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Robert Smalls
Was a slaved pilot for the Confederacy Army until he decided seize a transport vessel and get away. Once he got to the North he helped convience President Lincoln to allow African American soldiers to the Union Army. -
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The Succession Convention
The Sucession Convention was when eleven states cut ties with the Union. -
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The Union Blockade of Confederate Ports in Charleston
The Union forces blockaded the Confederate ports in Charleston, so that the Confederacy could not export cotton and smuggle war materials. -
Firing on Fort Sumter
General P.T.G. Beauregard commanded the Confederate forces to Charleston Harbor and open fired on Fort Sumter. -
Sinking of the USS Housatonic
The Hunley Submarine sunk the USS Housatonic in Charleston Harbor. This act of the Confederacy did not change the course of the Civil War, it changed Naval Warfare. -
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Sherman's March to the Sea
Gen. William T. Sherman marched 60,000 soldiers from Altanta to Savannah, Georiga. He hoped this would scare Georgia's civilzens into leaving the Confederate cause.
