Build Up
outlawed slavery above the 36º 30' latitude line in the remainder of the Louisiana Territory
The Missouri Compromise 1820
The Election of 1860
Lincoln vs Breckinridge
Lincoln Wins
McDowell attacks Beauregard and almost causes him to retreat, but Jackson’s unit “Stood there like a stonewall” and rallied the confederates to a counterattack
The First Battle of Bull Run – Manassas – July 21, 1861
Was offered command of the Union Army and refused the offer
Robert E Lee
Changed the world relating to naval warfare
The Battle of the Ironclads - 1862
The Tariff of Abominations
Trade Tariff 1824
If Lincoln wins, they will secede
Southern States
I saw an open field, in our possession on the second day, over which the Confederates had made repeated charges the day before, so covered with dead that it would have been possible to walk across the clearing, in any direction, stepping on dead bodies, without a foot touching the ground.
— Ulysses S. Grant
The Battle of Shiloh – April, 1862
_______ allows the Confederate troops to go home and gives them food
General Ulysses Grant
Jackson is tasked with taking a supply depot near Manassas (South low on supplies)
Pope launches a massive invasion on Jackson at the supply depot
The Second Battle of Manassas (Or Bull Run)
August, 1862
Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854
The government allowed for these territories to use popular sovereignty to determine whether the states would be slave or free
Anaconda Plan
Surround the Confederacy and cut them off from supplies
Nation’s bloodiest day in history (23,000 dead in one day)
This will be known as the Maryland Campaign
The Battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg) – September, 1862
On his ride back from surveying, _______is shot and killed by his own men
General "Stonewall" Jackson
Known as Lee’s greatest battle
The Battle of Chancellorsville – April, 1863
raid on a national armory with the intention of arming slaves
John Brown’s Raid on Harper’s Ferry - 1859
No causalities occurred from the battle
The Battle of Fort Sumter – April 1861
Largest military engagement in North America
Turning point battle of the Civil War
The Battle of Gettysburg, July – 1863
ØHe creates and turns the military into a trained force, called the “Army of the Potomac”
General George B. McClellan
Last major battle in the Western Theater
The Battle of Vicksburg – July 4th, 1863
The book talked about the atrocities that occur during slavery
Uncle Tom's Cabin
April 13, 1861
Lincoln officially declares war on the Confederacy
“Sharpshooters” get their name from this battle
The Battle of Fredericksburg December, 1862
General with the magnificent facial hair
General Ambrose Burnside
Johnston would attack McClellan before he could lay siege to Richmond
The Battle of Seven Pines (or Seven Days) (May 31, 1862)