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Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln:
Abraham Lincoln becomes the 16th president of the United States. In his inauguration speech Lincoln extended an “olive branch” to the South, but made it clear that he intended to enforce federal laws in the states that seceded. -
Election of abraham lincoln
seven states had seceded, and the Confederate States of America had been formally established, with Jefferson Davis as its elected president. One month later, the American Civil War began -
Confederate Constitution Adopted
delegates from South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas adopted the Permanent Constitution of the Confederate States of America. -
South Carolina Fires on Fort Sumter
The Confederates demanded surrender of the fort, but Major Robert Anderson, commander of Fort Sumter, refused.Confederate guns opened fire. For thirty-three hours, the shore shot 4,000 shells in the direction of the fort garrison inside the battered fort raised the white flag. -
Battle of Antietam
Generals Robert E. Lee and George McClellan faced off near Antietam creek in Sharpsburg, Maryland, in the the first battle of the American Civil War to be fought on northern soil. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham lincoln declared on January 1, 1863, all slaves in the rebellious states to be free . -
Battle of Gettysburg
the most important engagement of the American Civil War. Pickett’s Charge,” managed to pierce the Union lines but eventually failed, at the cost of thousands of rebel casualties -
13th amendment
Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction." -
Surrender at Appomattox:
Near Appomattox Court House, Virginia, Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his Army of Northern Virginia to Union General Ulysses -
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln:
John Wilkes Booth, a famous actor and Confederate sympathizer, assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C. The attack came only five days after Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his massive army at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, effectively ending the American Civil War. -
.Confederate Call for Troops
established a provisional volunteer army and gave control over military operations and authority for mustering state forces and volunteers to the Confederate president, Jefferson Davis, -
15th Amendment
granting African-American men the right to vote, was adopted into the 14U.S. Constitution on 1867 and March 30, 1870. Passed by Congress the year before and joined the communities of black and whites . -
14th Amendment
granted citizenship to all people born or brought in the United States which included former slaves recently freed. It also forbids states from denying any person "life, liberty or property, without due process of law" .