The American Civil War Jeffrey Johnson

The American Civil War Timeline of Secession Battles of 1861 Battles of 1862 Battles of 1863 Battles of 1864 Battle of 1865 People Sources

Timeline of Secession November 6, 1860:Lincoln is elected President of the United States of America. November 14, 1860:Alexander Stephens gives a speech in the Georgia legislature on secession. November 30, 1860:Mississippi legislature passes resolution in favor of secession.

Timeline of Secession December 20, 1860:South Carolina convention passes ordinance of secession. January 3, 1861:Georgia seizes Fort Pulaski. January 4, 1861:Alabama seizes U.S. arsenal at Mount Vernon. January 5, 1861:Alabama seizes Fort Morgan and Gaines.

Timeline of Secession January 6, 1861:Florida seizes Apalachichola arsenal. January 7, 1861:Florida seizes Fort Marion. January 8, 1861:Floridians try to seize Fort Barrancas but are chased off. January 9, 1861:Mississippi secedes.

Timeline of Secession January 9, 1861:Star of the West fired on in Charleston Harbor. January 10, 1861:Florida secedes. January 10, 1861:Louisiana seizes U.S. arsenal at Baton Rouge, as well as Forts Jackson and St. Philip. January 11, 1861:Alabama secedes.

Timeline of Secession January 11, 1861:Louisiana seizes U.S. Marine Hospital. January 14, 1861:Louisiana seizes Fort Pike. January 19, 1861:Georgia secedes. January 26, 1861:Louisiana secedes. February 1, 1861:Louisiana secedes.

Timeline of Secession February 8, 1861:Provisional Constitution of the Confederacy adopted in Montgomery, AL. February 8, 1861:Arkansas seizes U.S. Arsenal at Little Rock. February 12, 1861:Arkansas seizes U.S. ordnance stores at Napoleon.

Timeline of Secession February 18, 1861:Jefferson Davis inaugurated as President of the Confederacy. March 4, 1861:Abraham Lincoln inaugurated as 16th President of the United States. April 12, 1861:Fort Sumter fired upon by Confederates.

Timeline of Secession

Battles of 1861 The First Battle of Fort Sumter –South Carolina The First Battle of Bull Run –Virginia The side that wins gets to name the Battle. For map of sites of battles in Eastern Theater

The First Battle of Fort Sumter Took place April , American Commander was Major Robert Anderson. Confederate Commander was Brigadier General P.G.T. Beauregard. A picture of Fort Sumter.

The First Battle of Fort Sumter Size of American force was 80. Size of Confederate Force was about 500. Start of the Civil War Confederate victory Map of Fort Sumter and vicinity.

The First Battle of Fort Sumter Beauregard

The First Battle of Bull Run Took place July 21, American Commander was Brigadier General Irvin McDowell. Confederate Commanders were Brigadier General Joseph E. Johnson and P.G.T. Beauregard. Johnson

The First Battle of Bull Run The size of the American force was 28,450. The size of the Confederate force was 32,230. The American losses were 2,950. McDowell

The First Battle of Bull Run The Confederate losses were 1,750. Confederate General Bee and Colonel Bartow were killed. Thomas J. Jackson earned the name “Stonewall” at this battle. “Stonewall” Jackson

The First Battle of Bull Run Confederate victory. Also known as the First Battle of Manassas. Battle are named after cites by Americans and bodies of water by Confederate. The side that won the battle get to name the battle. Beauregard

The First Battle of Bull Run Battle at Bull Run

Battles of 1862 The Second Battle of Bull Run –Virginia The Battle of Antietam –Maryland

The Second Battle of Bull Run Also Known as Second Battle of Manassas, Manassas Plains, Groveton, Gainsville, and Brawner’s Farm. Took place August , Action at Bull Run

The Second Battle of Bull Run American Commander was Major General John Pope. Confederate Commanders were General Robert E. Lee and Major General Thomas J. Jackson. Pope

The Second Battle of Bull Run Size of American force was 75,000. Size of Confederate Force was about 55,000. The American losses were 13,830. The Confederate losses were 8,350. Confederate Victory Lee

