DK - The American Civil War
ABRAHAM LINCOLN torchlight parades, barbecues, and picnics. In November, Lincoln carried all the Northern states except New Jers ...
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SECESSION TRIGGERS WAR 1861 When Republicans won the 1860 presidential election, many white Southerners envisaged a threat to sl ...
R o c k y M o u n t a i n s (^) Sn ake River (^) Co lorado River P A C I F I C O C E A N San Francisco Santa Fe Sacramento Portl ...
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SECESSION TRIGGERS WAR 1861 JANUARY 2 South Carolina troops take Fort Johnson, Charleston Harbor. JANUARY 5 Alabama forces seize ...
TIMELINE 1861 JULY 4 In a special session of Congress, President Lincoln speaks of the indivisibility of the Union and calls for ...
The Union is Dissolved After the lower South seceded to form the Confederacy, Lincoln acted to preserve the Union, while adherin ...
THE UNION IS DISSOLVED resigned their commissions to go off and fight for the Confederacy. In contrast, officers from the upper ...
Jefferson Davis his army court martial in 1835 for insubordination. After the trial, Davis resigned his commission and embarked ...
Davis’s considerable talents, dedication to the cause, and real military knowledge benefited the Confederacy, even if errors in ...
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with its large population and a northern border on the Ohio River that could serve as a defensive barrier against Union invasion ...
After years of swirling debates and threats, the first shots of the Civil War echoed across South Carolina’s Charleston Harbor o ...
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The South’s Challenge The Confederacy’s vast geographic expanse made it difficult for the enemy to occupy and conquer. At the sa ...
THE SOUTH’S CHALLENGE The key Confederate strategists and commanders were well aware of the Union’s material advantages. PUSH FO ...
SECESSION TRIGGERS WAR 1861 ■ UNION 33-STAR NATIONAL FLAG ■ UNION 34-STAR NATIONAL FLAG ■ 111TH PENNSYLVANIA ■ “OLD GLORY” ■ ...
UNION AND CONFEDERATE FLAGS ■(1 5TH COMPANY, WASHINGTON ARTILLERY ■(4 WARE’S TIGERS, TEXAS ■ 1ST LOUISIANA SPECIAL BATTALION ■ 2 ...
Raising Armies Military enthusiasm gripped both sides and volunteers rushed to join up, all believing their camp would achieve a ...
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