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South Carolina votes to secede from the United States
south Carolina becomes the first state to succeed from the union. Lincolns victory in the election is the catalyst for this succession -
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Sherman begins his March to the Sea
The March to the Sea, the most destructive campaign against a civilian population during the Civil War (1861-65), began in Atlanta on November 15, 1864, and concluded in Savannah on December 21, 1864. Union general William T. -
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President Lincoln's Assasination
President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth. Booth did this to avenge the south after their loss In the civil war. -
Abraham Lincoln elected president
Abraham Lincoln was voted in 18060. this was huge because this election would determine the continuation o slavery in America -
Confederate forces fire on Fort Sumter
In South Carolina, the confederate troops fire on the Fort Sumter Harbor they attacked at 4:30 am -
Anaconda Plan
The plan was created by a Union general after the Confederate attack at Fort Sumter in 1861. The main goals of the Anaconda Plan were to: Form an Atlantic and Gulf Coast blockade along the Southern ports. -
Richmond becomes the capital of the Confederacy
Confederate Capital City of Montgomery, Alabama, the decision was made to name the City of Richmond. The Confederate capital was moved to Richmond in recognition of Virginia's strategic importance. -
Jefferson Davis elected president of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis was elected president for the provisional government. Then in November he was unanimously voted for a full 6 year term. -
The Merrimac and the Monitor fight of the Virginia coast
The Battle of Hampton Roads was the first meeting of two American-made ironclads, the Merrimack and the Monitor. The Confederate, Merrimack, and the Union, Monitor, fought for control of the Hampton Roads. The battle ended in a stalemate. -
Robert E. Lee is named commander of the Army of Northern Virginia
Lee is given command of the Army of Northern Virginia, the main Confederate army.Lee commences a series of counterattacks at the Seven Days Battle that drives the enemy away from the Confederate capital. -
Lincoln suspends habeas corpus
The Suspension Clause protects liberty by protecting the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus. It provides that the federal government may not suspend this privilege except in extraordinary circumstances: when a rebellion or invasion occurs and the public safety requires it. -
Confederates surrender at Vicksburg
When two major assaults against the Confederate fortifications, on May 19 and 22, were repulsed with heavy casualties, Grant decided to besiege the city beginning on May 25. After holding out for more than 40 days, with their supplies nearly gone, the garrison surrendered on July 4. -
New York City draft riots
The New York City draft riots, sometimes referred to as the Manhattan draft riots and known at the time as Draft Week, were violent disturbances in Lower Manhattan, widely regarded as the culmination -
54th Massachusetts fighting a Second Battle of Ft. Wagner
On July 18, the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment led a second U.S. assault against Fort Wagner. The Second Battle of Fort Wagner served as the 54th Massachusetts's trial by fire. The all-Black volunteer regiment first experienced combat only two days prior in a comparatively minor skirmish. -
Congress passes the 13th Amendment
Only through the Thirteenth Amendment did emancipation become national policy. The joint resolution of both bodies that submitted the amendment to the states for approval was signed by President Abraham Lincoln. -
The Battle of the Crater
Within an hour Confederate troops had rallied their strength and begun to fire rifles and artillery down into the crater, killing hundreds of the trapped men. Union reinforcements also came under intense fire until all withdrew. The successful detonation had created a death trap. -
Atlanta is captured
William T. Sherman's troops at Atlanta was repulsed with heavy losses. Hood was finally forced to abandon Atlanta to Union forces on September 1, 1864. -
Abraham Lincoln defeats George McClellan to win re-election
This reelection was equally as important as the election of 1860 as this was a big test to see if the doctrines of Lincoln and the republican party would perpetuate. -
Freedmen's Bureau is created
Congress passed “An Act to establish a Bureau for the Relief of Freedmen and Refugees” to provide food, shelter, clothing, medical services, and land to displaced Southerners, including newly freed African Americans. -
Lincoln gives his second inaugural address
From the East portico of the U.S Capitol. Lincoln gives his second inaugural address -
Richmond falls to the Union Army
Richmond was important to the Union in that its capture would signal the end of the Confederacy. Richmond fell when Lt. General Grant attacked Five Forks on March 31, 1865, to cut Lee's last remaining supply line. -
Robert E. Lee surrenders at Appomattox
It's one of the most momentous events in American history: Robert E. Lee's surrender to Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865, which effectively ended the Civil War, although other southern forces would still be surrendering into May. -
Appomattox Court House--Surrender of Lee’s forces
The Battle of Appomattox Court House, fought in Appomattox County, Virginia, on the morning of April 9, 1865, was one of the last battles of the American Civil War. -
First Battle of Bull Run is fought
30 miles from Washington, the first land battle of the American civil war began. This was a confederate victory. -
Battle of Shiloh
Union victory. The South's defeat at Shiloh ended the Confederacy's hopes of blocking the Union advance into Mississippi and doomed the Confederate military initiative in the West. -
Battle of Antietam
The Battle of Antietam ended the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia's first invasion into the North and led Abraham Lincoln to issue the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation. -
Battle of Fredericksburg
For the Confederates, the victory at Fredericksburg boosts morale and reinvigorates Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. It featured the first opposed river crossing in American military history. Union and Confederate troops fought in the streets of Fredericksburg in the Civil War's first taste of urban combat. -
Emancipation Proclamation is announced
In January of 1863, Abraham Lincoln declared all slaves in the succeeded states were free. This was in the 3rd year of the civil war and was a very controversial play. -
Battle of Chancellorsville
The Battle of Chancellorsville was a major battle of the American Civil War, and the principal engagement of the Chancellorsville campaign. -
Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg was a three-day battle in the American Civil War. Lee led his army on a torturous retreat back to Virginia. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers from both armies were casualties in the three-day battle, the most costly in US history. -
Lincoln gives his Gettysburg Address
Give at the Soldiers national cemetery, President Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address. This was to encourage people in action. -
John Wilkes Booth is killed
In Port Royal Virginia Booth was killed. At 26 years old he was murdered by a union solider Boston Corbett