CIVIL WAR

1860

• Abraham Lincoln is elected president
• South Carolina secedes from the Union

ROBERT E LEE

• General for the South
• Fought in the Mexican American War and the Civil War
• Became a super intendent at Virgina

ULYSSES S GRANT

• Was general for the North
• Helped bring the North to victory
• Became President after the war

1861

• The Civil War began becuase the south bombed Fort Sumter
• SamHouston was removed governer because he didnt pledge
• Robert E Lee was the comander for the South

1862

• R.J Gatling invented the Gatling gun
• The Conscription Act is passed
• The Minie Ball was invented by the French

1863

• Emancipation Proclamation
• Confederate forces surrendered at Vicksburg

1864

• Union forced are defeated near Red River
• Colored soldiers allowed to fight with the Union

1865

• General Lee surrendered
• Abraham Lincoln assassinated
• 1.2million soldiers killed in total