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Jefferson Davis was the first and last president of the confederate states. Jefferson built his own army and acquired his own weapons. Jefferson chose Robert E. Lee was the commander of the virginian army in 1862.  He was raised on a small farm and had an older sister. He was later sent to boarding school to finish his studies and later become a president.

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Abraham Lincoln was the United states 16th president. He helped prosecute the confederates during the Civil war. Abraham also played a key role in passing the 13th amendment which officially ended slavery in America. Lincoln was born in Largue county, on a farm of 30 acres and a wooden cabin. By the time he was 8 he started running errands for his family.

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Washington D.C was the union's capital during the civil war. It housed the United states government and was a base of operations for the Union army throughout the war. Washington D.C housed very few civilians but had many government officials. There was one instance where the capitol was under attack by the confederates but besides that is unbreachable.

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Border States (have slaves but did not secede)

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Border States (have slaves but did not secede)

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- Delaware
- Maryland
- Kentucky
- Missouri
- After 1863, the new state of West Virginia

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The battle of the Appomattox Court House was fought in 1865. General Robert. E surrendered his confederate army to general Ulysses Grant. This place is very historical because it was the final battle of the civil war. General Robert. E realized that the confederate army was spread too thin and couldn't break through the Union lines. So he surrendered to prevent more destruction towards the south.

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- South Carolina
- Mississippi
- Florida
- Alabama
- Georgia
- Louisiana

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In 1864 Savannah Georgia was offered as a gift to Abraham Lincoln after its victory against the confederates. Sherman's march was an army that consisted of 60,000 men for the sole purpose of scaring Georgia's civilians to convert to the union. Sherman's army took over savannah and continued their journey towards the Carolinas. The capital received a crumbling economy after the sea blockades so they had to find an alternative but were stopped by sherman's army.

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Richmond was the capital of the confederacy states of America. Besides being the capital of the confederacy Richmond was the center of the rail industry, military hospitals, and held prisoners. Shortly after the confederates burned their own capital before Union forces took over.

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The battle of Chattanooga took place next to the Tennessee river in 1863. It was the most fatal war in the civil war summing up 34624 dead soldiers in total. The battle was won by the Conferacy but came at a hefty cost when 20% of their troops died including half their generals.

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4 Confederate States joined after fort sumter

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4 Confederate States joined after fort sumter

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Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee and Arkansas.

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California, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Maine, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Oregon, Wisconsin, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Kansas, New York, Nevada, Vermont, Ohio, Michigan and West Virginia.

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Richmond was a much larger metropolis than Montgomery. The heart of the South's industry, Richmond was also a market town specializing in flour and slaves.

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-Montgomery was a transportation center, with steamboats travelling to Mobile, stagecoaches travelling east, and railroad running northeast and southwest.
-Because of its three Hotels and numerous boarding houses, Montgomery became more of a metropolis than a quiet village.

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The battle of the orleans took place in 1862. It was a naval attack by the union. This location was critical for the confederacy because it controlled the huge waterway of the Mississippi river which was vital for cotton exports. The Union eventually took control only after two days.

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-Draft riot of 1863, major four-day of eruption of violence in New York City resulting from deep worker discontent with the inequalities of conscription during the U.S. Civil War.
-The anger of working-class New Yorkers over a new federal draft law sparked five days of some of the the bloodiest and most destructive rioting in the U.S.

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Baltimore was the first sight where blood was spilled during the civil war. Baltimore was a part of the union and was also a slave state. The battle of baltimore had 14 casualties 4 being soldiers and 10 being civilians.

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Battle of Gettysburg First Shot Marker, Chambersburg Road, Gettysburg, PA, USA

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Battle of Gettysburg First Shot Marker, Chambersburg Road, Gettysburg, PA, USA

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Battle of Gettysburg First Shot Marker, Chambersburg Road, Gettysburg, PA, USA

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The Battle of Gettysburg was an important campaign. It stopped the Confederate momentum in the Eastern Theater and it probably killed any chance of Europe intervening. It gave the Federals a badly needed victory and boosted Northern morale.

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Much of southern Ohio's economy depended upon trade with the South across the Ohio River. The Battle of Buffington Island was the largest Civil War engagement fought in the State of Ohio and in the East North Central states of the U.S. On July 8, 1863, Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan, a Confederate cavalry leader, led approximately 2,100 soldiers across the Ohio River into southern Indiana.

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-The Chesapeake Bay was one of the most important water bodies in America.
-Access to the Bay meant the ability to receive shipped goods, quickly transport troops from one point to another and threaten the enemy with strikes deep into their territory.

