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Presidential Election of 1860
Abraham Lincoln won the election and the southerners threatened to leave the union because he was for abolishing slavery. -
South Carolina secedes from Union
South Carolina didn't like that Lincoln won the presidency. They didn't want to pay illegal tariffs. -
Jefferson Davis appointed president of Confederacy
American politician who was the only president of the confederate states -
Forming of Confederate States of America
Six states met up and formed a unified government and declared themselves as the confederate states of america. -
Lincoln’s first inaugural address
He promised he would not initiate force to maintain the Union or interfere with slavery in the states in which it already existed. -
Battle of Fort Sumter
The first battle of the american civil war. -
(First) Battle of Bull Run (Manassas)
35,000 Union troops marched to strike a Confederate force of 20,000 along a small river known as Bull Run. First major battle of the civil war -
First battle of ironclads
The confederate used warships USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia for the first time -
Battle of Shiloh
The confederates launched a surprise attack on the union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant in Tennessee. -
Siege of New Orleans by Union
Union forces captured the city of new Orleans. -
(Second) Battle of Bull Run
It was way larger than the first battle and was caused by bigger problems on the same grounds. -
Battle of Antietam
Lee's confederate army attempted to invade the north's union army. One of the deadliest one-day battles in u.s. history. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln passed the emancipation proclamation saying that all slaves in rebellious states are free and forever will be free. -
54th Massachusetts Colored Infantry in combat
Civil War’s first call for black soldiers. Massachusetts did not have many African-American residents, but by the time 54th Infantry regiment headed off to training camp two weeks later more than 1,000 men had volunteered -
First Successful Submarine Attack of the Civil War
Horace Huntley's sub was the most successful and was transported to south Carolina to be used against the union -
Battle of Vicksburg (siege)
The union trapped the confederate army and making them surrender after prolonged siege operations. -
Battle of Gettysburg
The battle of Gettysburg was one of the most important battles in the civil war. Union forces won the victory. -
Draft Riots begin in New York City
Working-class discontent with new laws passed by Congress that year to draft men to fight in the ongoing American Civil War. -
Sacking of Lawrence, Kansas by Confederates
A group of confederates attacked the city of Lawrence -
Gettysburg Address
A speech given by Abraham Lincoln -
Battle of the wilderness Virginia
Grant planned a major offensive toward the Confederate known as the Overland Campaign. His primary goal was to engage Robert E. Lee’s famed Army of Northern Virginia and keep it under pressure -
Fall of Atlanta, Georgia
Union forces wanted to neutralize the important rail and supply hub, defeated Confederate forces defending the city -
Lincoln wins a second term
Abraham won the election against democrat George B. McClellan. -
Sherman's Army of Georgia arrives at Savannah, Georgia
Sherman destroyed farms and railroads, burned storehouses, and fed his army off the land. -
Assault and capture of Fort Fisher, North Carolina
The Union Army, Navy and Marine Corps against Fort Fisher, south of Wilmington, North Carolina -
Lincoln’s 2nd inaugural address
Abraham Lincoln delivered is 2nd speech during his 2nd term near the end of the civil war -
Sherman’s troops occupy Fayetteville, NC
Union Army captured and destroyed the Confederate arsenal, a building where weapons were made and stored, in Fayetteville, North Carolina. -
Battle of Appomattox Courthouse (Lee surrenders)
The last battle of the civil war. Only lasted a few hours. -
Lincoln assassinated
While watching a play in the theater someone came a shot Lincoln in the back of the head in Washington D.C
