Robert E. Lee's tropps were being drove back to the south and the Union cornered them at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia. This was General Lee's final stand
This was another futile attempt by the north to take over part of Texas. The north marched up the Red River and was driven out of Texas on May 22, 1864
Known as the turning point in the war for the Union, this battle gave the Union control of the Mississippi river, therefore cutting the Confederates in half. With the South cut in half, this made it hard for the South to have any communication from each side..
Fought in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, the two major forces of the war commanded by Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee met in the small town of Gettysburg. This was a great victory for the Union
Abraham Lincoln signed a document called the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing all slaves in the South. This didn't exactly take an effect in the South because they had seceded from the U.S.
The Union was trying to blockade the trade ships from reaching Galveston, therefore decreasing the supplies. The South fought back and beat the Union forces.
Brig. General Beauregard led a small group of Confederate troops armed with cannons to a small Union fort called Fort Sumter and began bombing the fort until the Union surrendered on April 13, 1861. This was the first significant battle of the Civil War
The people of Texas were unhappy about the North's lack of respecting the U.S. consitiution ( in the eyes of the south ) so the people of Texas took a vote to secede or not. The vote was passed and Texas then joined the Confederate States of America.