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  the south secedesThe south secedes in a electoral debate
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  battle of fort sumterA bombardment battle nerar Charleston, South Carolina.
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  The battle of shilohA major battle in the Western Theater of the American Civil War.
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  emancipation proclomation An executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln.
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  gettysburg addressA speech by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln and is a very well know speech.
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  Sherman’s March to the SeaSavannah Campaign conducted around Georgia by Maj. William Tecumseh Sherman of the Union Army in the American Civil War.
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  Surrender at Appomattox CourthouseThe final engagement of Confederate States Army General Robert E. Lee's Army of North Virginia.
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  The Assassination of President LincolnOn good Friday, John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at Washington D.C,