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Lincoln gave a speech at Cooper Union in New York City. Lincoln delivered an argument against the spread of slavery and he quickly became an overnight star and a leading candidate for the upcoming presidential election. -
Abraham Lincoln visited the Five Points, the most notorious slum in America. He spent time with children at a Sunday school, and an account of his visit later appeared in newspapers during his presidential campaign. -
- this mail route would improve (increase the speed) of the communication between large areas of land (the north and south)
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Candidates did not actively participate in campaigning, though Lincoln's campaign used posters and other images to inform and win over voters.
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- He was elected on November 6 1860. It demonstrated the divisions within the United States just before the Civil War. The election was unusual because four strong candidates competed for the presidency.
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South Carolina senator resigns his seat shorty after Lincoln was elected president. -
South Carolina senator James Henry Hammond resigned his seat in the U.S senate after Lincoln was elected. -
On this day, a secession convention meeting in Charleston, South Carolina, unanimously adopted an ordinance dissolving the connection between South Carolina and the United States of America. -
This compromise was created by John J. Crittenden who came up with the idea that he claimed would end the arguments over slavery and avoid the war between the North and South. -
South Carolina became the first state to secede from the federal Union on December 20, 1860. The victory of Abraham Lincoln in the 1860 presidential election triggered this. -
on Jan 2, 1861, South Carolina troops seize Fort Johnson in Charleston Harbor -
on Jan 3, 1861, Georgia State troops seize Fort Pulaski. -
Jacob Thompson of Mississippi - the Secretary of the Interior and last Southern member of President James Buchanan's Cabinet - resigns -
meeting in which was to consider whether Virginia should secede from the United States. Its 152 delegates, a majority of whom were Unionist, had been elected -
Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated as the president of the United States. He becomes the 16th president of the United States. -
On April 11th the confederates demanded the surrendering of Fort Sumter. -
A day after the demanded surrender, the confederates in Charleston bombarded Fort Sumter. -
on April 13, a day after the invasion, Fort Sumter surrenders to Confederate forces -
Federal troops burn the U.S. Arsenal at Harpers Ferry to prevent it from falling into the hands of secessionists. The Confederates are nonetheless able to seize valuable military supplies when they occupy Harpers Ferry -
President Lincoln declares a blockade of the southern ports. -
fought April 6–7, 1862, in southwestern Tennessee. The battle is named after a small church in the vicinity. it was the Confederacy's best chance at holding off the Union army and keeping them out of Mississippi. -
on may 5, 1862 the battle of Williamsburg, VA occured.
It was the first pitched battle of the Peninsula Campaign, in which nearly 41,000 Federals and 32,000 Confederates were engaged, fighting an inconclusive battle that ended with the Confederates continuing their withdrawal. -
on May 20th Lincoln signed the Homestead Act (any adult citizen, or intended citizen, who had never borne arms against the U.S. government could claim 160 acres of surveyed government land. Claimants were required to live on and “improve” their plot by cultivating the land.) -
two-day battle, in which Confederate attacks were repulsed, fought 6 miles (10 km) east of the Confederate capital at Richmond, Virginia. -
Lee took command of the Army of Northern Virginia in June 1862 during the Peninsula Campaign after the Joseph E. Johnston was wounded. -
Although the battle was minor, it was the only attempt to capture Charleston by land during the war. Later Union efforts to capture the city would focus on the outer forts defending the harbor. The Confederate victory provided useful propaganda, increased morale in Charleston, and offset recent Confederate losses elsewhere. -
Lincoln signs and endorsed a law prohibiting slavery in United States territories (western) -
July 22 - President Lincoln presents the Emancipation Proclamation to his Cabinet -
The Battle of Antietam was fought in western Maryland. It becomes known as "America's Bloodiest Day." -
Lincoln orders that Major General George McClellan be replaced with Ambrose Burnside as commander of the Army of the Potomac -
on the first of January the act that was presented to the cabinet months prior was put into effect to free all slaves and put an end to slavery. -
authorizing the Treasury to issue $100,000,000 in new notes in order to pay Union soldiers and sailors. President Lincoln also calls for regulation of the national currency -
Jackson was hit by two bullets in his left arm, which was then amputated. Eight days later Jackson died of complications from pneumonia. he was shot by his own men -
First assault on Vicksburg, Mississippi. Grant made a hasty reconnaissance of the Vicksburg defenses and ordered an assault. Of his three corps, however, only one was in proper position to make the attack -
It cut off the Trans-Mississippi Department from the rest of the Confederate States, effectively splitting the Confederacy in two for the rest of the war. Lincoln called Vicksburg "the key to the war." -
West Virginia joins the Union making them the 35th state. U.S. President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed the admission of West Virginia into the Union effective June 20, 1863. -
