date: battle at fort Sumter
april 12, 1861
date: emancipation proclamation
January 1863
battle of Gettysburg
July 1863
date: turning point of the war
July 1863
date: appomattox court house
April 9, 1865
the civil war date
1861-1865
union fort within seceded states that never fell into confederate hands
fort Pickens
first shots heard of the war were fired at ______ in South Carolina
fort Sumter
union commander at ft. Sumter who surrendered to confederate P.G.T Beauregard
Robert anderson
supported Lincoln’s decisions
the north
they thought the uprising would be easy and short to handle
the north
didn’t support Lincoln’s decisions, fought to preserve states rights
South
southern states created _________ states of America
confederate
northern states created _______ states of America
union
what four states didn’t choose a side
Missouri, kentucky, maryland, Delaware
several counties in Virginia were split, so it would eventually be what
West Virginia
capture the confederate capitol, Richmond Virginia.
east
capture the Mississippi river
west
union general of Manassas junction
Irvin McDowell
who defeated the union at the 1st battle of bull run
Joseph Johnson, Thomas jackson “stonewall”
who replaced general mcdowell
George B. McClellan
captured alabamas mobile bay
david Farragut
became css Virginia, 1st ironclad vessel
uss Merrimack
uss monitor
union ironclad ship