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lots of stuff happened
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Jefferson Davis official comes out in favor of succession from the union.
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The first rider to officially deliver mail for the pony express leaves St. Joseph, Missouri. He is about to embark on an 1,800 mile ride to Sacramento, California.
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The Republican National Convention is held in Chicago, Illinois to decide on the republican nominee for presidency. Abraham Lincoln is chosen as the republican nominee on the third ballot.
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The Democratic National Convention is held in Charleston, South Carolina to decide on the democratic presidential nominee. A nominee could not be figured out and the meeting was moved to continue the next month.
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The Democratic National Convention resumed in Baltimore to decide a nominee for presidency of the United States. The democrats nominate Stephen Douglass and Herschal V. Johnson for presidency.
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Governor William Henry Gist notifies the southern states that South Carolina is considering secession.
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Abraham Lincoln is elected the seventeenth president of the United States. He is the first republican to be elected that is against the spread of slavery.
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Senator John J. Crittenden proposes an idea to resolve the issue of southern secession from the union. The south denied the proposition.
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The first formal meeting between state leaders to decide of the decision of secession from the union occurs. This meeting is held in Columbia, South Carolina.
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South Carolina is the first state to secede from the union.
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Mississippi secedes from the union following South Carolina.
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Jefferson Davis is officially appointed president of the Confederate States of America following the secession of southern states.
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Abraham is officially inaugurated as president of the United States in Washington, D.C.
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Confederate forces open fire on Fort Sumter. This tees off the Civil War.
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President Lincoln officially acknowledges the fact that an insurrection exists and precedes to call for the enlistment of thousands.
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The battle of Bull Run begins. It is the first official battle of the Civil War.
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Union forces attack confederate forces at Wilson's Creek, Missouri. The confederates fend off the attack and prove their strength.
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Fort Hatteras is captured by Union forces. This begins the union's push to close southern ports along South Carolina.
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Lexington, Missouri falls to confederate forces.
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Union forces were lead across the Potomac river and met confederate forces. The confederates forced the union troops back up against the river forcing many to drown while trying to escape to the other side.
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Union forces achieve victory in Mill Springs, Kentucky thus weakening the confederate hold on the state.
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Union forces capture Fort Henry in Tennessee, thus opening the door to securing the Mississippi river.
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Union forces capture Fort Donelson in Tennessee which was the ast primary confederate fort on the Mississippi; leaving the river in the Union control.
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The Battle of Shiloh is the first major battle in Tennessee. Union forces led by General Grant defeat the confederates.
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The commander of the confederate army in Virginia is wounded and replaced by Robert E. Lee. General Lee renames the army "Army of Northern Virginia."
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General Lee attacks General McClellan at the Potomac River and pushes the union forces away from the confederate capital.
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The union was once again defeated at same site as before.
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The bloodiest dingle day battle of the Civil War. Resulted in a union victory. Following this victory President Lincoln introduced the Emancipation Proclamation.
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General Lee once again defeats the union forces after they tried to cross the Potomac.
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The union defeats the confederates at Stones river and opens up Tennessee to be captured by the union.
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The Emancipation Proclamation officially goes into effect.
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Drafting of soldiers in the union army begins in the north; one year after it begins in the south.
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General Lee's greatest victory in the war. Stonewall Jackson is mortally injured.
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General "Stonewall" Jackson of the confederate army dies from a wound sustained in the battle of Chancellorsville.
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The largest cavalry battle of the Civil War.
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The bloodiest battle of the civil war and also a huge union victory that boosted moral in the north.
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Union forces officially capture Vicksburg, Mississippi thus giving the union complete control of the Mississippi River.
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Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery.
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Union forces break through confederate siege of the city and gain control thus forcing the confederate army further back into the south.
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President Lincoln issues the Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction which pardons all rebel sympathizers as long as an oath to the north is given.
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The most notorious prison camp of the civil war officially opens.
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General Grant is promoted to Lieutenant General and takes control of all the union armies.
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Three armies under the control of General Sherman march south from Tennessee into Georgia.
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The union forces attacking General Lee's fortifications at Cold Harbor, Virginia fail to dislodge General Lee from his position.
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Abraham Lincoln is nominate by his party again for a second term of presidency.
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After 4 days of battle General Grant sets up a siege on Petersburg, Virginia to cut off supplies for confederate occupants.
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General Sherman claims Atlanta at the end of his conquest through Georgia.
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Abraham Lincoln is reelected president of the United States.
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General Sherman and his army begin his conquest of destruction throughout the south.
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Sherman's army arrives in Savannah, Georgia thus ending his march of terror.
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General Sherman's army continues into the carolinas and captures Columbia, South Carolina.
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Established by Congress to aid former slaves and poor white people in the South.
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Abraham Lincoln is inaugurated for his second term of presidency.
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General Lee's last offensive move in the Civil War before being put into a retreat by Union forces.
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Union forces close in on Richmond and General Lee decides to abandon the city.
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Union forces break through confederate lines at Appomattox court house and General Lee is forced to surrender.
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Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth, while he was attending a play.
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Confederate president Jefferson Davis is captured near Irwinville, Georgia.
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The final battle of the Civil War takes place at Palmito Ranch, Texas and is a confederate victory.
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General Simon Bolivar Buckner agrees to surrender the last confederate standing army.
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The first formal celebration of Abraham Lincoln's birthday is held.
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Texas repeals the actions of the Secessionist Convention.
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President Johnson vetoes the Civil Rights Act of 1866 on the grounds that it was unconstitutional.
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The United States declares that is in a state of peace with the southern states.
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Congress overrides the veto of the Civil Rights Act by President Johnson.
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President Andrew Johnson's vetoed the bill, then the bill became a law due to two- thirds of majority ruled in Congress.
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Cholera breaks out in New York City and kills thousands.
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During the early stages of Reconstruction, a white officer shot a African American solider.
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Whites attacked African Americans who were outside the Mechanics Institute.
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On the 6th anniversary of its secession, South Carolina rejects the 14th amendment.
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The longest suspension bridge at the time opened between Cincinnati, Ohio and Covington, Kentucky.
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Blacks can vote in Washington, D.C. after a bill is passed by Congress.
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Nebraska officially becomes a state.
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Alexandria, Virginia rejects thousands of votes cast by negroes.
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Alaska is bought by the United States for two cents an acre.
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Congress admitted several of the southern states as well as new ones western ones into the union.
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A Sioux and Cheyenne war party kills US Lieutenant Lyman Kidder, an Indian scout and ten enlisted men in Kansas.
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The first elevated railroad in the United States becomes operational.
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The Harvard School of Dental Medicine officially opens making it the first dental school in the US.
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Charles Dickens reads publicly for the first time in the US in New York City.
