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The President of the Union was Abraham Lincoln. He served as the 16th President of the United States 1861 to 1865 and led the Union through the Civil War.

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The first and only President of the Confederate States of America was Jefferson Davis. He led the Confederacy through the Civil War.

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Grant was a Commanding General for the United States Army and helped the Union win the Civil War. He would later become the 18th President of the United States.

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Lee earned a reputation of being a very skilled tactician for his role as a commander of the Confederate army. He commanded the Army of Northern Virginia from 1862 until its surrender in 1865.

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Dorothea Dix: Dix served as a Superintendent of Army Nurses during the Civil War.  She was also an advocate for the mentally ill and created the first generation of American mental asylums.
Clara Barton: During the Civil War, Barton was a hospital Nurse.  She later founded the Red Cross.
Sally Tompkins: She was a nurse during the Civil War and the first woman to formally be inducted to an American army.

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This group was an infantry regiment that saw extensive service during the Civil War. The unit was only the second unit made up of African-Americans.

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The candidates for this election were Abraham Lincoln, John Bell, Stephen A. Douglas, and John C. Breckenridge. Lincoln won the election overall. The political cartoon above depicts Lincoln and Douglas struggling to grab the Northern and Western States while Breckenridge claims the South and Bell tries to glue the map back together.

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Written by Senator Crittenden of Kentucky, this compromise ensured the permanent existence of slavery in slave states by re-establishing the free-slave demarcation line that was drawn in the Missouri Compromise.

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The Anaconda plan was a strategy for subduing seceding states. It cut the South in two by emphasizing a blockade around southern ports and advancing down the Mississippi River.

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On April 12th, 1861, the South Carolina militia fired upon Union troops. The United States was forced to surrender and this event is what officially started the Civil War.

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In July 1861, the Battle of Bull Run took place. It convinced the Lincoln administration and other Northerners that this war was going to be long and costly. After this battle, the Union army was relieved of their commander and the troops were reorganized and trained.

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In March 1862, a large naval battle that was also known as the Battle of the Monitor and Merrimack occurred. This battle would signal the end of the era of wooden fighting ships.

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The Peninsula Campaign was a major Union operation launched in southeastern Virginia from March through July 1862, the first large-scale offensive in the Eastern Theater.

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This act authorized the government to recruit "persons of African decent" to the war effort.

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Was the first battle of the Civil War that was on Union Soil. It took place on September 17th, 1862. The South lost 1/4 of their troops and the North could have won the war with this battle.

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On January 1st, 1863, Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. This document declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the southern states "are, and henceforward shall be free."

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The Battle of Gettysburg was fought July 1-3, 1863.  This battle had the largest number of casualties and was the turning point in the war. On November 19th of the same year, President Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address speech where he dedicated a plot of land that would become Soldier's National Cemetery.

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Taking place July 13-16, 1863, the New York City Draft Riots was an event where those who were opposed to the war draft wrecked business, draft offices, and homes. The rioters also attacked anyone who opposed them.

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In the election of 1864, the candidates were Abraham Lincoln, running for a second term, and George McClellan. Lincoln won his second term.

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This battle, taking place on May 12th, 1865, is the last major clash between Union and Confederate forces. This is considered to be the last battle of the Civil War.

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Ratified on December 6th, 1865, this amendment abolished slavery.

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Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth on January 14th, 1865 in Ford's Theater.

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The 14th Amendment was adopted on July 9th, 1868. This amendment granted citizenship and equal civil and legal right to African Americans who had been emancipated after the Civil War.

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On February 3rd, 1870, the 15th Amendment was adopted. It gave citizens the right to vote, saying that they could not be denied based on race.

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The Civil War changed the social structure of the US. Slavery was ended and more amendments were added that greatly advanced civil rights.

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Emancipation Proclamation
US Constitutional Amendments
AP Civil War PowerPoint