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Abraham Lincoln elected president.
-The central issue of the presidential election of 1860 was bound to be slavery.
-Lincoln did very well in the northern states, and though he garnered less than 40 percent of the popular vote nationwide, he won a landslide victory in the electoral college. -
South carolina secedes from the union
- The convention had been called by the governor and legislature of South Carolina once Lincoln's victory was assured. Delegates were elected on December 6, 1860, and the convention convened on December 17. Its action made South Carolina the first state to secede.
- Two days after leaving the Union, on December 22, 1860, South Carolina sent commissioners to Washington, D.C., to negotiate for the delivery of federal property, such as forts, within the state.
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Fort Sumter Attacked!
-first shot of the civil war
-located in charleston, sc -
Jefferson Davis becomes President of the Confederate States of America
Jefferson Davis is Elected as the President of the Confederate States Of America. -
Battle of Bullrun
One of the First Major land battles of the Civil War,
Also known as the Batlle of Manassas -
Battle of Antietam
The first major battle of the American Civil War,
Also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg -
Emancipation Proclomation
Declared freedom of all slaves in the Confederate States of America,
Speech was presented by President Abraham Lincoln -
Battle of Vicksburg
Two Major assaults on Confederate army,
Heavy Casualties,
Confederate surrendered in the end. -
Battle of Gettysburg
- The North suffered an estimated 23,000 casualties during the battle (killed, wounded and captured) while the South suffered an estimated 31,000.
- General Robert E. Lee led his Confederate Army across the Potomac River and headed towards Pennsylvania. In response to this threat President Lincoln replaced his army commander, General Joseph Hooker, with General George Mead. As Lee's troops poured into Pennsylvania, Mead led the Union Army north from Washington.
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Shermans March on Atlanta
Campain through Georgia by Major General William Tecumseh Sherman,
Destroyed much of the Souths potential and psycology war. -
13th Ammendment
Prohibates slavery up to present day,
First of the reconstruction ammendments -
Confederates Surrender Appomattox
When Robert E. Lee surrendered his Army to General Grant. -
Lincoln Assassinated
- the gun used is kill lincoln is now on display at the ford's theater museum. -he was shot right in the back of the head.
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John Wilkes Booth Captured
Found hiding in the Garret Barn,
Shot by Seargeant Boston Corbett after the barn he was in was set to fire,
He didnt die instanty he died 2 to 3 hours after. -
15th Ammendment
Prohibits each government in the United states from denying a citizens right to vote based on that citizens race color or their previous slavery
