Civil war

The Civil War

By Mariajosepernas

  • The Caning of Charles Sumner

    The Caning of Charles Sumner
    Charles Sumner was an abolitionist and a senator that was attacked by confederate Preston Brooks because Sumner gave a speech in which he directly insulted slaveholders, one being a relative of Brooks. He attacked Sumner with a stick. This is seen as a symbolic beginning to the civil war.

  • States Secede The Union

    States Secede The Union
    South Carolina secedes the Union, followed by Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Lousiana and Texas.

  • Battle of Fort Sumter

    Battle of Fort Sumter
    This event took place in U.S Fort Sumter near Charleston,South Carolina. Unonist went totake over Fort Sumter, which belonged to the south, but Confederates won the battle. This gave the Confederacy confidence. This was the official beginning of the war.

  • Confederate Ironclad sinks two Union ships

    Confederate Ironclad sinks two Union ships
    The Confederate Ironclad 'Merrimac' sinks two wooden Union ships. It then battles the Union Ironclad 'Monitor'. This caused naval warfare to change forever, making wooden ships obsolete.

  • Emancipation Proclamation

    Emancipation Proclamation
    The Emancipation Proclamation was a presidential proclamation issued by Abraham Lincoln. It stated that slaves in confederate states were free. He did this to gain more soldiers. This didn't apply to border states because because Lincoln wanted to keep those states happy with the Union so they didn't leave to the Confederacy and all the border states wanted was to keep their slaves.

  • Battle of Gettysburg

    Battle of Gettysburg
    This battle took place in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. It lasted 3 days yet it had the largest quantity of casualties with 51,000 people. The Union defeated the Confederacy, ending Confederate General Robert Lee's attempt to invade the north. This is usually referred to as the "turning point" of the war.

  • Abraham Lincoln's Death

    Abraham Lincoln's Death
    Abraham was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth while attending the play "Our American Cousin" at Ford's Theatre as the American Civil War was nearly ending. It happened five days after the commander of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, General Robert E. Lee, surrendered to Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant.

  • The War comes to an end

    The War comes to an end
    The war ended when Robert E. Lee surrendered the last major Confederate army to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse in April 9th, 1865. After Lincoln's death, Andrew Johnson became the president. President Johnson officially declared a virtual end to the insurrection on May 9, 1865. On August 20, 1866, he signed a Proclamation Declaring that Peace, Order, Tranquillity, and Civil Authority Now Exists in and Throughout the Whole of the United States of America.