1. United States History Notes Review Unit: Civil War

2. The South Leaves the Union
Election of 1860: Lincoln won (Republicans wanted to end slavery in the territories)
First states to leave: SC, GA, FL, AL, MS, LA, TX
Created Confederate States of America, led by president Jefferson Davis
Ft. Sumter, a federal fort in SC, attacked by the South
Lincoln called for a blockade of the South and a volunteer army
Second group of states to leave: AR, VA, NC, TN

3. Election of 1860

4. Fort Sumter: April 12, 1861

6. Events of the Civil War Major battles Bull Run: 1st battle; won by CSA
Antietam: bloodiest one-day battle; won by USA
Gettysburg: 3 day battle; bloodiest of war; turning point in the north b/c it was the last battle in the North
Vicksburg: 6 week battle; USA won control of Mississippi River; turning point in the south b/c it split the CSA in half

7. Strategies Union Blockade south (Anaconda Plan)
Take capital (Richmond)
Divide south in half
Confederate
Defensive strategy
Take the capital (DC)

8. Gettysburg

9. Emancipation Proclamation
Freed the slaves in the CSA on January 1, 1863; slavery in border states still legal (Lincoln did not want them to secede)
Lincoln wanted to turn war into a moral one
More support of African Americans
Support of Great Britain; GB had supported the CSA up until this point

10. The Final Days Richmond (CSA capital) taken by North
Lee’s army surrounded at Appomattox Court House, VA
Forced to surrender to Grant
April 9, 1865
Generous terms of surrender
600,000 died
Federal government established supremacy over state/local governments

11. Assassination
April 14th, 1865 shot by John Wilkes Booth while attending the theatre
Booth captured on April 26th and shot