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Lincoln Elected President
Won electoral college but was not part of the popular vote. This shows the challanges that Lincoln would have with a divided nation. -
South Carolina secedes
Starts the succession of many southren states, which leads to a great devide in the country -
Confederacy formed
The confederacy was a government formed by a number of states in the south from 1861 to 1865. The Confederacy was established in the Montgomery Convention by state delegations sent from seven of the United States. -
Lincoln Inagurated
Southren states began to sieze federal posts -
Attack on Fort Sumter
This was the first battle of the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln wanted to give supplies to Fort Sumter -
The Battle of Bull Run
This was the first major battle in the Civil War, the Union marched up from washington and the fighting began on July 21st. The fighting went on through the day and the Confederates were driven back to Henry Hill. Reinforcements arrived for the Confederates and broke the Union's right flank. Eventually the Union was broken and they were sent back to Washington defeated. -
Shiloh
Grant overcomes southern forces. Great casualities on both sides -
Peninsular Campaign
March-July
(Yorktown, Seven Days Battle, Fair Oaks)
After continual prodding by Lincoln, McClellan decides to attack Richmond via the South. He moves his large army down the Potomac, marches on Richmond, and then assumes a defensive position rather than pushing for victory. Gen. Lee takes command of Southern troops -
Antietam
Heavily outnumbered, Lee's troops face McClellan in bloody fighting. Lee retreats to virginia -
Emancipation Proclamation
With victory at Antietam, Lincoln announces that all slaves in the rebelling states would be free. Forces European nations to recognize that choosing sides in the Civil War is to take a stand on slavery -
Fredericksburg
Gen. Burnside attacks Lee's fortified position and suffers 10,000 casualties -
Gettysberg
Over 165,000 soldiers participate in the largest battle in the Western Hemisphere. After three days of fighting, Lee retreats, leaving 4,000 dead Confederates. -
Chattanooga
Reinforced with troops from the East, Grant is able to push Southern troops back and prepare for assault on Atlanta and the heart of the Confederacy -
Grant Promoted
Lincoln gives Grant unconditional support and asks not to be notified of his plans while Grant is appointed to be in command of all union troops -
Petersburg
June 1864--April 1865
Grant focuses on important railroad junction and communication outside Richmond. Long siege of Petersburg begins with troops living in trenches which stretched for 50 miles -
Atlanta to Savannah
September-December 1864
Gen. Sherman destroys Atlanta and then sends troops on 300 mile destructive march to the sea. Railroads torn up, buildings destroyed, crops burned in an attempt to break the will of the South -
Lee Surrenders
Lee refused to see his troops suffer longer so he surrendered to Grant. Grant offered generous terms to south
