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election of Abraham Lincoln
In the November 1860 election, Lincoln again faced Douglas, who represented the Northern faction of a heavily divided Democratic Party, as well as Breckinridge and Bell. The announcement of Lincoln’s victory signaled the secession of the Southern states, which since the beginning of the year had been publicly threatening secession if the Republicans gained the White House. -
Battle of Fort Sumter
-A federal outpost in Charleston, South Carolina that was attacked by Confederate troops
-this began the civil war
-Following declarations of secession by seven Southern states, South Carolina demanded that the US Army abandon its facilities in Charleston Harbor. -
first battle of the bull run
-This was the first major land battle of the armies in Virginia.
-On July 16, 1861, the untried Union army under Brig. Gen.
-Irvin McDowell marched from Washington against the Confederate army, which was drawn up behind Bull Run beyond Centreville. -
battle of Antietam
-also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg, particularly in the South, fought on September 17, 1862, near Sharpsburg,
- Maryland and Antietam Creek as part of the Maryland Campaign, was the first major battle in the American Civil War to take place on Union soil.
-It is the bloodiest single-day battle in American history, with a combined tally of 22,717 dead, wounded, or missing. -
Emancipation Proclamation
-on New Years Eve of 1862 when the clock struck 12 millions of african americans were officially free
-they met in churches
-worshipers prayed
-they sang and gave thanks
-Federick Douglas called January 1rst. 1863, "the great day which is to determine the destiny not only of the American Republic, but that of the American continent" -
battle of gettysburg
- it was fought July 1–3, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, by Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War. -The battle involved the largest number of casualties of the entire war and is often described as the war's turning point. Union Maj. Gen. -George Meade's Army of the Potomac defeated attacks by Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, ending Lee's attempt to invade the North.
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Gettysburg Address
-Speech given by President Abraham Lincoln
-in the speech, he praised the bravery of the union soldiers and renewed his commitment to winning the civil war
-he also referenced the Declaration of Indepence and his ideals of liberty, equality, and democracy
