American Civil War (1861-1865)

Abraham Lincoln

• The pro-slavery southern states seceded from the Union following the election of Abraham Lincoln on anti-slavery platform

Secession of the Deep South

• South Carolina (20^th Dec, 1860)

• Mississippi (9^th Jan, 1861)

• Florida (10^th Jan)

• Alabama (11^th Jan)

• Georgia (19^th Jan)

• Louisiana (26^th Jan)

• Texas (1^st Feb, 1861)

Secession of the Upper South

• Virginia (17^th Apr, 1861)

• Arkansas (6^th May, 1861)

• Tennessee (7^th May, 1861)

• North Carolina (20^th May, 1861)

Border States

• Maryland and D.C.

• Delaware

• Kentucky

• Missouri

• West Virginia (admitted in 1863)

Confederate States of America (11 States)

• North Carolina

• Mississippi

• Florida

• Alabama

• Georgia

• Louisiana

• Texas

• Virginia

• Arkansas

• Tennessee

• South Carolina

Disproportions:

North(Union)

• 23 states

• Population: 22 mln

South(Confederacy)

• 11 states

• Population: 9 mln (including 3,5 mln slaves)

Vice-president of the C.S.A. - Alexander P. Stephens

(1861-1863) Eastern Front

1. The outbreak of the war – Fort Sumter, South Carolina (12-13 April, 1861)

2. Bull Run (Manassas) 21^st of July, 1861 – first major battle of the civil war

3. So-called “Trent” affair – Americans stopped and removed confederate commissioners en route to England

4. “Virginia” vs. “Monitor” – transition to ironclad warships

5. General Robert E. Lee – the most famous soldier of the American Civil War, commander of Confederacy Troops

6. Seven Days’ Battles (26^th June – 2^nd July, 1862)

7. Second Bull Run (29-30^th August, 1862)

8. Battle of Antietam Creek (Sharpsburg) – 17^th September, 1862 – first Union victory in the east

9. Emancipation proclamation - 22^nd of September, 1862

10. Battle of Fredericksburg – 13^th December, 1862

11. Battle of Chancellorsville – 2^nd – 5^th May, 1863

12. Gettysburg - 1^st – 3^rd July, 1863 (3^rd July – Pickett’s charge)

13. Gettysburg address, 19^th November, 1863

(1861-1863) Western Front

1. Control over the rivers:

- Cumberland

- Tennessee

- Mississippi

2. General Ulysses S. Grant – victorious commander of the Union forces

3. Battle of Shiloh (6^th-7^th April 1862)

4. Occupation of New Orleans (26^th April, 1862) – Admiral Farragut’s victory

5. Siege of Vicksburg (22^nd May – 4^th July 1863)

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