The Second Battle of Bull Run Lee “Stonewall” Jackson

The Battle of Antietam Also known as Battle of Sharpsburg. Took place on September 16-18, American Commander was Major General George B. McClellan. Fighting at Antietam

The Battle of Antietam Confederate Commander was Robert E. Lee. 23,100 men killed. Inconclusive or Union strategic victory. Map of Battle

The Battle of Antietam McClellan Lee

Battles of 1863 The Battle of Chancellorsville –Virginia The Battle of Gettysburg –Pennsylvania The Battle of Vicksburg –Mississippi

Battles of 1863 The Battle of Chickamauga –Georgia The Battle of Chattanooga –Tennessee

The Battle of Chancellorsville Took place April 30- May 6, American Commander was Major General Joseph Hooker. Confederate Commanders were General Robert E. Lee and Major General Thomas J. Jackson. LeeJackson

The Battle of Chancellorsville Size of American force was 97,382. Size of Confederate Force was about 57,352. The American losses were 14,000. The Confederate losses were 10,000. Hooker

The Battle of Chancellorsville Major General Thomas J. Jackson is killed. Union generals Berry and Whipple and Confederate general Paxton were killed. Confederate victory. Cannons

The Battle of Gettysburg Took place July 1-3, American commander was Major General George G. Meade. Confederate Commander was General Robert E. Lee.

The Battle of Gettysburg Size of American force was 83,289. Size of Confederate Force was about 75,054. The American losses were 23,000. The Confederate losses were 28,000. Lee

The Battle of Gettysburg Union victory. Lee

The Battle of Vicksburg Took place on May 18-July 4, American Commander was Major General Ulysses S. Grant. Confederate Commander was Lieutenant General John C. Pemberton. Pemberton

The Battle of Vicksburg Union forces were called the Army of the Tennessee. Confederate forces called the Army of Vicksburg. The American losses were 10,142. The Confederate losses were 9,091. Grant

The Battle of Vicksburg Confederacy split in half. Union victory

The Battle of Chickamauga Took place September 18-20, American Commanders were Major General William S. Rosecrans and George H. Thomas. Rosecrans

The Battle of Chickamauga Confederate Commanders were General Braxton Bragg and Lieutenant General James Longstreet. Union forces were called the Army of the Cumberland. Thomas

The Battle of Chickamauga Confederate forces called the Army of Tennessee. The American losses were 16,170. The Confederate losses were 18,454. Confederate victory. Bragg

The Battle of Chickamauga Longstreet

The Battle of Chattanooga Took place November 23-25, American Commander Major General Ulysses S. Grant. Confederate Commander General Braxton Bragg. Grant

The Battle of Chattanooga Union forces were called the Military Division of the Mississippi. Confederate forces called the Army of Tennessee. Bragg

The Battle of Chattanooga The American losses were 5,815. The Confederate losses were 6,670. Union victory.

Battles of 1864 The Battle of the Wilderness –Virginia The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House –Virginia The Battle of Cold Harbor –Virginia

Battles of 1864 The Battle of Petersburg –Virginia The Battle of Nashville –Tennessee

The Battle of the Wilderness Also known as Combats at Parker’s Stone, Craig’s Meeting House, Todd’s Tavern, Brock Road, the Furnaces. Took place on May 5- 7, Grant

The Battle of the Wilderness American Commanders were Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant and Major General George G. Meade. Confederate Commander was General Robert E. Lee.

The Battle of the Wilderness Size of American force was 101,895. Size of Confederate Force was about 61,025. The American losses were 18,400. The Confederate losses were 11,400. Lee

The Battle of the Wilderness Union general James S. Wadsworth and Alexander Hays were killed. Confederate generals John M. Jones, Micah Jenkins, and Leroy A. Stafford were killed. Lee

The Battle of the Wilderness Inconclusive but Grant continued his offensive.

The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House Also known as Combats at Laurel Hill and Corbin’s Bridge (May 8), Ni River (May 9); Laurel Hill, Po River, and Bloody Angle (May 10); Salient or Bloody Angle (May ); Piney Branch Church (May 15); Harrison House (May 18); Harris Farm (May 19). Grant

The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House Took place May 8-21, American Commanders were Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant and Major General George G. Meade. Confederate Commander was General Robert E. Lee.

