Southern secession
... • After Lincoln elected, Southern leaders believe they no longer have a voice in government- many felt that to preserve their economy and their way of life, they needed to leave the union. • South Carolina is the first state to leave the union (December 20, 1860) • 6 more states soon follow ...
... • After Lincoln elected, Southern leaders believe they no longer have a voice in government- many felt that to preserve their economy and their way of life, they needed to leave the union. • South Carolina is the first state to leave the union (December 20, 1860) • 6 more states soon follow ...
7.1 Secession and Civil War
... Each side entered the war with high hopes for an early victory. In material resources the North enjoyed a decided advantage. Twenty-three states with a population of 22 million were arrayed against 11 states inhabited by nine million, including slaves. The industrial superiority of the North exceede ...
... Each side entered the war with high hopes for an early victory. In material resources the North enjoyed a decided advantage. Twenty-three states with a population of 22 million were arrayed against 11 states inhabited by nine million, including slaves. The industrial superiority of the North exceede ...
Fort Sumter
... As each state seceded from the Union, it seized the virtually undefended federal forts, arsenals, customs houses (where tax money was collected and stored), mints, and other federal property within its borders. But still in federal hands were two remote forts in the Florida keys, another on an islan ...
... As each state seceded from the Union, it seized the virtually undefended federal forts, arsenals, customs houses (where tax money was collected and stored), mints, and other federal property within its borders. But still in federal hands were two remote forts in the Florida keys, another on an islan ...
War Erupts
... Chap 16 Sec 1 Notes War Erupts First Shots at Fort Sumter • Southern states take over most federal forts within their borders • Federal troops hold ___________, harbor of Charleston, South Carolina • Abraham Lincoln decides to send ____________ to Fort Sumter • Confederates _______ fort before suppl ...
... Chap 16 Sec 1 Notes War Erupts First Shots at Fort Sumter • Southern states take over most federal forts within their borders • Federal troops hold ___________, harbor of Charleston, South Carolina • Abraham Lincoln decides to send ____________ to Fort Sumter • Confederates _______ fort before suppl ...
Secession from the Union
... followed South Carolina. When Lincoln finally became president in 1861, he urged the seceded states to come back and join the union. They refused. ...
... followed South Carolina. When Lincoln finally became president in 1861, he urged the seceded states to come back and join the union. They refused. ...
11.1
... justice, insure domestic tranquility, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity — invoking the favor and guidance of Almighty God — do ordain and establish this Constitution for the Confederate States of America.” ...
... justice, insure domestic tranquility, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity — invoking the favor and guidance of Almighty God — do ordain and establish this Constitution for the Confederate States of America.” ...
Events that lead to the Civil War: 1860
... • Lincoln’s problem: should he let Confederates take over federal property? • If he did he was admitting they had the right leave while sending troops might start a war. • By April the Confederates had control of nearly all of the forts in the South. • The Union held only 3 forts in Florida and Fort ...
... • Lincoln’s problem: should he let Confederates take over federal property? • If he did he was admitting they had the right leave while sending troops might start a war. • By April the Confederates had control of nearly all of the forts in the South. • The Union held only 3 forts in Florida and Fort ...
Firing Fort Sumpter
... General P.G.T Beauregaurd Major Robert Anderson - Union Commander inside Fort Sumpter Abner Doubleday – Union Captain Effect: Opening battle of the Civil War Interesting fact: Abner Doubleday is said to have created the sport of Baseball. ...
... General P.G.T Beauregaurd Major Robert Anderson - Union Commander inside Fort Sumpter Abner Doubleday – Union Captain Effect: Opening battle of the Civil War Interesting fact: Abner Doubleday is said to have created the sport of Baseball. ...
Robert Anderson was my mother`s great uncle. He was born at
... “Soldiers Retreat” outside of Louisville, Kentucky in 1805. His father, Richard Clough Anderson was Lafayette’s aid-de-camp in the Revolutionary War. After graduating from West Point in 1825, Anderson saw his first action as a volunteer colonel in the Black Hawk War where he mustered Abraham Lincoln ...
... “Soldiers Retreat” outside of Louisville, Kentucky in 1805. His father, Richard Clough Anderson was Lafayette’s aid-de-camp in the Revolutionary War. After graduating from West Point in 1825, Anderson saw his first action as a volunteer colonel in the Black Hawk War where he mustered Abraham Lincoln ...
Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries
The Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries, sometimes known as the Battle of Forts Hatteras and Clark, was a small but significant engagement in the early days of the American Civil War. Two Confederate forts on the North Carolina Outer Banks were subjected to an amphibious assault by Union forces that began on 28 August 1861. The ill-equipped and undermanned forts were forced to endure bombardment by seven Union warships, to which they were unable to reply. Although casualties were light, the defenders chose not to continue the one-sided contest, and on the second day they surrendered. As immediate results of the battle, Confederate interference with Northern maritime commerce was considerably reduced, while the Union blockade of Southern ports was extended. More importantly, the Federal government gained entry into the North Carolina Sounds. Several North Carolina cities (New Bern, Washington, Elizabeth City, and Edenton among them) were directly threatened. In addition, the sounds were a back door to the Confederate-held parts of Tidewater Virginia, particularly Norfolk.The battle is significant for several reasons: It was the first notable Union victory of the war; following the embarrassment of First Bull Run (or First Manassas), 21 July 1861, it encouraged supporters of the Union in the gloomy early days. It represented the first application of the naval blockading strategy. It was the first amphibious operation, as well as the first combined operation, involving units of both the United States Army and Navy. Finally, a new tactic was exploited by the bombarding fleet; by keeping in motion, they did much to eliminate the traditional advantage of shore-based guns over those carried on ships.