, 1861, Captain Samuel F. Dupont's warships silenced Confederate guns in Fort Walker and Fort Beauregard. This victory enabled General Thomas W. Sherman's troops to occupy first Port Royal and then all the famous Sea Islands of South Carolina, where Timothy H. O'Sullivan recorded them making themselves at home.