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-In 1861 Alabama seceded from the Union and joined the Confederate States of America, which established its first capital in Montgomery.
-During the War, Montgomery remained largely on the sidelines of the actual fighting, instead supplying men and materials to the war effort.

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It's an an avenue for transport during the civil war. The Potomac traced the border between the Union and the Confederacy and lent its name to the most important Union army, the Army of the Potomac. The Army of the Potomac fought in most of the Eastern Theater campaigns.

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The Rappahannock River is important because it provide the clean water and irrigating crops for the soldiers. It's also a barrier to north-south troop movements. It's the boundary of the eastern theater of the war.

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-Geography dominated a central role for Tennessee. As a border state with its rivers being key arteries to the Deep South, it was a major target for the Federals.
-Tennessee was one of the border states that sent large numbers of men to fight both sides of the Civil War.
-When the War was over, Tennessee would see more than its share of devastation resulting from years of warring armies.

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-During the American Civil War, Kentucky was a border state, separating the Confederate States and the Union of the North.
-Shortly after the the fighting at Fort Sumter in South Carolina in April 1861, Kentucky's state legislature officially declared its neutrality. Kentucky did not officially align itself with the Union, nor did it secede to join the Confederate States.

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-The control of the Mississippi River during the Civil War was an economic and psychological factor for both the north and South.
- The victory of Vicksburg, in 1863, gave the Union the control of the Mississippi River, therefore the Union would split the Confederacy in two and control an important route to move men and supplies.

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- The Battle of Shiloh was a crucial success for the Union Army.
- The South's defeat at Shiloh ended the Confederacy's hopes of blocking the Union advance into Mississippi and doomed the Confederate military initiative in the West.
- The Battle of Shiloh was the bloodiest engagement of the Civil War up to that point, with nearly twice as many casualties as the previous major battles of the war combined.

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- Abraham Lincoln used the occasion of the Antietam victory to issue his preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.
- 23000 soldiers were killed, wounded or missing after twelve hours of savage combat on Sept 17, 1862.
- Union victory provided President Abraham Lincoln the opportunity he had wanted to announce the Emancipation.

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- Chancellorsville is known as Lee's "perfect battle" because his risky decision to divide his army in the presence of a much larger enemy force resulted in a significant Confederate victory.
- The Battle of Chancellorsville was a huge victory for the Confederacy and General Robert E. Lee.
- General Stonewall Jackson was fatally wounded by friendly fire.

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- The Battle of Fredericksburg was a major defeat for the Union Army.
- This battle signaled the low-point of the war for the Union.
- The Battle of Fredericksburg on December 13, 1862, involved nearly 200,000 combatants.

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- The 47-day siege gave control of the Mississippi River to the Union, a critical supply line, and was part of the Union's Anaconda Plan to cut off outside trade to the Confederacy.
- The Battle of Vicksburg resulted in a total of 8037 casualties.
- It is a turning point because it gave control of the Mississippi River to the Union.

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- First Battle of Bull Run, the first of two engagements fought at a small stream named Bull Run, near Manassas in Northern Virginia.
- Johnston gave an opposing Union army the slip and, employing the Manassas Gap Railroad.
- The First Battle of Bull Run started at July 21, 1861.

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Harpers Ferry Brewing, Adventure Center Lane, Purcellville, VA, USA

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Harpers Ferry Brewing, Adventure Center Lane, Purcellville, VA, USA

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Harpers Ferry Brewing, Adventure Center Lane, Purcellville, VA, USA

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- Abolitionist John Brown leads a small group on a raid against a federal armory in Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
- Harpers Ferry is best known for John Brown's raid in 1859, in which he attempted to use the town and the weapons in its Federal Armory (munitions plant) as the base for a slave revolt, to expand south into the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia.
- Confederate won the battle at Harpers Ferry.

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Fort Sumter National Monument, South Carolina, USA

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Fort Sumter National Monument, South Carolina, USA

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Fort Sumter National Monument, South Carolina, USA

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- Confederate General P.G.T. Beauregard bombarded Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861.
- After a 33-hour bombardment by Confederate cannons, Union forced surrender Fort Sumter in South Carolina's Charleston Harbor.
- The attack on Fort Sumter marked the official beginning of the American Civil War.

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The James River flows from west to east. During the war, it's a obstruction for the southward movement of Union. However, Union navy also use it as a avenue to attack.

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Boats and boating--Equipment and supplies