STAARS Study Notes
Chapter 13
Election of 1860
Abraham Lincoln
Confederate States of
America
Jefferson Davis
STAARS Study Notes
Chapter 13
Lincoln, the Republican candidate, won
because the Democratic party was split
over slavery. As a result, the South no
longer felt like it has a voice in politics
and a number of states seceded from the
Union.
16th President of the United
States saved the Union during
the Civil War and emancipated
the slaves; was assassinated by
Booth (1809-1865)
11 southern states that seceded
from the United States in 1861,
Jefferson Davis was the
president, Montgomery, AL was
the capitol
An American statesman and
politician who served as
President of the Confederate
States of America for its entire
history from 1861 to 1865.
Lincoln's First Inaugural
Fort Sumter
"Anaconda Plan"
Robert E. Lee
Conscription (Draft)
Lincoln stated"The Union of
these states is perpetual" and
that "no state can lawfully get
out of the Union"
Ft. Sumter was the first battle of the Civil
War. The Confederate troops began firing
on the fort in Charleston harbor on April
12, 1861 and by noon of the 13th the fort
was in Confederate hands.
Union war plan by Winfield Scott,
called for blockade of southern
coast, capture of Richmond, capture
Mississippi R, and to take an army
through heart of south
Appointed command of the Confederate
Army in 1862 during the Civil War.
Despite his skill he was forced to
surrender to Ulysses S Grant at
Appomattox Courthouse in 1865
What was the drafting of men
for military service? It was used
by President Lincoln to increase
the size of the Union army
beginning in April 1863.
"Stonewall" Jackson
Battle of Antietam
Brave commander of the
Confederate Army that led
troops at Bull Run. He died in
the confusion at the Battle of
Chancellorsville.
Civil War battle in which the North
suceedeed in halting Lee's
Confederate forces in Maryland.
Was the bloodiest battle of the war
resulting in 25,000 casualties
"Battle Hymn of the
Republic"
An American patriotic hymn from the
Civil War by Julia Ward Howe, who
wrote it after a visit to an encampment of
the Union Army. The tune is that of John
Brown's Body.
Emancipation
Proclamation
A law issued by Lincoln freeing
the slaves in the confederate
states. This made the civil war a
moral war to end slavery.
Battle of Gettysburg
1863, this three day battle was
the bloodiest of the entire Civil
War, ended in a Union victory,
and is considered the turning
point of the war
Gettysburg Address
Battle of Vicksburg
William Carney
Ulysses S. Grant
William T. Sherman
(1863) a speech given by Abraham
Lincoln after the Battle of Gettysburg, in
which he praised the bravery of Union
soldiers and renewed his commitment to
winning the Civil War.
1863, Union gains control of
Mississippi, confederacy split in
two, Grant takes lead of Union
armies, total war begins
Impact:Splits the south
first African American to be
awarded the Congressional
Medal of Honor for his Acts of
bravery on the Assault of Fort
Wagner.
an American general and the eighteenth
President of the United States (18691877). He achieved international fame as
the leading Union general in the
American Civil War.
He commanded the Union army in
Tennessee. In September of 1864 his troops
captured Atlanta, Georgia. He then headed
to take Savannah. This was his famous
"march to the sea.". His troops burned barns
and houses, and destroyed the countryside.
Philip Bazaar
Election of 1864
Second Inaugural Address
Appomattox Court House
John Wilkes Booth
born in Chile was the first
Hispanic-American to be
awarded the Congressional
Medal of Honor in the assault
of Fort Fisher.
Election in which Lincoln
defeated George McClellan and
John C. Fremont, getting
reelected for his second term as
president.
another famous public speech by Lincoln
after he was elected for a second term;
stated that he wanted to finish the
business at hand with the South and
allow them to rejoin the Union
Famous as the site of the Battle of
Appomattox Courthouse, where the
surrender of the Confederate Army
under Robert E. Lee To Ulysses S.
Grant took place on April 9, 1865
..., was an American stage actor who, as
part of a conspiracy plot, assassinated
Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of
the United States, at Ford's Theater in
Washington, D.C. on April 14, 1865.