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Abraham Lincoln is elected president prompted SC to vote to secede from the US. This is because Lincoln is a Republican and the Republican party was new at the time, and he was the first Republican to be elected. SC was not in approval of this. -
In the Inaugural address, Lincoln promised not to interfere with the institution of slavery where it existed and pledged to suspend the activities of the federal government temporarily for being hostile. He also made a big point to say how as a government, we need to stay together and not engage in secession. He wants the nation to come together as a whole and agree. -
Confederate forces began seizing US forts and their stuff throughout the south. With a president in office, and a controversial president-elect poised to succeed him, the crisis approached a boiling point and exploded at Fort Sumter. -
Lincoln suspended the habeas corpus to give military authorities the necessary power to silence dissenters and rebels. Under this order, commanders could arrest and detain individuals who were deemed threatening to military operations. -
The decision was made to name the City of Richmond, Virginia as the new Capital of the Confederacy. The Confederate capital was moved to Richmond for strategy purposes like good location. -
First Battle of Bull Run is the first major land battle of the Civil War. Its outcome sent northerners who had expected a quick victory and gave southerners a false hope that they themselves could pull off a swift victory. -
Davis was elected President of the Confederate States of America. He had already been serving as a temporary president for almost a year. He ran against nobody and got elected for a 6 year term. -
Battle of the Merrimack and Monitor, naval engagement at Hampton Roads, Virginia. It was a harbor at the mouth of the James River, notable as history's first duel between ironclad warships and the beginning of a new era of naval warfare. -
The Battle of Shiloh was one of the major early battles of the Civil War. The battle began when the Confederate Army launched a surprise attack on Union forces under General Ulysses S. -
The Confederate forces were renamed the Army of Northern Virginia. Robert E. Lee assumed command, in a battle to defend the city of Richmond from Union forces. -
The Battle of Antietam was an extremely deadly one-day battle. It showed that the Union could stand against the Confederate army. It gave Lincoln the confidence to issue the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation while everyone was feeling strong. -
The Battle of Fredericksburg was a major defeat for the Union. The Union vastly outnumbered the Confederates and they suffered over twice as many casualties. This battle was important because it showed the low point of the war for the Union. -
The Emancipation Proclamation is a famous document even today. The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free." Lincoln was behind this. -
The Richmond Bread Riot, started by food deprivation during the Civil War. The Richmond Bread Riot was the largest civil disturbance in the Confederacy during the war. -
The Battle of Chancellorsville was a victory for the Confederacy. It is known for being the battle where “Stonewall” Jackson wounded significantly. -
The battle of Gettysburg was the largest battle in the Civil War. It was a Union victory. Gettysburg ended Confederate General Robert E. Lee's ambitious second quest to invade the North and bring the Civil War to a swift end. -
The Confederacy is torn in two. General John C. Pemberton surrenders to Union General Ulysses S. Grant in Vicksburg. -
Congress passed a law making all men between 20 and 45 years of age liable for military service. The government attempted to enforce the draft in NYC and it caused extreme riots and got very intense. -
President Lincoln was asked to deliver a message at the dedication of the Gettysburg Civil War Cemetery on November 19, 1863. The featured speaker for the occasion was Edward Everett, a former dean of Harvard University, and one of the most famous orators of his day. He spoke for two hours -
Atlanta was important and used for its good location. It was used as a center for military operations and as a supply route by the Confederate army. Union troops captured the city in 1864. -
Citizens in the North voted and really liked the leadership and policies of President Abraham Lincoln so they elect him to a second term. With his re-election, any hope for a negotiated settlement with the Confederacy vanished. -
Union General Sherman's March to the Sea campaign begins. He begins his expedition across Georgia by torching the industrial section of Atlanta and pulling away from his supply lines. -
The House passes the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery in America. The amendment read, “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude… shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.” -
Congress passed “An Act to establish a Bureau for the Relief of Freedmen and Refugees” to provide things for displaced Southerners. They provided food, shelter, clothing, medical services, and land to them, including newly freed African Americans -
Lincoln made his second inaugural address. He talked about forgiveness, the North and South, staying that they need to stick together. -
In Appomattox Court House, Robert E. Lee surrenders his Confederate troops to Union General Ulysses S. Grant, basically ending the American Civil War. He sent a message to Grant announcing his willingness to surrender. -
President Lincoln was at Ford's Theatre in DC and John Wilkes Booth entered the box where Lincoln was. Booth then shot the president and when Lincoln leaned forward in pain, Booth leaped onto the stage and escaped through the back door. -
John Wilkes Booth is killed when Union soldiers track him down to a Virginia farm 12 days after he assassinated President Abraham Lincoln.
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