the beginning of the battle of Gettysburg started on July 1st. Robert E. Lee launched his second invasion of the Northern states. -
would give the North a major morale boost and put a definitive end to Confederate General Robert E. Lee's bold plan to invade the North -
Robert E. Lee offers to resign as commander of the Army of Northern Virginia. offer gets declines due to the fact that if would be a huge disadvantage and discouragement. -
Lincoln calls for 300,000 additional volunteers to join the army. setting the union at a major advantage point. -
Southern navy captures U.S. gunboat Underwriter but is forced to burn and flee -
Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley sinks the USS Housatonic -
The motto "In God We Trust" first stamped on U.S. coins. country that is based around mainly Christianity. -
Abraham Lincoln nominated for a second term as U.S. President in which he later wins and continues to run the US -
George McClellan accepts nomination as Democratic candidate for President and takes role. -
about 25 Confederate soldiers based in Canada raided the town of St. Albans, Vt., killed one man, robbed three banks, and then retreated to Canadian territory. -
Abraham Lincoln won a second term as president, defeating General George McClellan in the election of 1864. -
Battle of Bull's Gap, Tennessee - confederate victory - confederates attacked first. -
Battle of Spring Hill, Tennessee was located in Spring Hill, Tennessee, as part of the Franklin-Nashville Campaign of the American Civil War. -
Confederates are forced to evacuate Savannah, Georgia after union forces them out on December 20th -
Fort Fisher resulted in a Confederate victory and a Union defeat. While the Union assault had succeeded in neutralizing a few of the fort's many guns, the defensive works of Fort Fisher remained largely intact. -
Union and Confederate officials meet. They meet to discuss peace and hopefully put a resolve to this war considering the fact that it was destroying the country. -
on March 6 Lincoln appoints Hugh McCulloch as United States Secretary of the Treasury. -
on March 13 Jefferson Davis signs law authorizing black men to serve in Confederate Army. although some of them were serving already as slaves, this made them free men serving. -
The Battle of Appomattox Court House was fought on April 9, 1865, near the town of Appomattox Court House, Virginia, and led to Confederate General Robert E. Lee's surrender of his Army of Northern Virginia to Union General Ulysses S. Grant. -
on April 9 Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomattox Court House -
Assassinated by John Wilkes Booth (popular actor) was planning on killing Lincoln to give the confederacy another chance. -
The pursuit of Davis resulted largely from the U.S. War Department's false assumption that he was complicit in the assassination of Lincoln. -
on November 10 a War criminal Henry Wirz was hanged and was convicted of conspiracy and murder. -
on December 6 Georgia becomes the 27th state to ratify the 13th Amendment, abolishing slavery in the United States -
Winchester, Virginia | Dedicated in 1866, this cemetery contains the remains of over 2,000 Confederate soldiers killed in nearby battles -
Natchez, Mississippi | This cemetery houses some of the first Union internments in the original cemetery, created in 1866. -
new southern state legislatures passed restrictive “Black Codes” to control the labor and behavior of former enslaved people and other African Americans. -
Anti-Chinese sentiments result in riots in Seattle, Washington. -
The Clay County Savings Association was robbed by the James-Younger gang on Febuary 13th, 1866. Jesse James, his brother Frank, and the Younger brothers, Jim, Bob, and Cole robbed banks and trains to protest the Confederacy losing the Civil War. -
The first train load of oranges leaves Los Angeles via the transcontinental railroad. represents the start of a revolution in the sense of connections through transportation. -
on march 13 The United States Congress overwhelmingly passes the Civil Rights Act of 1866. "without distinction of race or color, or previous condition of slavery or involuntary servitude." -
U.S. President Andrew Johnson vetoes the bill on March 27 -
Congress overrides the veto (prior made by Andrew Johnson) on April 9. -
in Summer 1866 the Grand Army of the Republic, an organization of Union veterans, was formed. -
newly enfranchised Black people gained a voice in government for the first time in American history, winning election to southern state legislatures and even to the U.S. Congress. -
Christopher Scholes invents the prototype for the modern typewriter. representing the spark in new modern technology. -
Nebraska becomes a state (joins the union) on march 1st -
Setting up five military districts in the South, each under the direction of a presidentially-appointed military commander. -
on March 17, 1867 The annual parade for St. Patrick's Day in New York City was marred by violent clashes. In the following years, the tone of the parade was changed and it became a symbol of the emerging political power of the New York Irish. -
Johnson vetoes the Second Reconstruction Act, which orders military commanders to call elections in the South. Congress overrides Johnson's veto that very day. -
The purchase of Alaska occured in March 30th 1867 from russia for 7.2 mil -
Johnson vetoes the Third Reconstruction Act, which spells out election procedures in the South and reasserts congressional control over Reconstruction. Congress again overrides Johnson's veto on the same day the President delivers it. -
Johnson asks Secretary of War (and Radical Republican) Edwin Stanton to resign. The two disagree over Reconstruction plans; Stanton refuses. -
Johnson suspends Secretary Stanton from his position and commissions Ulysses S. Grant as ad interim secretary of war.