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Lincoln had won the election even though he wasn't in the ballots in southern states.
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The convention adjourned Charleston to draft an ordinance of secession. South Carolina became first slave state to secede from the Union
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Representatives from the six seceded states met in Alabama to formally establish a unified government
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It was part of taking his oath for his 1st term as the 16th President
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Bombardment from the Confederates, and return gunfire and surrender by the United States
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Confederate victory, followed by a disorganized retreat of the Union Forces
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Was an American politician who was the only President of the Confederate states
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Arguably one of the most noted and important naval battle of the Civil War and ended in the Union driving back the Confederate ironclad.
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It was a battle in the Western theater of the Civil War. The battle resulted in a Union victory.
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Naval action by Union seeking to capture the city during the Civil War in New Orleans. One of the worst disasters suffered by the Confederates.
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The deciding battle of the Civil War in Virginia 1862. The battle resulted in a Confederate victory.
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Took place in Maryland and was the accumulation of Lee's attempt to invade the north
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Where all slaves were considered free. It didn't free any slaves though.
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It was an infantry group that saw extensive service in the Union army and it was filled with colored soldiers.
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The most famous speech ever given by Abraham Lincoln. They say the battle itself was less important than the speech.
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Most important engagement of the civil war. In a small Pennsylvania town in Gettysburg 3,000 union soldiers went up against 60,000 confederate troops.
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First lottery of the conscription law was held. July 13th the five days of mayhem as well as bloodshed began.
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Also known as Quantrill's raid was an attack that occurred during the Civil War. A Confederate guerrilla group led by Will Quantrill on the town of Lawrence, Kansas.
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Confederate sub H.L. Hunley torpedoed the USS Houstonic in Charleston Harbor. It wasn't a major turning point in the war but it was the first successful submarine attack.
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The first time in the war that the army of the Potomac continued on the offensive after an opening battle in a Virginia campaign
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It was used as a military operations and supplies. The battle resulted in a Union victory.
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Northern voters overwhelmingly endorse the leadership and policies when they elect him to his second term.
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Union General Sherman led forces to through Atlanta - burning down towns and stealing food as well as livestock. He was trying to scare the South.
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Fort Fisher protected the vital routes of the port of Wilmington. From 1861 to 1865 the day of it's capture. The result was a Union victory.
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It was best understood as divine punishment for the sin of slavery, a sin in which all Americans, North and South are accused of.
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60,000 troops controlled by Union General Sherman captured and destroyed the Confederate arsenal.
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It was the final engagement of the war and led to Lee surrendering to the Union that same day.
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Was killed by a well known actor named John Wikes Booth while attending a play in Washington D.C.
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It was the final major military action in the Vicksburg campaign of the Civil War. Union defeated the Confederates in Mississippi
