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Abraham Lincoln elected president
First republican to win presidency. He was the 16th president of the United States. -
Attack on Fort Sumter
Fort Sumter is most famous for being the site of the firsts shots of the civil war. -
Battle of Hampton Roads
The Battle of Hampton Roads, aka battle of Ironclads was fought near Hampton Roads, Virginia. It was the most famouse naval battle of the American Civil War. -
Battle of Antietam
This Battle was not only resulted as the bloodiest war of the American Civil War, but the bloodiest single day in all of American history. It was fought in between the town of Sharpsburg, Maryland & it ended Robert E Lee's firs innovation of a northern state. -
Battle of Stones River
Union General William Rosecrans fought a pitched battle Braxton Bragg's Army of Tennessee near the outskirts of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Braxton Braggs & his army took that W! -
Battle of Vicksburg
Vicksburg was one of the unions most successful campaigns of the war. Although Geneal Ulysses S. Grant's first attempt to take the city failed in the winter. -
Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg is considered the most important engagement of the American Civil War -
Sherman begins marsch to the sea
General William T. Sherman set off a wild goose chase across Georgia to set the industrial section of Atlanta on fire. -
Appomattox Courthouse
On April 9, 1865, near Appomattox Court House, Virginia, Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his Army of Northern Virginia to Union General Ulysses S. Grant, bringing the four-year Civil War to an end. -
Lincoln Assasinated
the attack came only five days after confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his massive army at Appomattox court house, Virginia. John Wilkes Booth killed Abraham Lincoln & he was pronounced dead at 7:22 am, on April 16 1865.
