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Abraham Lincoln was the first Republican president to be elected, a party that opposed election.
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Starting with South Carolina in Dec 1860, seven southern states have seceded from the union by Jan 1861.
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The seceded states form a government in Montgomery and Jefferson Davis is appointed president of the Confederate States of America until proper elections.
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The Civil War officially begun when Southerners attacked Fort Sumter, South Carolina.
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With President Lincoln's call for 75k volunteers for the army, four additional states seceded the union.
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The first land battle.
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Northwestern counties of Virginia broke away from that state to form West Virginia.
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Left the Cumberland River in to the Union. Signed by Union General Ulysses S. Grant.
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With the Union's win, Confederate power loosened on Missouri and the Mississippi River.
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Union victory secured Union General Ulysses S. Grant's career.
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General Joseph Johnston, commander of the Confederate army was replaced by Robert E. Lee.
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Union won Confederate forces in northeastern Mississippi.
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With Union win, Mississippi River is controlled solely by the Union.
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The bloodiest battle of the civil war smother's General Lee's hopes to invade the North.
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Violent riots in NYC broke off against the new draft requirements -- which essentially allowed the rich to simply find a substitute or pay for their freedom; white workingmen committed several violent protests, particularly against black people and places owned by black people.
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Union wins, ending the battle for control of the Shenandoah Valley.
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With the Confederates' loss, initiates ideas of surrender.
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Killed by actor John Wilkes Booth.
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Confederate General Lee and Union General Grant agreed upon surrender terms. The Army of North Virginia was disabled with the surrender.
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General Simon Bolivar Buckner entered into terms for surrender of the Army of the Trans-Mississippi.
