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Civil War Key Events
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 Make a T chart for strengths and weaknesses
of the North and South going into the Civil
War
North Strengths and Weakness
Strengths
 Industrialized
 Weapons
 Infrastructure
 Established
Government
 Diversified Economy
Weaknesses
 Political Divergence
 Different Views on
slavery
 Let the South leave
 Fighting a war of
Invasion
South Strengths and Weaknesses
Strengths
 Military Officers
 Defensive War
 Well trained soldiers
 Unified cause
Weaknesses
 Lack of infrastructure
 Had to establish a
government
 No foreign diplomatic
relationships
 Lack of industrialization
 Weak economy
Southern Secession Dec. 1860Feb.1861
 S.C. first to secede
 Then Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia,
Louisiana, and Texas
 Start of Confederate States of America
 Jefferson Davis elected president of
Confederacy
Armed Conflict Begins April-July
1861
 Confederates seize Fort Sumter in
Charleston S.C. from Union
 Lincoln declares a state of insurrection
 Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North
Carolina secede
 1st Major Battle- 1st Battle of Bull Run or
Manassas, VA
War of Attrition 1862
 Feb-April- Grant wins victories in TN
 March- Battle of Ironclads- Monitor (North)
VS. Merrimack (South)
 April-Aug.- Lee and Jackson (South) win
battles in VA
Battle of Antietam or Sharpsburg, MD
Sept. 1862
 Northern Victory
 Heavy casualties- about 23,000 total
 Lee retreats to VA, fails to gain MD
 France and England stay out of War
 Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation
 McClellan (North) relieved of position
Lincoln Preserves the Union?
 Attempts to balance order and rights
 Suspends Writ of Habeas Corpus 1861 until
end of war
 Issues Emancipation Proclamation 1862
 Deals with poor military leadership until Grant
 Numerous conflicts with Supreme Court Chief
Justice Taney
The War Continues Jan-June 1863
 Draws and victories for North and South
 No Definitive Victories
 South starting to lose some key officers
 Lincoln still has not appointed Grant the
commander
Battle of Gettysburg July 1-3 1863
 Lee attempts to invade the North
 Union forces Confederates to retreat
 Turning Point- Beginning of the end for the
Confederates
 Meade forces Lee to retreat but fails to
deliver knock out
War Continues July-Dec. 1863
 Grant wins at Vicksburg
 Draft Day Riots in NYC
 Lincoln delivers the
Gettysburg Address
African American Soldiers
 Paid less than white soldiers
 Around 200,000 Africans served in Navy and Army
 Participated in combat in 1863-1865
 54th Regiment of Massachusetts
Closing out the War 1864
 Grant appointed head
of the Union Forces
 Series of Union
Victories
 Sherman captures
Atlanta, GA and then
marches to Savannah
 “Sherman’s March to
the Sea” scorched earth
policy
Final Events of the War 1865
 Jan.- 13th Amendment outlaws slavery
 April- Petersburg VA surrenders to Union
 Confederates evacuate their capital in
Richmond
 Union takes Richmond, VA
 Lee surrenders at Appomattox Courthouse
 Lincoln is assassinated
 Reconstruction begins
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