1. Key Terms Election of 1864 Secession Fort Sumner PGT Beauregard
Battle of First Bull Run
Army of the Potomac
Army of Northern Virginia
Emancipation Proclamation
Battle of Gettysburg
William Sherman
Appomattox
John Wilkes Booth

2. Civil War Election of 1860 Three Major Candidates
Republicans -Abraham Lincoln
Northern Democrats- Stephen Douglass
Southern Democrats- John Breckenridge
Stephen Douglass campaigns in for the south to stay in the Union
Lincoln Wins

3. Civil War
Secession
Leaving the United States
Jefferson Davis
Elected President of the Confederate States of America.
Capital is in Richmond.
Fort Sumner
Considered the first major battle of the civil war.
South attacks a northern held fort in South Carolina.

4. Civil War Confederate Advantages Union Advantages More Troops
Better Supply Lines
Moral Advantage
Adequate Navy
Better Trained soldiers
Largely home field advantage
More Efficient Generals
Robert E. Lee is the Commanding General

5. Civil War Anaconda Plan
Military Plan emphasized a Union blockade of the Southern ports, and called for an advance down the Mississippi River to cut the South in two.
Southern Strategy:
Win enough battles to where the north would not want to fignt anymore
Enlist the aide of forgien contries

6. Civil War Union refused to give it up to the Confederacy.
Commander David Anderson is in command
PGT Beauregard
Commander of the southern forces attack the fort.
Fort Sumner falls quickly

7. Civil War First Battle of Bull Run
Located about 30 miles South of Washington D.C.
Army of the Potomac
Largest army in the Union
Union Troops are not well trained
Union is forced to retreat while civilians watch.

8. Civil War Battle of Antietam General George McClellan Robert E Lee
Over 26,000 causalities
Bloodiest day in U.S. History
First battle fought in northern territory
Considered to be a stalemate
The first battle the Mini ball is used
General George McClellan
Commander of the Union Troops
Removed form his position after failing to win the Battle of Antietam
Robert E Lee
Commander of the Southern Troops.
Army of Northern Virginia
Largest Army in the South
Lee is unable to March further north. McClellan is unable to destroy the army of northern Virginia

9. Civil War Emancipation Proclamation
Secretary of State William Seward encourages the Lincoln to Free Slaves
Emancipation Proclamation frees slaves in the southern states
Does not free slaves in Areas in the Confederacy controlled by the North

10. Civil War Battle of Gettysburg Gettysburg Address
Robert E Lee takes his troops to gather supplies (shoes)
South desperately needed a win in northern Territories
General Mead is commander of the Union armies at Gettysburg
Union wins a victory, battle lasted three days
Gettysburg Address
Speak given by Lincoln after Gettysburg to reaffirm faith in the War effort.

11. Vicksburg Ulysses S Grant
Stronghold for the Confederacy that connect the East and Western Confederate Army
Grant wins a major victory in Vicksburg which severely cripples the southern armies.
Ulysses S Grant
Promoted to Commander of the Union Troops after Vicksburg

12. Civil War William Tecumseh Sherman
Commander of the Union Western Army after Ulysses S. Grant is Promoted
Sherman takes Atlanta and begins moving to Savannah.
Burnings cities along the way

13. Civil War
Appomattox
April 9, 1864 Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia to Grant
Essentially ends the war for the Confederates
Army of the West will not surrender for almost two weeks