Civil war time-line

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  • Jefferson Davis inaugurated as President of Confederate States of America

    Jefferson Davis was inaugurated as the first and only president of the Confederate States of America after the South seceded.

  • Fort Sumter

    administration would be humiliated and the secessionists would be emboldened.

  • Election of 1860

    Lincoln wins, and he gets a majority of electoral votes but none from the South

  • First Battle of Bull Run

    Confederate victory and Federal forces retreated to the defenses of Washington, DC

  • Confederate States Form

    The secession of South Carolina was followed by the secession of six more states—Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas and four more states

  • Battle of Antietam

    the bloodiest day of the war

  • Battle of Shiloh

    Union troops to penetrate the Confederate interior.

  • Emancipation Proclamation

    A decree freeing all enslaved persons in states still in rebellion after January 1, 1863

  • Battle of Vicksburg

    the Union got control of the Mississippi River

  • Battle of Gettysburg

    the Union won, they had fought off an an-invaison -confederacy is now on defense

  • Gettysburg Address

    to commemorate a new National Cemetery at Gettysburg

  • Sherman's March to the Sea

    Total war Physical destruction of everything

  • Appomattox Court House

    The Appomattox Court House cultural landscape marks the beginning of the country's transition to peace and reunification following four years of Civil War

  • 13th Amendment

    Abolishes slavery in the United States

  • Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

    President Lincoln was assassinated April 14, 1885