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Lincoln Becomes President
The day Lincoln was inagurated after winning the Election of 1860. This leads to South Carolina being the first to Secede from the Union. -
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Civil War Era
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Fort Sumter Attacked
First official Civil War battle, the Confederate soldiers invaded the fort and made them surrender, which began the war. -
Battle of Bull Run
Battle took place in Virginia, first major battle of the war, Confed. Victory -
Monitor vs Ironclad
First Battleship battle ever in history, neither side won but this began the US navy -
Battle of Shiloh
Confed. led by General Johnston, Union soldiers by General Grant. Major land battle of the Western front. First Union win, both sides lost around 1000+ soldiers -
Battle of Bull Run (2)
Robert E Lee (confed.) vs John Pope (union), The union was defeating Lee, until he had a brilliant counterattack which made the Union retreat, showing the military expertise of the Confederacy and their generals. -
Battle of Antietam
This battle was the day with the most casualties of war in US History. Although both sides lost many soldiers, the Union took a victory over Robert E. Lee -
Battle of Fredricksburg
This battle was fought with Robert E Lee vs gen. Burnside, this battle was a great example of how the union lost over twice the casualties as the confederates, due to the lack of military knowledge of the North. -
Emancipation Proclamation
New Year's Eve, the proclamation feed all black slaves in the Confederacy, effectively did nothing as the Confederates didn't abide to this -
Battle of Chancorville
Confederates led by Lee, while Union led by Hooker. This battle proved the Confederates had well skilled troops and generals as they were largely outnumbered, yet they defeated the unskilled Union troops. -
Battle of Fort Pillow
Confederate general Forrest and troops attacked the Fort, causing a huge amount of Union Casualties, being mostly African Americans. -
Battle of the Wilderness
A Grant vs Lee battle fought in Virginia, This battle slowed down the Unions offensive for a short while which was a miracle for the Confederacy. -
Battle of Spotsylvania
Grant vs Lee, Grant tried to lure the Confederate army into more favorable land, This battle had the most casualties of the War. -
Battle of Cold Harbor
Robert E. Lee vs Ulysses Grant, was one of the bloodies battles of the entire war, many union soldiers lost to the Confederacy -
Lincoln Reelected
Proved Lincoln really wanted to free the slaves, and wanted to have the union reconstructed -
Battle of Nashville
Led by Union gen. Thomas, and Confed. general John Hood. Union won this battle, and this was a point in the war where it was evident the South would lose -
Confederacy Surrenders
Was is officially over with Robert E Lee's surrender in a Virginia Court House, the confederacy joins the Union -
Lincoln Assasinated
Lincoln was assasinated by John Wilkes Booth in the Ford Theatre, 5 days after confed. surrender -
Lincoln Abolishes Slavery
Slavery is officially abolished with the passage of a new amendment to the constitution.