abraham lincoln

By huntmasta

  • Abraham Lincoln inaugurated

    Abraham Lincoln is inaugurated as the sixteenth President of the United States

  • Fort Sumter

    when General Pierre G. T. Beauregard's Confederate artillery opened fire on Fort Sumter it marked the begining of the civil war

  • battle of bullrun

    General Thomas J. Jackson is nicknamed “Stonewall” for his firm stand at a crucial moment in the battle

  • Second Battle of Bull Run

    Generals Stonewall Jackson and Lee prove too much for the Union troops under General John Pope, who retreat to Washington, D.C.

  • Battle of Fredericksburg

    The Battle of Fredericksburg marks a grave defeat for the Union. General Lee and his Confederate troops defeat General Burnside.

  • Battle of Gettysburg

  • Gettysburg Address

    Lincoln makes his famous Gettysburg Address on the battlefield.

  • Lincoln reelected

    Lincoln wins 212 electoral votes to McClellan's 21

  • Thirteenth Amendment

    the House of Representatives passed the Thirteenth Amendment, which made slavery illegal in the United States

  • abraham lincoln gets assassinated

    John Wilkes Booth shoots President Lincoln at Ford's Theater