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President Election of 1860
Republican Abraham Lincoln defeated Southern Democrat John C. Breckinridge, Democrat Stephen A. Douglas, and Constitutional Union candidate John Bell. -
Soth Carolina secedes from Union
South Carolina became the first slave state in the south to declare that it had seceded from the United States. -
Forming of Confederate States of America
Representatives from the six seceded states met in Montgomery, Alabama, to formally establish a unified government, which they named the Confederate States of America. On February 9, Jefferson Davis of Mississippi was elected the Confederacy's first president -
Lincoln’s first inaugural address
Abraham Lincoln's first inaugural address was delivered on Monday, March 4, 1861, as part of his taking of the oath of office for his first term as the sixteenth President of the United States. -
Battle of Fort Sumter
The Battle of Fort Sumter (April 12–13, 1861) was the bombardment of Fort Sumter near Charleston, South Carolina by the Confederate States Army. -
(First) Battle of Bull Run (Manassas)
The Union and Confederate armies clashed near Manassas Junction, Virginia, in the first major land battle of the American Civil War. -
First battle of ironclads
The major significance of the battle is that it was the first meeting in combat of ironclad warships, i.e., the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia. -
Battle of Shiloh
The Battle of Shiloh was a battle in the Western Theater of the American Civil War, fought April 6–7, 1862, in southwestern Tennessee. -
Siege of New Orleans by Union
naval action by Union forces seeking to capture the city during the American Civil War. -
(Second) Battle of Bull Run
It was much larger in scale and in the number of casualties than the First Battle of Bull Run (Manassas) fought in July 1861 on much of the same ground. -
Battle of Antietam
In the Southern United States, was a battle of the American Civil War, fought on September 17, 1862, between Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia and Union General George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac. -
Emancipation Proclamation
A presidential proclamation and executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863. -
Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg, fought from July 1 to July 3, 1863, is considered the most important engagement of the American Civil War. After a great victory over Union forces at Chancellorsville, General Robert E. Lee marched his Army of Northern Virginia into Pennsylvania in late June 1863. -
Jefferson Davis appointed president of Confederacy
Jefferson Davis was an American politician who served as the only President of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865.
