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Election in which Republican Lincoln and Democratic Breckinridge faced against each other
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First attack between the North and the South of the Civil War at Fort Sumter, South Carolina
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Document issued by President Lincoln which prohibited slavery in the Northern states
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legislation passed by the United States Congress to recruit manpower for the Union Army
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Suspended Habeas Corpus which regulated judicial proceedings in certain cases
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Considered on of the most important engagements in the Civil War and was fought at Gettysburg Pennsylvania.
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Speech given by Abraham Lincoln in dedication to the Soldier's National Cemetery for those who died at the Battle of Gettysburg
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Grant becomes the rival to Robert E. Lee and the Confederate Army after being promoted by President Lincoln
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Election between Lincoln and McCellan which resulted in the re-election of Abraham Lincoln
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Military campaign in which Gen. William Sherman trekked across Georgia burning everything in his path
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Amendment that officially abolished slavery in the United States
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Confederate Army officially surrenders to the Union at the Appomattox Courthouse in Virginia
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Abraham Lincoln is murdered by John Wilkes Booth in Ford's Theatre in Washington D.C.
