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Election of lincoln
Lincoln’s ambition to become undisputed leader of the Republicans in Illinois began to evolve into a desire to run for The first step was to gain the support of the Illinois delegation at the state Republican convention in Decatur in early May 1860. He was presdent from 1861 to 1864. -
Ft sumter
Confederate artillery opened fire on this Federal fort in Charleston Harbor. Fort Sumter surrendered a day later. Union forces would try for nearly four years to take it back. -
harpers ferry
Harpers Ferry witnessed the first successful application of interchangeable manufacture, the arrival of the first successful American railroad -
battle of fedricksburg
Union troops occupied Fredericksburg and looted the town. With the bridges completed, the bulk of Union forces began crossing the river and deploying for battle on December 11 and 12. Burnside's original plan for the battle called for the main attack to be executed to the south by Major General William B. Franklin's Left Grand Division -
Emancipation proclamation
Federal troops expanded the domain of freedom. Moreover, the Proclamation announced the acceptance of black men into the Union Army and Navy, enabling the liberated to become liberators. By the end of the war, almost 200,000 black soldiers and sailors had fought for the Union and freedom. -
battle of chattanooga
60,000 men under General Ulysses S. Grant and a Confederate force of approximately 40,000 under General Braxton Bragg. Following an earlier defeat at Chickamauga, in northwest Georgia, the Union army withdrew across the state line to Chattanooga, Tennessee. The Confederates laid siege and cut off Union supply lines and communications -
Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg was a turning point in the Civil War, the Union victory in the summer of 1863 that ended General Robert E. Lee's second and most ambitious invasion of the North. -
cold harbor
Over the next two days, the armies of Lee and Grant, having disengaged from a standoff at the North Anna River 10 miles to the north, took up new positions around Cold Harbor. Grant, having received heavy reinforcement, brought 105,000 men onto the field. Lee had also managed to replace many of his 20,000 casualties to that point in the campaign, and his army numbered 59,000. But the disparity in numbers was no longer.May 31-June 12, 1864 -
sherman's march to the sea
Tracing a line of march between Macon and Augusta, he carved a sixty-mile wide swath of destruction in the Confederacy's heartland. The only forces the Confederacy could bring to oppose him was Wheeler's cavalry and a motley collection of militia and over and under-aged reserves of perhaps 14,000 troops; certainly no match for the 62,000 Union veterans Sherman had kept with him upon leaving Atlanta. -
appomattox courthouse
Robert Lee's hope was to reach Appomattox Station on the South Side Railroad where supply trains awaited. -
Lincoln assassination
he was shot an killed wile watching a paly many people have thir ideas on what happed. John wilkes booth who kill lincoln jumpd off the stage after the shot an broke his leg. -
Siege of knoxville
Longstreet took his 17,000 troops and moved toward Knoxville. Facing him was General Ambrose Burnside and 5,000 Yankees. Burnside fought a delaying action at Campbell Station on November 16 before retreating into the Knoxville defenses
