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Licoln wins the 1860 election
Abraham Lincoln finds a way to win the election despite not even being on ballots in any southern states -
South Carolina says Bye Felicia
South Carolina becomes the first official slave state to secede from the united states of america -
Forming of the Confederacy
By February 1861, 7 Southern states had seceded. On February 4 of that year, reps from South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia and Louisiana met in Montgomery with reps from Texas arriving later, to form the Confederate States of America -
Jefferson Davis becomes president of the CSA
Jefferson Davis becomes president of the CSA and will hold this spot throughout the Civil War -
Lincoln's inaugrual address
Lincoln gives his speech before taking the office of the president -
Battle of Fort Sumter
The battle that started the civil war, and won by the Confederacy -
(first) battle of bull run
One of the first major battles in the War, also doubling as the first win for the Union -
Battle of Shiloh
A battle fought in Tennessee, during which the Confederacy launched an attack and pushed the Union soldiers WAAAYYYY back. The Union soldiers however, launched a counter offensive and took the victory -
Siege of New Orleans
Battle of New Orleans, naval action by Union forces seeking to capture the city during the American Civil War. The permanent loss of New Orleans was considered one of the worst disasters suffered by the Confederacy in the western theatre of the war. -
Second battle of Manassas
The Second Battle of Manassas was fought in Prince William County, Virginia, as part of the American Civil War. The battle was won by the Confederacy. -
Battle of Antietam
The Battle of Antietam, also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg, particularly in the Southern United States, was a battle of the American Civil War. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Lincoln Issues the Emancipation Proclamation. One month later, after the qualified Union victory in the Battle of Antietam, Lincoln issued a preliminary proclamation warning that in all states still in rebellion on January 1, 1863, he would declare their slaves “then, thenceforward, and forever free.” -
Battle of Vicksburg
In the summer of 1863, Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's Army of the Tennessee converged on Vicksburg on the Mississippi River, investing the city and trapping a Confederate army under Lt. Gen. John Pemberton. Grant's Vicksburg campaign was one of the most brilliant of the war. -
Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg, fought from July 1 to July 3, 1863, is considered the most important engagement of the American Civil War. After a great victory over Union forces at Chancellorsville, General Robert E. Lee marched his Army of Northern Virginia into Pennsylvania in late June 1863. -
New York Draft Riots
The New York City draft riots, known at the time as Draft Week, were violent disturbances in Lower Manhattan, widely regarded as the culmination of working-class discontent with new laws passed by Congress that year to draft men to fight in the ongoing American Civil War. -
Gettysburg Address
In November 1863, President Abraham Lincoln was invited to deliver remarks, which later became known as the Gettysburg Address, at the official dedication ceremony for the National Cemetery of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania, on the site of one of the bloodiest and most decisive battles of the Civil War. -
First sub attack
The H. L. Hunley, was a submarine of the Confederacy. Hunley demonstrated the advantages and the dangers of undersea warfare. She was the first combat submarine to sink a warship (USS Housatonic) -
Battle of the Wilderness Virginia
The Battle of the Wilderness, fought May 5–7, 1864, was the first battle of Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's 1864 Virginia Overland Campaign against Gen. Robert E. Lee and the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War -
The Fallout of Atlanta
In the spring of 1864, the Confederate Army of Tennessee, commanded by General Joseph E. Johnston, was entrenched near the city of Dalton, Georgia. In early May, 1864, Union forces under the command of Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman began the Atlanta Campaign. -
Lincoln wins re-election
On this day in 1864, Northern voters overwhelmingly endorse the leadership and policies of President Abraham Lincoln when they elect him to a second term. With his re-election, any hope for a negotiated settlement with the Confederacy vanished. -
Assault and Capture of Fort Fisher
The Second Battle of Fort Fisher was a successful assault by the Union Army, Navy and Marine Corps against Fort Fisher, south of Wilmington, North Carolina. -
Shermans troops occupy Fayetteville
Invading North Carolina, Sherman's army occupied Fayetteville, Mar. 11-14, 1865, destroying the Confederate Arsenal, which stood 1 mile wide -
Battle of Appomattox Court House
On April 9, 1865, near the town of Appomattox Court House, Virginia, Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his Army of Northern Virginia to Union General Ulysses S. Grant. But the resulting Battle of Appomattox Court House, which lasted only a few hours, effectively brought the four-year Civil War to an end. -
Lincoln Assassination
Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, was assassinated by well-known stage actor John Wilkes Booth, while attending the play Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C.
