Civil War

By ahmeds2

  • Fort Sumter

    The Battle of Fort Sumter was the bombardment of Fort Sumter near Charleston, South Carolina by the Confederate States Army

  • First Battle of Bull Run

    This battle was fought in Prince William county, Virginia. It was the first major battle of the Civil War.

  • Battle of Antietam

    The union won this battle. This was the bloodiest of the civil war.

  • Emancipation Proclamation

    This proclamation was an executive order by Abraham Lincoln.

  • Battle of Gettysburg

    One if the most important engagement of the American Civil War.

  • Defeat of Vicksurg

    After defeating a Confederate force, Grant turned back to Vicksburg. He defeated a force under General John C. Pemberton.

  • New York City Draft Riots

    Violent disturbances in Manhattan.

  • Formation of the 54th Mass

    One if the first official black units in the U.S. armed forces.

  • Gettysburg Address

    It was a speech by Abraham Lincoln.

  • Congress passes the 13th Amendment

    The 13th Amendment abolished slavery.

  • Sherman's March to the sea

    A military campaign of the American Civil War.

  • Creation of Freedman's Bureau

    President Abraham Lincoln signs a bill creating the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands. This federal agency oversaw the hard change of African Americans from slavery to freedom.

  • Surrender at Appotmatox Courthouse

    One of the last battles of the Civil War.

  • Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

    Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865, while attending the play in Washington, D.C.

  • 14th Amendment

    The 14th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified on July 9, 1868, and granted citizenship to “all persons born or naturalized in the United States,” which included former slaves recently freed.

  • 15th Amendment

    The Fifteenth Amendment forbids the federal and state governments from denying a citizens the right to vote based on that citizen's "race, color, or previous condition of servitude

  • End of Reconstruction

    The Reconstruction era was the period from 1863 to 1877

  • Supreme Court Case Plessy vs Ferguson

    Plessy v. Ferguson was a decision of the U.S. Supreme Court issued in 1896. It upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities as long as the segregated facilities were equal in quality