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Election of Lincoln
The Presidential election of 1860 was between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas. Abraham Lincoln represented the Republican party's presidential nomination. Douglas represented the northern, a large part of the Democratic party. Lincoln only got 40% of the popular vote, but still beat the three other candidates. After all that Abraham Lincoln become the 16th president. -
TX Secedes from Union
In 1861, Texas seceded from the union. Texas was the seventh state to secede. About 76% of the Texas poulation voted to seperate from the Union. On March 2, 1881, Texas became a part of The Confederate States of America. This is important to the Civil War because Texas was a big state that the North wanted on its side. -
Houston kicked out of office
On March 24,1861 Sam Houston was kicked out of office. This happened because Texas wanted to seceede from the Union, however, Sam Houston did not. Sam Houston did not want to seceede because he knew that the South would lose the Civil War. This would affect the Civil War because he good strategist using tactics from the Texas Revolution. -
Battle at Fort Sumter
April 10, General Beauregard of the Confederacy wanted the Union to surrender. Commander Anderson did not do it. On April 12 the Confederacy fired on Fort Sumter and the Union could not do anything about it. In the afternoon on April 13, Anderson surrendered Fort Sumter. This affects the Civil War because this was the fist battle in the American Civil War. -
Battle of Galveston
The Battle of Gavelston happened in the Galveston bay of Texas. The Union had formed a blockade so no confederate ships could get in. Their blockade failed so the Union fell back. This affected the Civil war because it was the most important port in Texas. -
Battle of Gettysburg
This event happened Jan 1-3, 1863 and cinsidered by many to be the turning point in the Civil War. The three day battle saw huge casualties on both sides estimated 46,000-51,000 men. The Confederate army led by General Robert E. Lee retreated while the North pushed on through the war. -
Battle of Sabine Pass
The Battle of Sabine Pass was a Confederate victory. The Union sent four gunboats and seven troop transports up the Sabine River with intentions of breaking the Confederate blockade. The small Confederate contention of 44 men used their cannon skills to capture over 200 Union men. -
Red River Campaign
The Red River Campaign went on from March 10 - May 22, 1864. The agricultural South had fought a long and hard against the industrial North, but the military prowess of the Confederates was not enough to match the resources of the North. The Red River Campaign included the largest combined Army-Navy operation of the war. This was important to the Civil War because it was the last Confederate victory of the war. -
End of Civil War
The Civil War ended when the Confederate General Robert E Lee surrendered on April 9, 1865. In a series of battles between Union Army lead by General Ulysses Grant and the South's General Lee, ending at Appomattox as the Confederate Army had been thinned and worn out. -
Battle of Palmito Ranch
The Battle of Palmito Ranch is the last battel of any significance of the American Civil War, The battle was fought on the banks of the Rio Grande River. The Battle happened on May 12–13, 1865. -
Juneteenth
Juneteenth is a celebration of the ending of slavery in America. Dating back to 1865, it was on June 19th that the Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed at Galveston, Texas with news that the war had ended and that the enslaved were now free. Note that this was two and a half years after President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation - which had become official January 1, 1863. -
Reconstruction Ends
The Reconstruction of the Southern United States was directed by Congress and its focus was the the reconstruction of state and society in the South. From 1863-1865, President Lincoln and Andrew Johnson agreed to bring the South back to normal. The Reconstruction ended on January 10, 1876.
