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Presidential election of 1860
Where Abraham Lincoln won with 180 electroal votes -
South Carolina succeeds from the Union
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Forming of the Confederate States of America
Was a succession of seven states to form the Confederacy -
Lincoln’s first inaugural address
He appealed for the preservation of the Union and to retain his support in the North without further alienating the South -
Battle of Fort Sumter
Confederacy captures Fort Sumter beginning of the American Civil War Confederacy wins -
Sacking of Lawrence, Kansas by Confederates
Confederate guerrilla group led by William Quantrill on the Unionist town of Lawrence, Kansas. -
First) Battle of Bull Run (Manassas)
It was the first major battle of the Civil War and resulted in a Confederate victory -
Jefferson Davis appointed president of Confederacy
He ran unopposed and was elected to serve for a six-year term -
First battle of ironclads
The major significance of the battle is that it was the first meeting in combat of ironclad warships, the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia -
Battle of Shiloh
Was a battle fought in the western theater of the American Civil War and was won by the Union -
Siege of New Orleans by Union
Naval action by Union forces seeking to capture the city during the American Civil War was considered one of the worst disasters suffered by the Confederacy in the western theater of the war. Union victory -
(Second) Battle of Bull Run
t was much larger in scale and in the number of casualties than the First Battle of Bull Run resulting in a confederate win -
Battle of Antietam
Tactically inconclusive; Union strategic victory -
Emancipation Proclamation
an executive order issued by President Lincoln freeing slaves in all portions of the United States not then under Union control -
Battle of Vicksburg (siege)
Entrapping a Confederate army under Lt. Gen. John Pemberton. Vicksburg surrendered after prolonged siege operations. Union victory -
Battle of Gettysburg
is considered the turning point of the Civil War. Gen. Robert E. Lee's defeat by the Army of the Potomac forced his Confederate forces to retreat confederacy -
Draft Riots begin in New York City
widely regarded as the culmination of working-class discontent with new laws passed by Congress that year to draft men to fight in the Civil War -
54th Massachusetts Colored Infantry in combat
The unit was the first African-American regiment organized in the northern states during the Civil War. They were allowed to vote thanks to an equal rights bill passed in 1864 -
First Successful Submarine Attack of the Civil War
the first combat submarine to sink an enemy warship, by the confederacy, it altered naval warfare forever. -
Battle of the wilderness Virginia
first battle of Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's against Gen. Robert E. Lee and the Confederate Army was inconclusiveness cause union continued with offense -
Fall of Atlanta, Georgia
William Tecumseh Sherman overwhelmed and defeated Confederate forces defending the city -
Lincoln wins a second term
Was an election against Lincoln and former General George B. McCellan -
Sherman's Army of Georgia arrives at Savannah, Georgia
Sherman intended to “make Georgia howl,” a plan that was approved by President Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant, general-in-chief of the Union armies. -
Assault and capture of Fort Fisher, North Carolina
A successful assault by the Union Army against Fort Fisher, south of Wilmington, North Carolina -
Lincoln’s 2nd inaugural address
where Lincoln took the oath during the final days of the Civil War and only a month before he was assassinated. -
Battle of Appomattox Courthouse (Lee surrenders)
General Robert E. Lee surrendered his Army of Northern Virginia to Union and the resulting Battle of Appomattox Court House, which lasted only a few hours, effectively brought the civil war to an end -
Lincoln assassinated
President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth at Our American Cousin play at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C. -
Sherman’s troops occupy Fayetteville, NC
The Union Army captured and destroyed the Confederate arsenal -
Gettysburg Address
The most famous speech ever given by President Abraham Lincoln about his eulogy on the slain president,
