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Abraham Lincoln is re-elected
The election was held during the Civil war. Lincoln ran under the National Union Ticket against the democratic candidate George B. McClellan. He won the election with 55 percent of the votes. -
The Confederacy Falls
Transportation problems and successful blockades caused a lot of shortages of food and supplies in the South. Starving soldiers began to leave Lee's forces, and although President Jefferson Davis approved the arming of slaves as a means of augmenting the shrinking army, the measure was never put into effect. -
The Thirteenth Amendment
Passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, and ratified on December 6, 1865, the 13th amendment abolished slavery in the United States and provides that "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.". -
Sherman Marches through North and South Carolina.
Sherman made his way through South and North Carolina. In South Carolina he killed all of the Confederate troops and stormed into the cities. He didn’t harm any people or damage anything on his way through North Carolina he just passed through there. -
A Chance for Reconciliation Is Lost
Confederate President Jefferson Davis agreed to send delegates to a peace conference with President Lincoln and Secretary of State William Seward, but insisted on Lincoln's recognition of the South's independence as a prerequisite. Lincoln refused, and the conference never occurred. -
Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse.
General Lee's troops were soon surrounded, and on April 7, Grant called upon Lee to surrender. On April 9, the two commanders met at Appomattox Courthouse, and agreed on the terms of surrender. Lee's men were sent home on parole -- soldiers with their horses, and officers with their side arms. All other equipment was surrendered. -
Cost of the war
The approximately 10,455 military engagements and some nearly bloodless, plus naval clashes, accidents, suicides, sicknesses, murders, and executions resulted in total casualties of 1,094,453 during the Civil War. -
The Assassination of President Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth, born May 10, 1838, was an actor who performed throughout the country in mind late summer of 1864 Booth began developing plans to kidnap Lincoln, take him to Richmond (the Confederate capital), and hold him in return for Confederate prisoners of war. Any plays. -
Jefferson Davis
As the blockade of the Southern coasts became more effective, the uneven struggle appeared hopeless. Still confident, Davis declared in his last message in 1865, that success might yet be secured. Less than 30 days later Lee surrendered. Soon after, Davis was captured by United States troops near Irwinsville, Ga. -
Consequences of the war
The nation was reunited and the southern states were not allowed to secede.
The South was placed under military rule and divided into military districts. Southern states then had to apply for readmission to the Union.
