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Abraham Lincoln is elected the 16th president of the United States over a deeply divided Democratic Party, becoming the first Republican to win the presidency.
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South Carolina held a secession convention in Charleston and its Representatives voted unanimously, 169 to 0, for secession from the Union
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The bombardment of Fort Sumter near Charleston, South Carolina by the Confederate States Army, and the surrender by the United States Army that started the American Civil War
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Union and Confederate armies clashed near Manassas Junction, Virginia, in the first major land battle of the American Civil War
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The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
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The Battle of Antietam was fought near Sharpsburg, Maryland and Antietam Creek as part of the Maryland Campaign
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The Battle of Gettysburg was fought in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, by Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War
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The Gettysburg Address is one of the best-known speeches in American history by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
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The Siege of Vicksburg was the final major military action in the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War
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The Battle of Atlanta was a battle of the Atlanta Campaign fought during the American Civil War
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The Battle of Appomattox Court House was one of the last battles of the American Civil War. It was the final engagement of the Confederate Army before it surrendered to the Union Army under Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant.
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Abraham Lincoln, was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth while attending the play Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre in Washington
