The American Civil War (1861 – 1865) Lecture Outline I. The Road to Secession A. The Election of 1860 B. The Secession of South Carolina (December 1860) C. The establishment of the Confederate States of America D. The attack on Fort Sumter E. Declaration of Insurrection II. The Opposing Forces: Economic/Military/Political Resources A. United States of America B. Confederate States of America III. The Early Military Engagements of the War A. First Battle of Bull Run (21 July 1861) B. The Anaconda Plan of the Federal Government C. The Federal assault against Richmond D. The War in the West IV. The Home Fronts A. The Confederate search for allies B. The Trent Affair C. Blockade runners & the blockade of the South D. Confederate Conscription Act of April 1862 E. Financial solvency of the North F. Federal actions against dissidents V. The road to the Emancipation Proclamation A. The Battle of Sharpsburg (September 1862) B. Lincoln’s Proclamation C. The role of African-Americans in the Federal Army D. Federal Conscription Act of March 1863 VI. The High Tide of the Confederacy & Collapse A. The Confederate invasion of Pennsylvania B. Battle of Gettysburg C. Total War & General Sherman’s invasion of Georgia D. The Siege of Petersburg E. General Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Courthouse (April 1865) Key Terms/Concepts General Robert E. Lee/ Lieutenant-General James Longstreet/ General Thomas Jackson/ Joseph E. Johnston/Albert Sidney Johnston Abraham Lincoln/Jefferson Davis/William L. Yancey Stephen A. Douglas/ John C. Breckinridge/Constitutional Unionist Party/ John Bell Secession Convention John C. Crittenden/Horace Greeley Winfield Scott/ General Ulysses S. Grant/ General William Sherman/George McClellan/Irvine McDowell/ John Pope/Ambrose Burnside/ Joseph E. Hooker/ George Meade Battle of Seven Days/Battle of Seven Pines/ Battle of Shiloh/Battle of New Orleans/Siege of Vicksburg/Battle of Fredericksburg/ Battle of Chancellorsville John Slidell/James Mason Homestead Act/Morrill Land Grant Act/Pacific Railway Act/National Banking Acts Ex Parte Merryman (1861) – legal case 1st South Carolina Volunteers Regiment/54th Massachusetts Infantry regiment/ Colonel Robert Shaw .