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The American Civil War
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The Election of 1860
November 6, 1860 - Abraham Lincoln is elected president, the first Republican, receiving 180 of 303 possible electoral votes and 40 percent of the popular vote. -
The Secession of States from Union
South Carolina secedes from the Union. Followed within two months by Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Texas. -
Winfield Scott And the Anaconda Plan
North would squeeze the South into submission by blockading southern coasts, seize control of the Mississippi and cut off food supplies of food and other essential commodities. -
Fort Sumter
Confederates under Gen. Pierre Beauregard open fire with 50 cannons upon Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina. The Civil War begins -
Battle Of BullRun
It was the first major battle of the civil war.
30,000 troops sent to Bull Run Creek at Manassas Junction, Virginia to fight the Confederate forces.
The union seemed close to victory of the war, but reinforcement of confederate army under Gen. Thomas Stonewall,sent the inexperienced Union troops into panic; giving the confederacy their first major win of the war. -
Thomas Stonewall Jackson
Confederate Gen. Thomas J. Jackson earns the nickname "Stonewall," as his brigade resists Union attacks. Union troops fall back to Washington. President Lincoln realizes the war will be long. "It's damned bad," he comments. -
George B. McClellan
President Lincoln appoints George B. McClellan as Commander of the Department of the Potomac, replacing McDowell -
The Battle Of Antietam
As part of the Maryland Campaign, it was the first battle of the Civil war to take place on northern soil. it was the bloodiest single-day battle in American history. The battle was tactically inconclusive, but it had unique significance as enough of a victory for the Union to give president Abraham Lincoln the courage to announce the Emancipation Proclamation. -
Battle Of Fredericksburg
The Battle of Fredericksburg, fought in Fredericksburg, Virginia, between General Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and the Union Army of the Potomac, commanded by Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside, is remembered as one of the most one-sided battles of the American Civil War. The Union Army suffered terrible casualties in futile frontal assaults ; which broght to an early end of the union's campaign against Richmond. Confederate win. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Issued by Abraham Lincoln during the civil war, it freed all slaves in territories held by Confederates and emphasized the enlisting of black soldiers in the Union Army. The war to preserve the Union now becomes a revolutionary struggle for the abolition of slavery. -
Battle Of Vicksburg
Vicksburg, the last Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi River, surrenders to Gen. Grant and the Army of the West after a six week siege. With the Union now in control of the Mississippi, the Confederacy is effectively split in two, cut off from its western allies.. -
Battle Of Gettysburg
it was the turning point of the war. The tide of war turns against the South as the Confederates are defeated at the Battle of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania -
Gettysburg Address
President Lincoln delivers a two minute Gettysburg Address at a ceremony dedicating the Battlefield as a National Cemetery. -
Ulysses S. Grant
President Lincoln appoints Gen. Grant to command all of the armies of the United States. Gen. William T. Sherman succeeds Grant as commander in the west. -
Sherman March
Atlanta is captured by Sherman's Army. "Atlanta is ours, and fairly won," Sherman telegraphs Lincoln. The victory greatly helps President Lincoln's bid for re-election. -
Appomattox Cout House
Gen. Robert E. Lee surrenders his Confederate Army to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at the village of Appomattox Court House in Virginia. Grant allows Rebel officers to keep their sidearms and permits soldiers to keep horses and mules. -
Lincoln's Assassination
Lincoln and his wife Mary see the play "Our American Cousin" at Ford's Theater. At 10:13 p.m., during the third act of the play, John Wilkes Booth shoots the president in the head.
