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The Senator of Missiippi Jeefferson Davis performs a famous speech about the ambitions he has to grow slavery and protect slave owners. -
Lincoln gives the Cooper Union Address Speech at the Cooper Union in the New York City. -
From April 3rd, 1860 to October 26th, 1861 between Missouri and California the Pony express operated as the first American horse-based mailing service. During it's operations they were able to reduce the time for messages to travel between the east and west US coast to ab out 10 days the only issue with the pony express is that during their 18 months of operation they went bankrupt because the faster telegram service was established. -
Abe Lincoln wins the Republican Party presidential nomination and was able to beat William H. Seward. -
The US government established the Government Printing Office, which allows for a smoother environment within the government as they now don't have to use another printing office. -
Abraham Lincoln wins the 1860 election and his Vice President Andrew Johnson are elected. Lincoln would beat John C. Breckinridge and this would further put division between the North and South. -
President James Buchanan sent his State of Union Address to the United States Congress. This address is an annual message delivered by the president of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress near the beginning of each calendar year on the current condition of the nation. -
The first ever Secession Convention is held in South Carolina. This is due to the winning of Abraham Lincoln in the election and his plan to end slavery -
The Current President of 1860 James Buchanan fires his entire Cabinet and this is because Abraham Lincoln is going to become the new president. -
After the election of Abraham Lincoln, South Carolina feels threatens to leave the union and actually ends up leaving the Union. -
Mississippi is the 2nd state to officially secede from the Union. -
Florida is the 2nd state to officially secede from the Union. -
Alabama is the 4th state to officially secede from the Union -
Georgia is the 5th state to officially secede from the Union after the succession from South Carolina, Mississippi and Florida. -
Louisiana secedes from the Union as the 6th state to officially leave and was the last to leave during the January month. -
With the 6 states that have currently left the Union form the Confederate states of America. -
Fort Sumter was a sea fort that was built on an artificial island and protected Charleston, South Carolina from possible naval invasion. By 1861 49 years after the War of 1812, it was still incomplete. For the 33 hours that the Confederates took fire on the Union-occupied territory, 4,000 shells were fired and no one was killed however minor injuries were suffered. -
Robert E. Lee denied the offered to join the Union and decides to join the Confederacy, this isn't because he supported the idea, but rather was loyal to his home state of Virginia. -
Union forces under General Irvin McDowell try to flank Confederate positioning and were forced to turn back. Which result in the first ever battle of the Civil War result in a Confederate victory. -
Jeffereson Davis is elected as the first ever president of the Confederate States of America. -
First major Union Victory at Fort Henry and would fall under Union Control. -
The Battle of Shiloh was an early battle in the Western Theater of the American Civil War, fought April 6–7, 1862, in southwestern Tennessee. The battle was named after the Church in the area they fought in which resulted in Union Victory. -
Huge naval battle and had the first ever battle of ironclads which completely changed naval warfare. Major Union victory. -
It was a two-day battle in the Peninsular Campaign, in which Confederate attacks were repulsed, fought 6 miles east of the Confederates Capital of Richmond Virginia. This could have lead to the capture of the Capital however McClellan still lead the Union Army. -
This act offered government incentives to assist “men of talent, men of character, men who are willing to invest” in developing the nation's first transcontinental rail line. -
The Second Battle of Bull Run or Battle of Second Manassas was fought August 28–30, 1862, in Prince William County, Virginia, as part of the American Civil War resulting in Confederate Victory -
Was claimed to be the bloodiest battle of the Civil War and resulted over 20,000 casualties. -
Lincoln issued a preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, this threatened that any union state must free all the enslaved people in the states in rebellion if those states did not return to the Union by January 1, 1863. -
After the congressional mid-term elections, U.S. president Abraham Lincoln relieved Union general George B. McClellan Lincoln stated that McClellan had the "slows" which was his reason for his removal. -
This battle was fought from December 11–15, 1862, in and around Fredericksburg, Virginia, in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War. Union Victory -
Lincoln issues the final Emancipation Proclamation, officially allowing black soldiers and sailors into Union forces this would provide a huge advantage to the Union in the war as they now had access to even more willing and able men to fight. -
