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Election of 1860
This election was held on Tuesday, November 6, 1860, and served as the immediate effect for the outbreak of the American Civil War. -
Secession
After Lincoln got elected, South Carolina seceded from the United States with other states following. This triggered fight between both sides. -
Confederate Attack on Fort Sumter
The First Battle of Fort Sumter was on April 12, 1861, when Confederates fired on the Union fort. These were the first shots of the war. -
Battle of Bull Run
It was the first major battle of the American Civil War. It was a confederate victory. -
Monitor vs. Merrimack
History’s first duel between ironclad warships and the beginning of a new era of naval warfare. -
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Battle of Shiloh
Battle in the Civil war fought in Tennessee. It was a Union Victory. -
Antietam
It was the first battle in the Civil War to take place on Union soil and is the bloodiest single-day battle in American history -
Emancipation Proclamation
President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863. The proclamation declared that all slaves within the rebellious states are free. -
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Reconstruction
Reconstruction refers to the period following the Civil War of rebuilding the United States. It was a time of great pain and endless questions. -
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Battle of Vicksburg
This battle which was a Union victory gave the North control of the Mississippi river and divided the Confederacy in 2. -
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Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg was the largest battle of the American Civil War as well as the largest battle ever fought in North America -
Gettysburg Address
The Gettysburg Address is a speech by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, one of the best-known in American history. -
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Sherman’s “March to the sea”
Sherman's March to the Sea was a military campaign of the American Civil War conducted through Georgia by Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman of the Union Army. -
Surrender at Appomattox Court House
It was the final engagement of Confederate Army general Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia before it surrendered to the Union Army under Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. -
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth on Good Friday while attending the play Our American Cousin at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C., as the American Civil War was drawing to a close.