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Civil War Era
Tennessee History
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| November 6, 1860 | Lincoln wins Presidential election |
| February 9, 1861 | First Referendum, Tennessee voters reject convention to consider secession |
| March 4, 1861 | Lincoln inaugurated as 16th President |
| April 12, 1861 | Ft. Sumter, Lincoln subsequently calls for volunteers |
| May 6, 1861 | Tennessee declares independence, subject to ratification in June 8, 1861 referendum |
| May 7, 1861 | Tennessee concludes military alliance with Confederacy |
| June 8, 1861 | Secession ratified by referendum |
| July 2, 1861 | Tennessee joins Confederate States of America |
| January, 19, 1862 | Confederate General Felix Zollicoffer killed at the Battle of Mill Springs along the Cumberland River in Kentucky |
| February 6, 1862 | Battle of Fort Henry |
| February 12-16, 1862 | Battle of Fort Donelson |
| late February, 1862 | Nashville captured by Union forces |
| April 6-7, 1862 | Battle of Shiloh |
| April 8, 1862 | Island Number 10 surrenders |
| June, 1862 | Memphis captured by Union forces |
| December 31, 1862-January 2, 1863 | Battle of Stone's River-Murfreesboro |
| November 23-25,1863 | Battle of Chattanooga-Lookout Mountain-Missionary Ridge |
| April 12, 1864 | Battle of Fort Pillow |
| November 30, 1864 | Battle of Franklin |
| December 15-16, 1864 | Battle of Nashville |
| April 9, 1865 | Robert E. Lee surrenders at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia |
| April 14, 1865 | Lincoln assassinated, Andrew Johnson becomes President |
| How did the South and the North differ about the Constitution? | Leaders in the South considered the states to have higher authority in matters of government. The North believed that the Constitution gave the Federal (national) Government final authority over the states. |
| Why did many people in the South fear the Republican Party? | Thy feared Abraham Lincoln would try to end slavery. |
| Why was the Constitutional Union party formed? | Some people, seeing that none of the candidates had support in all parts of the country, they organized the new party. |
| How did the people of TN feel about secession before April 1861? | In general they were sorry to see the Union break apart, so in February 1861 they voted against the referendum to consider the question of secession. |
| What event changed the feelings of Tennesseans after April 1861? | Confederate forces in Charleston, South Carolina, forced the surrender of Federal Fort Sumter, and President Lincoln began raising an army.In February 1861 Middle TN was 51% against secession, in April 1861 they were 88% for it. |
| Who led Tennessee into the Confederacy? | Governor Isham Harris |
| John Bell | Confederate commander of Western Department |
| Albert S. Johnston | Candidate for president in 1860, from TN |
| Line of the Cumberland | Boundary of defense line in TN |
| Confederate States of America | Name of seceded states |
| Constitutional Union Party | Organized to hold the country together in 1860 |
| Ulysses S. Grant | Leading general of Federal Troops |
| Battle of Shiloh | At the time, largest battle ever fought in America |
| Lookout Mountain | Battle broke the siege of Chattanooga |
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