Cherokee Nation abolishes slavery and states that they will support the Union. -
Confederates were victorious at the Battle of Chancellorsville, however Stonewall Jackson is fatally wounded by one of his own men. -
Stonewall Jackson dies due to infection caused by the bullet wound from his own soldier. -
General Robert E. Lee launches his second invasion in North, and sends over (75000 Confederates) which will lead to Gettysburg. -
Confederates are defeated swiftly in a three day battle, this is a huge win for the Union and would be one of the turning points of the war. -
Tennessee Confederate Army lead by Braxton Bragg's defeats a Union force commanded by General William Rosecrans. -
Lincoln makes one of his most famous speeches in two minutes at a ceremony that dedicated the battlefields fought on for the dead soldiers to be remembered and have their deaths not be in vain. -
General Ulysses S Grant defeats the Confederates ending the rebel Siege of Chattanooga which was a grueling two day battle. -
Lincoln offers his conciliatory plan for reunification of the United States with his Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction. During this point in the civil war he needed to make some points about the preliminary plans for the postwar reconstruction of the nation. -
One of the worst ever prison camps to open up during the Civil War near Andersonville, Georgia. -
Which was Confederate Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's spring 1862 campaign through the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia during the American Civil War. -
Congress passes the punitive Wade-Davis Bill, which was a bill "to guarantee to certain States whose governments have been usurped or overthrown a republican form of government," proposed for the Reconstruction of the South. -
The Confederates made false advances towards Washington to spook Lincoln the high command. This is because Washington was heavily guarded already and tried to use this to psyche out Lincoln to make him think they were going to attack Washington. -
Union troops miss a possible opportunity to capture Petersburg and cut off Confederate rail lines that would have lead to the end of the Civil War -
General Sherman captures Atlanta, Georgia and he was able to destroy the Army of the Tennessee, capture Atlanta and cut off vital Confederate supply lines -
Lincoln defeats McClellan in the 1864 presidential election. -
Nevada became the 36th state on October 31, 1864, after telegraphing the Constitution of Nevada to the Congress days before the November 8 presidential election. -
This was a massacre of Cheyenne and Arapaho people by the U.S. Army in the American Indian Wars that occurred on November 29, 1864, when a 675-man force of the Third Colorado Cavalry under the command of U.S. Volunteers Colonel John Chivington attacked and destroyed a village of Cheyenne and Arapaho people in southeastern Colorado Territory, killing and mutilating an estimated 69 to over 600 Native American people. -
It was a two-day battle in the Franklin-Nashville Campaign that represented the end of large-scale fighting west of the coastal states in the American Civil War. -
This amendment abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime in the United States -
The state capital of Columbia, South Carolina, was captured by Union forces under Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman. Much of the city was burned, although it is not clear which side caused the fires. -
It was an agency of early Reconstruction, assisting freedmen in the South which was established by US congress. -
Allows for people of color to enlist in the army and it is signed by Jefferson Davis which allowed the south access to a bigger pool of soldiers as they were desperate. -
Petersburg and Richmond Fall under Union control and Richmond is completely evacuated by the Confederates, this will spell the end of the Civil War. -
Lee surrenders to Grant at the Appomattox Court House in Virginia, this would result in the final nail in the coffin as the Union have now officially won. -
Actor John Wilkes Booth assassinates Lincoln while attending the play Our American Cousin at Ford's Theater. Wilkes Booth was an actor which is why he was able to sneak up on Lincoln. It is also stated that his security left the premises to go drink after deeming the area "safe." -
After the death of Lincoln Andrew Johnson is quickly states as the new president. -
Sherman accepts the surrender of Confederate General Joe Johnston in North Carolina. The domino effect will continue as the southern generals will begin to surrender or flee down to South America. -
President of the Confederate States of America Jefferson Davis is captured under President Johnson, this is truly the end of the confederates. -
Declared all persons born in the United States to be citizens, "without distinction of race or color, or previous condition of slavery or involuntary servitude." -
The Memphis massacre of 1866 was a series of violent events that occurred from May 1 to 3, 1866 in Memphis, Tennessee. The racial violence was ignited by political and social racism following the American Civil War, in the early stages of Reconstruction. -
