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Election of 1860
During the election of 1860 there were four canidates and Abhramam Lincoln won the election with 39.8% percent and Stephan A Douglas came in second with 29.5% percent of the votes. -
The Crittenden Compromise
It aimed to resolve the U.S. secession crisis of 1860–1861 by addressing the grievances that led the slave states of the United States to contemplate secession from the United States. -
seccssion in the deep south
lincolns victory began a rapid movement in the deep south states to leave the union, starting with carloina to texas. -
Fort Sumter
Confederates fire on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor
and then Fort Sumter surrenders the next day. -
Upper South Secedes
Were states that seceded after attack on Fort Sumter which included Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Arkansas. -
Battle of Bull Run
First major battle fought in Prince William Country, Virginia. -
Battle of the Monitor and the Merrimack
a naval battle of the American Civil War, famous for being the first fight between two ironclad warships, the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia. in the end of the battle, it was clear that the ironclad warships were the furture battle ships. -
Farragut captures New Orleans
the Union capture of the city itself was unopposed, sparing the destruction suffered by many other Southern cities. However, a controversial and confrontational administration of the city by its military governor caused lasting resentment. This capture of the largest Confederate city was a major turning point and an incident of international importance. -
Antietam
was the first major battle in the American Civil War to take place on Northern soil. It was the bloodiest single-day battle in American history, with about 23,000 casualties. -
emancipation proclamation
It proclaimed the freedom of 3.1 million of the nation's 4 million slaves, and immediately freed 50,000 of them, with nearly all the rest freed as Union armies advanced. so this made alot of slave feel so happy that this important day came -
Vicksburg
Union Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and his Army of the Tennessee crossed the Mississippi River and drove the Confederate army of Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton into the defensive lines surrounding the fortress city of Vicksburg, Mississippi. -
Battle of Gettysburg
Major battle in Civil War fought in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania with most casualtiies in Civil War. -
Gettysburg Address
at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, four and a half months after the Union armies defeated those of the Confederacy at the Battle of Gettysburg. -
election of 1864
On November 8, Lincoln won by over 400,000 popular votes and easily secured an electoral majority. -
Sherman's March to the Sea
A name given to Savanah Campaign in which General Sherman marched throught Confederancy line and inflicted a major damage to city of Savannah on December 21. -
Appomattox Courthouse
This was the final battle between the Unions and the Confederate before Lee surrendered to Grant and this was the last major battle between the two nations. -
Lincoln assassinated
The death of abraham lincoln. The assassination was planned and carried out by John Wilkes Booth as part of a larger conspiracy intended to rally the remaining Confederate troops to continue fighting. -
13th Amendment passed
This amendment stated that neither slavery, nor involuntary servitude could exist in the United States.
