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The Fugitive Slave Laws were passed to return runaway slaves to the South.
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The Republican Party was formed and opposed slavery.
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Abraham Lincoln was elected the sixteenth President, causing some of the Southern States to secede.
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The Battle of Fort Sumter occurs, beginning the Civil War
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Neither side truly won this battle, but both sides proved that wooden warships were no longer a reality in war.
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The Battle of Shiloh was fought in Tennessee resulting in a Union victory.
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The army of the Potomac collided Lee's forces, becoming the war's bloodiest single fighting day.
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President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed all slaves in the rebellious states.
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The Battle of Gettysburg lasted three days and was the largest battle of the Civil War.
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This Union victory secured their control of the Mississippi River.
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During the Battle of Cold Harbor, there was a frontal assault on the Confederates, causing a large number of Union casualties in less than one hour (making this the most brutal confrontations).
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The Union used total war and took/destroyed the South's supplies on their way to Atlanta and Savannah.
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Congress formed Freedman's Bureau to help freed slaves and poor whites in the South after the Civil War.
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Robert E Lee was forced to surrender, leading to the end of the Civil War.
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President Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth as he watched a play at Ford's Theater.
