The Civil War

1. The Civil War 1860-1865

2. 1861

3. The Anaconda Plan The Anaconda Plan was created by General Scott. The Anaconda plan was named after the anaconda because the Union Army is trying to squeeze the Confederacy. First the North would form a blockade in the Southern ports. To keep the Southern ships from entering or leaving the docks. Secondly, the North had to control the Mississippi. This would cut of Louisiana, Texas, and Arkansas from the Confederacy. As for fighting, the Union would send armies to the east and west to squeeze them together.

4. The Battle of Bull RunJuly 21st First the guns fired in Manassas to alert the Union that the rebels are attacking Fort Sumter. Fire after fire no side seemed to be winning. Bodies scattered on the ground and the smell of rotten flesh infested the atmosphere. Once General Stonewall Jackson arrived in the trains with fresh rebels. The Confederacy drove the Yankees out of Manassas. Most of them were shot and killed. The others barely survived, and the Southerners took Fort Sumter.

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6. The Battle of AntietamSeptember 17th The battle took place in Sharpsburg, Maryland, near Antietam Creek. The union army set up camp there. Before the battle, one of the union soldiers stumbled upon a piece of paper wrapped in a cigar. The papers were Robert E. Lee’s plans for the battle. Unfortunately the Union’s battle was overturned by the South. McClellan didn’t expect Robert E. Lee’s army to change tactics, but that didn’t stop the Union. Later in the battle, Lincoln took a train to McClellan to go after Lee and finish the war, but McClellan refused. He figured that Lee should live to fight for another day. Unfortunately that was the opportunity to end the war.

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8. Emancipation ProclamationJanuary 1st Lincoln, at this time, turned this war into more just a war, he turned it into a struggle for freedom. The Emancipation Proclamation was designed to abolish slavery, since most of the Southern states were filled with slaves, this basically was the weakness of the south’s economy. If the slaves moved north, then the slave would be free citizens and most importantly, able to join the union army.

9. Battle of GettysburgJuly 1st Since the battle took place in Gettysburg Virginia, and Lee beloved Virginia, Lee was determined to make the North suffer dearly. Back in the area known as “Devils Den”, is where the battle took place. This battle, beside Antietam, was the bloodiest war fought during the Civil War. During the battle, John Burns, from Gettysburg, joined the fight, and was the only one to do so.

10. Siege at VicksburgJuly 4th When Grant left his supply base to feed his soldiers food from the farmers in Vicksburg. The biggest risk of Grant, but at least 30,000 confederate soldiers surrendered to the union army. Not only that, but controlling the entire Mississippi River.

11. Attack on Fort WagnerJuly 18th Since the African Americans ran away to the north to become contrabands for the union army, but also to become free citizens, this increased the union army by 10 fold. In Massachusetts, the people organized a regiment, known as the 54th Massachusetts. In Charleston, the union attacked Fort Wagner. The confederates were determined to capture the white leaders who helped the contrabands, and once the leaders were captured, the contrabands would be re-sold as slaves, but the south failed.

12. Gettysburg AddressNovember 19th This document was brought forth after the battle of Gettysburg. This document explains that the war is not just a war, but people who risked their lives to bring for the right decision (Slavery would be abolished) for the United States. Hopefully the Civil War will end soon. For the nations cannot last much longer.

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14. Sherman's March To SeaMay 4th As the union continues to Georgia, the march to sea was lead by “Uncle Billy” and he is known because he intends to squeeze its like a giant anaconda, but he broke the rules , Sherman's army was never suppose to leave the supply base, but the siege of Vicksburg left many civilians dead who may support the Confederacy.

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16. Surrender at Appomattox CourthouseApril 19th Since the Union controlled almost the entire Southern territory, forts, and armies. Robert E. Lee surrendered, and giving the victory to Ulysses S. Grant. The victory was unnecessary, but the surrendered terms include, handing in the guns, the soldiers going home promising never to hold slaves again. Otherwise you’d be tried for treason.

17. Lincoln’s AssassinationApril 24th Six days after the surrender of the Civil War, Lincoln was assassinated in the theater by John Wilkes Booth who used to be a Confederate soldier, stood next to Lincoln, and shot a bullet through his skull. Total fugitive of the United States, he was wanted for treason and a total reward of $100,000 for the assassination of the President Abraham Lincoln