Civil War- Isabella Gorski

Abraham Lincoln Is Elected 16th President

Nov 6, 1860

Abraham Lincoln is elected sixteenth president of the United States, the first Republican president in the nation who represents a party that opposes the spread of slavery in the territories of the United States.

The First Succesion Convention

Dec 17, 1860

The first Secession Convention meets in Columbia, South Carolina.

South Carolina

Dec 20, 1860

South Carolina secedes from the Union.