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November 6, 1860, Lincoln was elected the 16th president of the United States.
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South Carolina became the first slave state in the south to declare that it had seceded from the United States.
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States formed the Confederate States of America.
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Also known as the First Battle of Manassas, was fought on July 21, 1861 in Prince William County, Virginia.
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Fort Sumter is a sea fort in Charleston, South Carolina, notable for two battles of the American Civil War.
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Had been elected Vice President, under the Provisional Confederate States Constitution, were elected to six-year terms (February 22, 1862 – February 22, 1868) as the first permanent President and Vice President
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Also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg, particularly in the Southern United States, was fought on September 17, 1862.
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As fought on July 18, 1863, during the American Civil War. Union Army troops commanded by Brig. Called the second Battle of Fort Wagner.
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A presidential proclamation and executive order issued by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
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The battle involved the largest number of casualties of the entire war and is often described as the war's turning point. Was fought in and around Gettysburg.
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Defensive lines surrounding the fortress city of Vicksburg, Mississippi. The final major military action in the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War.
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Near the town of Appomattox Court House, Virginia, Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his Army of Northern Virginia to Union General Ulysses S. This lasted only a few hours, effectively brought the four-year Civil War to an end.