Early American Civil War



In the year 1855 the conflict in Kansas between slave owners and non slave owners reaches a new high point. Federal troops are called in to calm the violence. The slave states namely South Carolina do not react well to this and immediately launch a protest in Washington southern congress men feel that they are being victimized in Kansas and that the federal army is being biased towards slave holders. South Carolina congressmen meet in secret with other southern congress men from the states of Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Texas and Georgia. They sign what is known as the Charleston Pact; representatives from Maryland, Kentucky and Kansas also join but decline to sign the pact. The Charleston Pact creates a southern based national army that was meant to take command of the entire Union army and protect the slave holding interests of the southern states. When congress is alerted of this by a nameless informant, it is furious Federal Troops are ordered to march on Charleston. The U.S. Navy is attacked while on rout to Charleston, and union soldiers are ambushed just outside of Richmond by the newly formed Army of the South. A.S. and U.S. soldiers trade fire for nearly a year congressmen from the Northern states attempt to reach a compromise.

In 1857 after two years a sporadic fighting between the Army of the South and Federal Troops, the south angry that they are not getting their way succeed outright from the union. The Confederate States of America is formed and the capital is put in Charleston South Carolina. The Army of the South is made into the official army the new nation and is renamed The Army of the Confederacy. The A.C. launches and Invasion of the north under General Robert E. Lee, who is later named supreme commander of all confederate forces. At first the Union army scores several victories but they were caught somewhat unprepared for the size of the A.C. attacks. Kentucky announces that it is leaving the Union for the South and the A.C. Attempts to move into Kansas to claim it as a slave state. Union forces under General Burnside intercept them. Burnside is a perfectly good general but he is no match for Robert E. Lee. Eventually the Union Armies superior numbers begin to push the south out of Kansas. Lee Retreats to Southern Missouri.