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Congress passed act requiring slaves to be returned to owners, applying even to those in free states and increasing tensions between the North and South
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Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln won the popular and electoral vote, upsetting the South.
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Eleven states left the union to form a confederacy
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Series of civil confrontation regarding the legality of slavery- fueled the tensions leading to Civil War
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First major Civil War battle, resulted in a victory for the Confederacy.
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One of the earliest amphibious battle in Civil War, Union captured Port Royal Sound, South Carolina and secured themselves a victory.
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Series of battles in the Western theater directed at the last Confederate holding of the Mississippi River, resulted in Union's victory and complete control over the Mississippi.
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First significant Union victory of the war.
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Series of battles over seven days, resulted in a victory for the Confederacy- pushing Union forces back and away from Virginia's capital, Richmond.
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Battle resulting in a high number of casualties, as well as a victory for the Confederacy.
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Battle resulting in Confederate victory- Lee and his troops successfully captured the Union garrison in Harpers Ferry
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Resulted in massive casualties and regarded as the bloodiest day in American history. Secured a victory for the Union and led to the Emancipation proclamation being issued by Lincoln.
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Abraham Lincoln issued this as an executive order which called for the emancipation of the slaves within the rebellious states.
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Significant battle and turning point of the Civil War where Union forces defeated Confederate forces.
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Battle resulting many union casualties and a victory for the Confederacy,
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Major victory for the Union, destroying Confederate forces in the Western theater.
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Union forces captured Virginia's capital, Richmond, and to avoid anything useful being found and used, Confederate troops set fire to the city
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Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at the Appomattox Courthouse.
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President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated while he was watching a play.
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This amendment abolished slavery everywhere in the United States and completed a major goal of the Civil War.
