Slavery (in congress)

Election of Abraham Lincoln

Growing of Abolition 

States Rights

North wanted to Preserve Union 

Union President: Lincoln

Confederate President: Davis 

Emancipation Proclamation 

Gen. Robert E Lee

Gen. Ulysses S Grant

13th Amendment 

Fort Sumter (first shot)

First Bull Run - Stonewall Jackson

Second Bull Run - Lee defeats Virginian army

Fredericksburg - Lee outlasts assaults 

Cold Harbor - Lee beats Grant

Petersburg - Lee holds onto Richmond 

Antietam - McClellan ends Lee's invasion

Gettysburg - Ends second invasion 

Cedar Creek - North pushed South

Nashville - Destroyes Tennessee army

Vicksburg - Traps South, huge win  

Appomattox - South surrenders 

Home Soil

Good Military Leaders

Good Training  

Will to Fight

Economy

Dependence on Foreign Aid

Navy 

Inexperienced Nation

Making Weapons 

Larger Population

Many Factories 

Navy, Army 

Economy 

Offensive War

No Will 

Unfamiliar Land 

Facing Smart Leaders 

Over 600,000 deaths

4 million freed slaves 

America's most costly war

"Second American Revolution"