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President of the Confederate States of America
Jefferson Davis
General of the Union Army
Ulysses S. Grant
General of the Confederate Army
Robert E. Lee
1861: Union defeat after Confederate forces led by General "Stonewall" Jackson successfully defended the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia
Battle of Bull Run
1862: Bloodiest one-day battle of the Civil War; allowed President Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation
Battle of Antietam
1863: freed slaves in Confederate territory; led to more Union support for the war
Emancipation Proclamation
1863: turning point of the Civil War, ending with Robert E. Lee retreating to the South; one of the last battles fought in Union territory
Battle of Gettysburg
1863: Confederacy lost control of the Mississippi River; split the Confederacy in half
Battle of Vicksburg
1864: General William T. Sherman burned down and destroyed the city of Atlanta, Georgia, committing to total war in the path of his army
Sherman's March to the Sea
1861: presidential speech; President Lincoln promised to preserve the Union at any cost; denounced the secession of the southern states
First Inaugural Address
1865: presidential speech; President Lincoln asked for a peaceful readmittance of the southern states once the war was over; he was compassionate towards the South
Second Inaugural Address
1863: speech in which President Lincoln addressed the reason the war was being fought (ending slavery and preserving the Union)
Gettysburg Address
Military plan meant to "choke out" the South's supply lines, using naval blockades and destroying railway lines
"Anaconda Plan"
Confederate sympathizer who assassinated President Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
Vice President of Abraham Lincoln who became the 17th President after Lincoln's assassination; became the first president to be impeached after opposing Radical Republican legislation during Reconstruction
Andrew Johnson
Reconstruction Amendment: abolished slavery
Thirteenth Amendment