It was a big decision made by the US Supreme Court that the use of military tribunals to try civilians when civil courts are operating is unconstitutional. -
This granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States—including former enslaved people—and guaranteed all citizens “equal protection of the laws.” -
This act reduced the circuits from ten to nine, redrew their boundaries, and authorized the gradual reduction of Supreme Court seats from ten to seven. -
After the war, the state legislature ratified the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution on July 18, 1866, and was the first state readmitted to the Union on July 24, 1866. -
U.S. Congress passes legislation authorizing the rank of General of the Army Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant. Grant was the first person to receive this rank. -
The goal of the convention was to reconcile the Radical Republicans in Congress with the Reconstruction policies of President Andrew Johnson. -
President Johnson formally declares the end of the American Civil War over. -
The Republican Party wins in a landslide despite President Andrew Johnson's Swing Around the Circle tour. -
John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge opens up between Cincinnati, Ohio and Covington, Kentucky this became the longe st suspension bridge in the world at the time. The Bridge was orignally known as the Cinncinati Covington Bridge. -
Yellow fever kills 3,093 in New Orleans.At historic Fountain Point, Michigan, an artesian water spring gushes continuously until the present day. 1867–1873 – Chinese, Scandinavian and Irish immigrants lay 30,000 miles (48,000 km) of railroad tracks in the United States. Clarke School for the Deaf in Northampton, Massachusetts opens its doors for the first time, becoming the first school for the deaf in the -
Nebraska joins the US and is admitted as the 37th US state. They would be a huge benefit to the agriculture in the US and is best known for their corn production. -
A sioux and Cheyenne war party kills a US Second Lieutenant Lyman Kidder also along with an Indian scout and ten ten enlisted men in Kansas. This would later lead to the Removal of the Sioux and Cheyenne from Kansas. -
First elevated railroad is established in New York City and it begins operations. The idea of the elevated railroad system allows people to travel on foot or be vehicle without the obstruction of a train in the crammed environment that is NYC. -
The Harvard School of Dental Medicine is established and is the first dental school in the United States. This also contained the Public Health department and was located on a 21-acre campus in the Longwood Medical and Academic Area in Boston which was 3.3 miles south of Cambridge campus. -
US takes possession of Alaska from Russia paying 7.2 million dollars for the land. In today's money that is roughly $140,647,621.62 dollars the US spent to acquire that land. -
Native Americans sign a the Lodge treaty which forces the tribes to relocate to a reserved location in western Oklahoma. This was an agreement that was first made with the Kiowa and Comanche tribes the US government and tribal chiefs met in a traditional Native American ceremony location. -
In a New York City theater, the British author Charles Dickens, gives his first public reading in the United States. He is best known for writing the novels The Picwick Papers, Oliver Twist, and A Christmas Carol. -
49 People die on a train wreck in Angola New York thiswould be called the Angola Horror the train left on a December morning from Cleveland and was due to arrive in Buffalo New York at 1:30 p.m. John D Rocefeller actually planned to make this trip but arrived a few minutes early and avoided death. The last car plunged 40 feet into an ice covered slope passengers were immediately killed. -
The House Committee on Reconstruction reported resolution of impeachment against Johnson. House voted 126 to 47 to impeach Johnson of high crimes and misdemeanors. -
It was an agreement between the US and the Oglala, Miniconjou, and Brule brands of Lakota People which was to create the Great Sioux Reservation which provided the Indians food, clothing if they moved to the designated area. -
The first ever decoration day and is was issued by General John A. Logan. -
Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, North Carolina, and South Carolina are all readmitted to the U.S. This is the start of the patching of the US. -
Carved from sections of Dakota, Utah, and Idaho territories, Wyoming Territory came into existence by act of Congress on July 25, 1868. Wyoming would officially be declared a state. -
Ulysses S Grant wins the US presidential election of 1868 and beats Horatio Seymour in this election, he would go down as one of the presidents with the worse gambling addiction. -
Battle of Washita River: In the early morning, United States Army Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer leads an attack on a band of Cheyenne living on reservation land with Chief Black Kettle, killing 103 Cheyenne. -
President Andrew Johnson grants unconditional pardon to all Civil War rebels, however he does not pardon anyone who were war camp associates, this is because of the terrible environments the put Union POWs through at those camps. Even if they didn't do this, they were still guilty by association.