civil war jeff drake

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  • Compromise of 1850

  • Dred Scott v. Sanford 1857

    that a slave was not a citizen but property

  • Lincon-douglas debates 1858

    first national debet over slavery

  • Mississippi Secession

    Mississippi secedes from the Union.

  • Presidential election 1860

  • South Carolina First to Secede

  • Florida Secession

    Florida secedes from the Union.

  • Georgia Secession

    Georgia secedes from the Union.

  • Louisiana Secession

    Louisiana secedes from the Union.

  • Texas Secession

    Texas secedes from the Union.

  • Confederacy

  • Confederate Constitution Signed

    The Constitution of the Confederate States of America is signed in Montgomery, Alabama.

  • Civil War Begins

    Confederate forces under General P.G.T. Beauregard bombard Major Robert Anderson and his Union soldiers at Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina. The Civil War officially begins.

  • fort sumter

    Surroundin area taken over by SC, except fort sumter

  • Virginia Secession

    Virginia secedes from the Union.

  • North Carolina Secession

  • Lincoln Requests Army

    Lincoln addresses Congress and requests the enlistment of a Union Army. Congress authorizes a call for 500,000 men. It is clear now that the war will not be short.

  • Robert E. Lee Assumes Command

    General Robert E. Lee assumes command of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.

  • Preliminary Emancipation

    Lincoln issues a preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, which declares his intention to free all slaves in any new territory captured by the Union Army.

  • Emancipation proclamation

    Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation. It frees all slaves in territory captured by the Union Army, and orders the enlistment of black soldiers. From this point forward, the Civil War is a war over slavery.

  • Gettysburg

    From July 1 to July 4, the Union Army under General Meade defeats Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. One of the bloodiest battles of the war, Gettysburg is a turning point, and marks the farthest advance of the Confederate Army into northern territory.

  • Vicksburg

    Far to the West on the Mississippi River, General Ulysses S. Grant takes Vicksburg after a long siege. At this point, the Union controls the entire river, cutting the Confederacy in two.

  • Battle of Nashville

    The Confederate Army of the Tennessee is crushed by the Union Army of the Cumberland in Nashville. The war in the West is nearly over.

  • Thirteenth Amendment Ends Slavery

    The Thirteenth Amendment is ratified by the States. Slavery is abolished.

  • Fall of Richmond

    The Union Army captures Richmond, Virginia, which is nearly leveled by shelling and fire.

  • Lincoln Shot

    Abraham Lincoln is shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C.

  • Lee Surrenders

    General Robert E. Lee surrenders to General Ulysses S. Grant in a farmhouse in the town of Appomattox Court House, Virginia. The war is over.

  • Lincoln Dies by Assassination

    Lincoln does not regain consciousness after being shot. He dies from his wound.

  • Johnston Surrenders

    General Joe Johnston, leading the largest Confederate Army still in existence, surrenders in North Carolina.

  • Slavery Abolished

    The Thirteenth Amendment is ratified by the States. Slavery is abolished.