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Election of Abraham Lincoln
Licoln was elected to his first term in 1860. Thern sis caused the tes to leave the union. -
Secession of South Carolina
Lincoln had considered the talk of secession to be bluff and bluster. He believed the attachment Southerners felt for the United States would not allow them to leave the Union. -
Formation of the Confederate States
The Confederate constitution incorporated verbatim large
segments of the U.S. Constitution, including its first twelve
amendments. The Confederate States of America came into existence on February 4, 1861 -
Firing on Fort Sumter
the firing on fort sumter took place in 1861. -
First Battle of Bull Run
It was the first real major conflict of the American Civil War. A Union army, consisting of 28,000 men, commanded by General McDowell, fought 33,000 Confederates under General Beauregard. -
Battle of Antietam
Also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg. Was the first Battle of the American Civil War to take place on northern soil. -
Emancipation Proclamatio
It was issued by Abraham Lincoln in 1863. Proclaimed the freedom of 3.1 million of the 4 million slaves. -
Battles of Gettysburg and Vicksburg
The Confederate surrender following the siege at Vicksburg is sometimes considered, when combined with Gen. Robert E. Lee's defeat at Gettysburg the previous day, the turning point of the war. It also cut off communication with Confederate forces in the Trans-Mississippi Department for the remainder of the war. -
Gettysburg Address
The Gettysburg Address is a speech by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. One of the most well-known speeches in United States History. -
Re-election of Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Licoln was told he wouldn't win the election. He won the Republican Nomination. -
Surrender at Appomattox Court House
Was the final engagement of Confederate States Army General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia before it surrendered to the Union Army under Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, and one of the last battles of the American Civil War. Robert E. Lee surrenders after being blocked off by the union.
