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Presidential Election of 1860
Lincoln, the Republican candidate, won because the Democratic party was split over slavery. As a result, the South no longer felt like it has a voice in politics and a number of states seceded from the Union. -
Southern Carolina secedes from Union
When Lincoln became president the south became scared that he would set the slaves free,so they held a convention in Columbia,then moved it to Charleston.S.C was they first to secede from the Union -
Forming of Confederate States of America
the Forming of Confederate States of Americawas composed of the 11 Southern states that seceded from the United States in order to preserve slavery and states' rights. It was dissolved in 1865 after being defeated in the American Civil War. -
Lincoln’s first inaugural address
the speech was about the policies and desires towards the 7 States that seceded to the confederate states of america,arguments in the Union and the promise he made not to attack first and any arms used against the U.S. would be met -
Battle of Fort Sumter
- The Battle of Fort Sumter was in Charleston harbor in south Carolina,its important because it was the first battle of the civil war. -The cause was because the south states seceded firm the Union.they conceited themselves independent . -The South won
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(First) Battle of Bull Run (Manassas)
- This was the first major battle of the Civil War
- both sides were ill-prepared and it ended the shared delusion of a "six-months" war.
- This was the first major battle of the Civil War
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Jefferson Davis appointed president of Confederacy
jefferson Davis was elected president, not of the United States of America but of the Confederate States of America. He ran unopposed and was elected to serve for a six-year term. -
First battle of ironclads
-The Battle of Hampton Roads, aka the Battle of the Ironclads
-Was fought near Hampton Roads, Virginia. It is the most famous naval battle of the American Civil War, pitting the nation’s first ironclad ships against each other. -
Battle of Shiloh
was a battle in Tennessee where the union gained greater control over the Mississippi River Valley -
Siege of New Orleans by Union
the naval action by Union forces seeking to capture the city during the American civil war
The Confederate naval forces and the command of Fort Jackson & Fort St. Philip were led by Major General Mansfield Lovell. The capture of New Orleans was a great victory for the Union, which gained the North military, tactical, economic and political control of the of the lower Mississippi River. -
(Second) Battle of Bull Run
-The Second Battle of Bull Run (Second Battle of Manassas) was fought August 28–30, 1862, during the American Civil War. 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.
- the Confederates win -
Battle of Antietam
civil war battle in which the North succeeded in halting Lee's confederate forces in Maryland .
- was the bloodiest battle of the war resulting in 25,000 casualties -
Emancipation Proclamation
The emancipation proclamation declared all salves in confederate territory free.
This weakened the south and made the civil war into a war of liberation. -
54th Massachusetts Colored Infantry in combat
First African American Regimen successfully defended for wagner -
Battle of Vicksburg (siege)
The Union won
The final major military action in the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War. -
Sacking of Lawrence, Kansas by Confederates
Two governments were formed in Kansas in order to try to control the territory; Topeka (Anti-Slavery) and Shawnee Mission (Pro-Slavery) -
Battle of Gettysburg
A large battle in the American Civil War, took place in southern Pennsylvania from July 1 to July 3, 1863.
the Union won -
Draft Riots begin in New York City
July 1863 German and Irish immigrants burned draft offices, sacked homes of influential Republicans, and attacked police. They lynched a bunch of African Americans, drove black families away from their homes and burned down the Colored Orphan Asylum. -
Gettysburg Address
The speech was about encouraging people to take action ,honoring those who died in the Gettysburg Battle and reuniting the North and the south -
First Successful Submarine Attack of the Civil War
The Civil War also saw the first submarine to successfully sink its target, the 40-foot-long Hunley , which was operated by eight men turning a hand crank attached to her propeller shaft. -
Battle of the wilderness Virginia
was thee second battle fought in the wilderness near Chancellorsville ,Virginia
There as o clear winner but the battle served to deplete the Army of Northern Virginia -
Fall of Atlanta, Georgia
Gem. Sherman leads army of the North and takes the city of Atlanta
- which helps Lincoln win the election
There was no clear winner
but as a result the city burned to the ground -
Lincoln wins a second term
He won the second election because the Union won a huge victory -
Sherman's Army of Georgia arrives at Savannah, Georgia
Sherman's army was called the Military Division of the Mississippi
Sherman had over 100K solders and Hood had 50K troops
Hood was defeated by Sherman
When Atlanta falls, Sherman decides it's time to practice total warfare. -
Assault and capture of Fort Fisher, North Carolina
confederate fort, protected port in Wilmington, captured by union siege fought from December 23-27, 1864, was a failed attempt by Union forces to capture the fort guarding Wilmington, North Carolina, the South's last major port on the Atlantic Ocean. -
Lincoln’s 2nd inaugural address
Lincoln's second inaugural address was about assuring \ the South that the North would be kind in reuniting the North and South after the war... -
Sherman’s troops occupy Fayetteville, NC
He led the union army through Georgia, SC, and into NC where he occupied Fayetteville, defeated Gen. Johnson and held peace negotiations at Bennett Place -
Battle of Appomattox Courthouse (Lee surrenders)
~one of the last battles
~Lee retreated west, hoping to meet up w/ confed. of NC ~Union cut him off attempted to break through union backed up by 2 corps. of union infantry surrendered -
Lincoln assassinated
Shortly after reelection and end of war, Lincoln was shot and killed by John Wilkes Booth in Ford's Theater.
