civil war timeline

By Kaya27

  • President Abraham Lincoln is elected

    Major cause:He was thought to end slavery
    Major effect: Slavery ended

  • South Carolina secedes from the Union

    Major cause: To be independent
    Major effect: Other states followed

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

    Major cause: To free the slaves
    Major effect: freed only the slaves in Southern states and territories still in rebellion against the United States government.

  • The battle of Gettysburg

    Major Union General: George G. Meade’s
    Major Confederate General:Robert E. Lee
    Number of casualties:51,112
    Where:ADAMS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA