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Jefferson Davis appointed president of Confederacy
Was an American politician who served as the only President of the Confederate States -
Presidential election of 1860
Lincoln won the election -
South Carolina secedes from Union
South Carolina became the first slave state in the south to declare that it had seceded from the United States -
Assault and capture of Fort Fisher, North Carolina
The First Battle of Fort Fisher was a naval siege in the American Civil War, when the Union tried to capture the fort guarding Wilmington, North Carolina
The Second Battle of Fort Fisher was a successful assault by the Union Army, Navy and Marine Corps -
Forming of Confederate States of America
Representatives from the six seceded states met in Montgomery, Alabama, to formally establish a unified government -
Lincoln's first inaugural address
As part of his taking of oath of office for his first term -
Battle of Fort Sumter
The return gunfire and subsequent surrender by the United States Army, that started the American Civil War. -
Battle of Vicksburg (siege)
Union forces waged a campaign to the the Confederate stronghold of Vicksburg -
(First) Battle of Bull Run (Manassas)
Also known as the First Battle of Manassas -
First battle of ironclads
The first meeting in combat of ironclad warships -
Battle of Shiloh
Confederate surprise attack backfires when the union holds firm at the "Hornets Nest" -
Siege of New Orleans by Union
Naval action by Union forces seeking to capture the city -
(Second) Battle of Bull Run
Much larger in scale and in the number of casualties -
Battle of Antietam
Bloodiest single day in American history ends in a Union victory that bolsters President Lincolns ability to issue the Emancipation Proclamation -
Emancipation Proclamation
Was a statement and presidential order mandated by President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln -
Battle of Gettysburg
Considered the most important engagement of the American Civil War -
Draft Riots begin in New York City
New laws passed by Congress that year to draft men to fight in the ongoing American Civil War, created five days of mayhem and bloodshed -
54th Massachusetts Colored Infantry in comabt
One of the first official black units in the U.S. armed forces -
Sacking of Lawrence, Kansas by Confrderation
An attack during the Civil War by the Quadrilles Raiders -
Gettysburg Address
A speech by the U.S President Abraham Lincoln, and one of the best known speeches in American history -
First Successful Submarine Attack of the Civil War
When the hand-cranked Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley torpedoed the mighty USS Housatonic in Charleston Harbor -
Battle of the wilderness Virginia
the opening engagement of the Overland Campaign during the American Civil War -
Fall of Atlanta, Georgia
A battle of the Atlanta Campaign fought during the American Civil War -
Lincoln wins a second term
Abraham Lincoln, the nation's 16th president, won his bid for a second term -
Sherman's Army of Georgia arrives at Savannah, Georgia
Union General William T. Sherman completes his March to the Sea when he arrives in front of Savannah, Georgia. -
Lincoln’s 2nd inaugural address
Delivered during the final days of the Civil War and only a month before he was assassinated. -
Sherman’s troops occupy Fayetteville, NC
03The Union Army captured and destroyed the Confederate arsenal, a building where weapons were made and stored, in Fayetteville, North Carolina. -
Battle of Appomattox Courthouse (Lee surrenders)
Was one of the last battles of the American Civil War -
Lincoln assassinated
Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, was assassinated by well-known stage actor John Wilkes Booth
