Map by Alysa Harney _ Student - SalemMS

Fort Sumter National Monument, South Carolina

arharney — 2025-10-22 23:20:03 UTC

The first battle that marked the beginning of the Civil War

Delaware

arharney — 2025-10-22 23:21:54 UTC

BORDER STATES: Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri, and after 1863, the new state of West Virginia. Slave states that did not secede from the Union. They were Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri, and after 1863, the new state of West Virginia.

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

arharney — 2025-10-22 23:22:44 UTC

Turning point of the War that made it clear the North would win. 50,000 people died, and the South lost its chance to invade the North

Wilmington, NC

arharney — 2025-10-22 23:23:37 UTC

Wilmington (NC) Coup: By force, a white mob seized the reins of government in the port city and, in so doing, destroyed the local black-owned newspaper office and terrorized the African American community

Kansas

arharney — 2025-10-22 23:23:58 UTC

Bleeding Kansas: The period of repeated outbreaks of violent guerrilla warfare between pro-slavery and anti-slavery force