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TheThe AgeAge ofof RevolutionRevolution WhirlwindWhirlwind CivilCivil WarWar TimelineTimeline 18611861 BattleBattle ofof FortFort SumterSumter WestWest VirginiaVirginia secededseceded fromfrom secessionsecession TheThe UnionUnion blockadedblockaded southernsouthern portsports LincolnLincoln (correctly)(correctly) realizedrealized thatthat thoughthough thethe SouthSouth hadhad mostmost ofof thethe army'sarmy's bestbest officers,officers, thethe NorthNorth hadhad mostmost ofof thethe industrialindustrial resourcesresources ButBut thenthen twotwo CSACSA officialsofficials werewere caughtcaught tryingtrying toto makemake itit toto EnglandEngland onon aa diplomaticdiplomatic missionmission England demanded that the officers be released —or they would declare war on the United States England had unofficially officially declared their support for the Confederacy... (NOTE: Most of their trade was with the South) TheThe AgeAge ofof RevolutionRevolution WhirlwindWhirlwind CivilCivil WarWar TimelineTimeline 18611861 BattleBattle ofof FortFort SumterSumter WestWest VirginiaVirginia secededseceded fromfrom secessionsecession TheThe UnionUnion blockadedblockaded southernsouthern portsports LincolnLincoln (correctly)(correctly) realizedrealized thatthat thoughthough thethe SouthSouth hadhad mostmost ofof thethe army'sarmy's bestbest officers,officers, thethe NorthNorth hadhad mostmost ofof thethe industrialindustrial resourcesresources ButBut thenthen twotwo CSACSA officialsofficials werewere caughtcaught tryingtrying toto makemake itit toto EnglandEngland onon aa diplomaticdiplomatic missionmission England demanded that the officers be released —or they would declare war on the United States Soon, England began sending weapons and equipment (and military advisors) to aid the CSA Lincoln realized he couldn't win by attrition... TheThe AgeAge ofof RevolutionRevolution WhirlwindWhirlwind CivilCivil WarWar TimelineTimeline 18611861 BattleBattle ofof FortFort SumterSumter WestWest VirginiaVirginia secededseceded fromfrom secessionsecession TheThe UnionUnion blockadedblockaded southernsouthern portsports TheThe BattleBattle ofof BullBull RunRun (Manassas)(Manassas) WantingWanting aa quickquick andand decisivedecisive victoryvictory atat thethe CSACSA capital,capital, politicianspoliticians pressuredpressured inexperiencedinexperienced supplysupply officerofficer Gen.Gen. IrvinIrvin McDowellMcDowell toto marchmarch onon RichmondRichmond butbut whenwhen hehe marchedmarched acrossacross thethe BullBull RunRun RiverRiver intointo Manassas,Manassas, hehe metmet Gen.Gen. P.G.T.P.G.T. BeauregardBeauregard Citizens from nearby Washington came out to watch the battle over a casual picnic lunch —and were shocked that it was a bloody horror TheThe AgeAge ofof RevolutionRevolution WhirlwindWhirlwind CivilCivil WarWar TimelineTimeline 18611861 BattleBattle ofof FortFort SumterSumter WestWest VirginiaVirginia secededseceded fromfrom secessionsecession TheThe UnionUnion blockadedblockaded southernsouthern portsports TheThe BattleBattle ofof BullBull RunRun (Manassas)(Manassas) WantingWanting aa quickquick andand decisivedecisive victoryvictory atat thethe CSACSA capital,capital, politicianspoliticians pressuredpressured inexperiencedinexperienced supplysupply officerofficer Gen.Gen. IrvinIrvin McDowellMcDowell toto marchmarch onon RichmondRichmond NeitherNeither armyarmy waswas reallyreally preparedprepared (with the notable exception of the troops of Gen. Thomas Jackson, who had trained his soldiers so well that they served as an example of steadfast discipline for the rest of the Confederate troops —one brigadier general rallied his troops, saying, “There is Jackson, standing like a stone wall...” gaining him the nickname “Stonewall” Jackson) TheThe AgeAge ofof RevolutionRevolution WhirlwindWhirlwind CivilCivil WarWar TimelineTimeline 18611861 BattleBattle ofof FortFort SumterSumter WestWest VirginiaVirginia secededseceded fromfrom secessionsecession TheThe UnionUnion blockadedblockaded southernsouthern portsports TheThe BattleBattle ofof BullBull RunRun (Manassas)(Manassas) WantingWanting aa quickquick andand decisivedecisive victoryvictory atat thethe CSACSA capital,capital, politicianspoliticians pressuredpressured inexperiencedinexperienced supplysupply officerofficer Gen.Gen. IrvinIrvin McDowellMcDowell toto marchmarch onon RichmondRichmond NeitherNeither armyarmy waswas reallyreally prepared,prepared, butbut thethe SouthSouth gainedgained aa nominal—butnominal—but politicallypolitically crucial—victory,crucial—victory, scatteringscattering thethe UnionUnion ArmyArmy inin retreatretreat An aged Winfield Scott resigned and was replaced by seasoned troop trainer George B. McClellan ...who was an absolute idiot... TheThe AgeAge ofof RevolutionRevolution WhirlwindWhirlwind CivilCivil WarWar TimelineTimeline 18611861 BattleBattle ofof FortFort SumterSumter WestWest VirginiaVirginia secededseceded fromfrom secessionsecession TheThe UnionUnion blockadedblockaded southernsouthern portsports TheThe BattleBattle ofof BullBull RunRun (Manassas)(Manassas) TheThe EmancipationEmancipation ProclamationProclamation Maj.Maj. Gen.Gen. JohnJohn C.C. FrémontFrémont waswas givengiven commandcommand overover thethe DepartmentDepartment ofof thethe WestWest (i.e.;(i.e.; Missouri)Missouri) Being Frémont, he almost immediately exceeded his authority and declared martial law, confiscating the property of any rebels—including their slaves He then unilaterally declared that all confiscated slaves would then be set free (thus officially demonstrating that the Civil War all about the liberation of slaves, instead of being about the re-unification of the country, as Lincoln had repeatedly assured everyone) TheThe AgeAge ofof RevolutionRevolution WhirlwindWhirlwind CivilCivil WarWar TimelineTimeline 18611861 BattleBattle ofof FortFort SumterSumter WestWest VirginiaVirginia secededseceded fromfrom secessionsecession TheThe UnionUnion blockadedblockaded southernsouthern portsports TheThe BattleBattle ofof BullBull RunRun (Manassas)(Manassas) TheThe EmancipationEmancipation ProclamationProclamation Maj.Maj. Gen.Gen. JohnJohn C.C. FrémontFrémont waswas givengiven commandcommand overover thethe DepartmentDepartment ofof thethe WestWest (i.e.;(i.e.; Missouri)Missouri) Being Frémont, he almost immediately exceeded his authority and declared martial law, confiscating the property of any rebels—including their slaves He then