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Abraham Lincoln elected president
Abraham Lincoln is The 16th President of the United states, he was elected by the Electoral Collage, and he won the popular vote, with 39%. -
South Carolina votes to secede from the United States
They were the First state to leave the union. -
Jefferson Davis elected president of the Confederacy
He was the first and only President of the CSA. -
The Merrimack and the Monitor fight of the Virginia coast
This was the first and only iron cad fight of the war, because they were too expensive to do again. -
Confederate forces fire on Fort Sumter
This is an attack on Union fort Sumter initiated by the south -
Anaconda Plan
A military strategy proposed at the beginning of the war, making the Union surround the confederates. -
Battle of Chancellorsville
Bloody assault in Virginia by the union army that failed to encircle the confederates. -
Richmond becomes the capital of the Confederacy
They did this because they would have their capital right next too Washington DC -
First Battle of Bull Run is fought
This battle was the first major battle of the civil war. -
Battle of Shiloh
This was the Turing point of the Civil War, they were try to move the battle to pittsburgs landing -
Robert E. Lee is named commander of the Army of Northern Virginia
He is the commander of the Confederate army and he was the leading general. -
Lincoln suspends habeas corpus
President Lincoln decides to remove for a moment habeas corpus to imprison any traitor of the USA. -
Battle of Antietam
This battle lasted one day and it was the worst battle that was a day long -
Battle of Fredericksburg
Fredericksberg was the largest, and most Deadliest battle of the civil war. -
Emancipation Proclamation is announced
This was the name for the third year of the civil war. -
Battle of Gettysburg
This is the war that won the Union the War -
Confederates surrender at Vicksburg
This battle was surrendered because the confederates ran out of supplies -
54th Massachusetts fighting a Second Battle of Ft. Wagner
This was done by the volunteer regiment in Massachusetts and they experienced two events of combat. -
Lincoln gives his Gettysburg Address
He talked and honored men that had died during the battle Gettysburg he spoke in Pennsylvania Gettysburg to honor them. -
Congress passes the 13th Amendment
This abolished slavery as an institution in the USA -
President Lincoln assassinated
Lincoln got assassinated and he died by John Wilkes booth, on April 15, 1865 -
The Battle of the Crater
The confederates, and union fought in 30 foot crater, and they were fighting each other until both confederates, and the union lost a lot of their numbers -
Atlanta is captured
William T Shermans confederate troops were attacked until they were subdued by Union forces. -
Abraham Lincoln defeats George McClellan to win re-election
Lincoln ran against George McClellan, who was a female General. -
Sherman begins his March to the Sea
General William Sherman led troops to the Confederate Georgia, going threw the country side where he and his troops pillaged, Soldiers, and civilians houses -
Freedmen's Bureau is created
Act that provided housing food, and other services to free men. -
Lincoln gives his second inaugural address
This is Presidents Lincolns address as the president, this happened in 1865. -
Richmond falls to the Union Army
The confederate capital is attacked, then seined by the Union forces, this was the final strike to removing the Confederates -
Robert E. Lee surrenders at Appomattox
He did this after killing the President, and he ran away in hiding from the Union Army, and the Secret service. -
Appomattox Court House--Surrender of Lee’s forces
This was one of the last battles of the Civil War. This was the transition to peace from the American civil war. -
John Wilkes Booth is killed
He was caught after running out of fords theater, and killing the president for that he was killed. -
New York City draft riots
They burned, and rioted because of the wild conscription the Union was having men do.