WHATS UP KULO, CIVIL WAR INSANITY ~

First Shots at Fort Sumter

Apr 12, 1861

Jefferson Davis chooses war.

Virginia Seceeds

Apr 17, 1861

Virginia was unwilling to fight against the other Southern States, so it ended up succeeding. This was a devestating event to the Union, because Virginia was a very populated state.

Bull Run

Jul 21, 1861

A Confederate army and a Union army met up near the creek of Bull Run, and the Battle was fairly even, though the Union was prevalent in the morning.

Fort Henry and Donelson

Feb 6, 1862

Ulysses S. Grant leads the Union Army to invade Tennessee. In eleven days they managed to capture two Confederate forts.

African-Americans Can Fight

Mar 1, 1862

Kulowiec, I don't actually know when this happened, but it was before Fort Pillow. Congress passed a law allowing African Americans to serve in the military. By the end of the war, nearly 10% of the Union army was African Americans.

Battle of Shiloh

Apr 6, 1862

The Confederate soldiers snuck up on Union troops by surprise, but the following day Grant counterattacked and the Confederate soldiers retrated. Both sides learned that they needed better strategies and that war could get quite bloody.

Antietam

Sep 17, 1862

McClellan and Lee's troops clashed. There were more than 26,000 casualties. McClellan could've ended the Civil War had he continued fighting the Confederacy, but he didn't and the South retreated.

Emancipation Proclamation

Jan 1, 1863

Lincoln freed the slaves from the rebel states in order to benefit the North. It was less of a noble action than many assume - it was a war strategy.

Conscription

Jun 1, 1863

The Confederacy passed the draft in 1862, but the North didn't until 1863. The Confederate draft drafted healthy men between eighteen and thirty-five. The Union's draft drafted white men between twenty and forty five.

Gettysburg

Jul 1, 1863

Confederate soldiers led by A.P. Hill went to meet up with General Lee, but they ran into a brigade of Union soldiers. They began to fight, and the sounds of the gunfire attracted more soldiers.

Gettysburg: The Second Day

Jul 2, 1863

90,000 Union soldiers and 75,000 Confederate soldiers were ready to fight. At first, the Confederates had the upperhand, but the Union surprised them and the Confederates had to surrender.

Gettysburg: The Third Day

Jul 3, 1863

General Lee felt as if he could hurt the Union, but this turned out to be wrong. The Confederates had to surrender and retreat.

Vicksburg

Jul 4, 1863

The starving Confederates in Vicksburg set a message to their commander demanded a surrender or food, and the Confederate Commander asked Grant for surrender.

Fort Pillow

Apr 12, 1864

A battle in tennessee. Confederate troops killed more than 200 African-American prisoners.

Appomattox

Apr 9, 1865

Lee and Grant arrange a Confederate surrender. Within two months, everything related to the Confederacy collapsed. Hooray , the war was over.

KULOWIEC GETS MARRIED

Jul 7, 2007

AW

Time Toast Starts Being Cool

Apr 1, 2015

LOL jk its always lame