The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House Size of American force was 100,000. Size of Confederate Force was about 52,000. The American losses were 18,000. The Confederate losses were 12,000. Lee

The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House Union generals Sedgwick and Rice were killed. Confederate generals Johnson and Steuart were captured, Daniel and Perrin mortally wounded. Lee

The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House Inconclusive but Grant continued his offensive.

The Battle of Cold Harbor Also known as The Second Battle of Cold Harbor. Took place May 31-June 12, American Commanders were Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant and Major General George G. Meade. Confederate Commander was General Robert E. Lee. Grant

The Battle of Cold Harbor Size of American force was 108,000. Size of Confederate Force was about 62,000. The American losses were 13,000. The Confederate losses were 2,500. Confederate victory.

The Battle of Cold Harbor Lee

The Battle of Petersburg Also known as Assault on Petersburg. Took place on June 15-18, American Commanders were Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant and Major General George G. Meade. Confederate Commanders were General Robert E. Lee and P.G.T. Beauregard. Grant

The Battle of Petersburg Size of American force was 62,000. Size of Confederate Force was about 42,000. The American losses were 8,150. The Confederate losses were 3,236.

The Battle of Petersburg Union Gen. James St. Clair Morton, chief engineer of the IX Corps, was killed on June 17. Confederate victory. Beauregard

The Battle of Petersburg Lee

The Battle of Nashville Took place on December 15-16, American Commander was Major General George H. Thomas. Confederate Commander was General John Bell Hood. Thomas

The Battle of Nashville Union forces were called the IV Army Corps, Detachment of the Army of the Tennessee, provisional detachment, and cavalry corps. Confederate forces called the Army of Tennessee. Hood

The Battle of Nashville American forces of 55,000. Confederate forces of 23,000. The American losses were 23. The Confederate losses were 65. Union victory. Army of Tennessee ceases as an effective fighting force.

Battle of 1865 The Battle of Petersburg –Virginia

The Battle of Petersburg Took place April 2, American Commander was Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant. Confederate Commander was General Robert E. Lee. Grant

The Battle of Petersburg The American losses were 3,500. The Confederate losses were 4,250. Lieutenant General A.P. Hill was killed. Union victory. Lee surrenders on April 9, Lee

The Battle of Petersburg Lee Hill

People John Tyler James Buchanan Abraham Lincoln Andrew Johnson Ulysses S. Grant Jefferson Davis Alexander Stephens

John Tyler March 29, 1790 – January 18, Tenth President of the United States ( ). Member of Congress of the Confederate States (1862).

John Tyler

James Buchanan April 23, 1791 – June 1, US minister to Russia ( ). Secretary of State ( ). US minister to England ( ).

James Buchanan Fifteenth President of the United States ( ).

Abraham Lincoln February 12, 1809 – April 15, Sixteenth President of the United States ( ). “Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.”

Abraham Lincoln “Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting-place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live.”

Abraham Lincoln “It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead who struggled here have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract.”

Abraham Lincoln “The world will little note nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living rather to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced.”

Abraham Lincoln “It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us--that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion-- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain, that this nation under God shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth.” From The Gettysburg Address

Andrew Johnson Governor of Tennessee ( ). U.S. senator from Tennessee ( ). Military Governor of Tennessee ( ).

Andrew Johnson Vice President of the United States (1865). Seventeenth President of the United States ( ). U.S. Senator from Tennessee ( ).

Andrew Johnson Impeachment of Andrew Johnson

Ulysses S. Grant April 27, 1822 – July 23, Attended West Point ( ). Served as officer in US Army, rising to captain ( ).

Ulysses S. Grant Rose to command all Union Armies in Civil War ( ). Secretary of War ad interim ( ). Eighteenth President of the United States ( ).

Jefferson Davis June 3, December 5, Graduated from West Point in United States Senator ( ; ). Secretary of War ( ).

Jefferson Davis President of the Confederate States of America ( ).

Alexander Stephens February 11, 1812 – March 4, Member of House of Representatives ( ; ). Vice President of the Confederate States of America ( ). Governor of Georgia ( ).

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