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Presidential Election of 1860
Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 Presidential Election as a Republican Candidate. Lincoln is elected as the sixteenth President of the United States. -
South Carolina Secedes from the Union
After hearing the results of the election, South Carolina secedes from the Union. Making South Carolina the first slave state in the south to secede from the Union. -
Battle of Bull Run
First major battle of the Civil War. The Confederates win, shocking the North. -
Battle of Antietam
The Union Wins because General Lee withdraws to Virginia. This is the single, bloodiest battle of the Civil War. -
Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation
Due to the Union victory, Lincoln announces that all slaves in the rebelling states would be free. -
Stonewall Jackson is killed
Stonewall Jackson is mistakenly shot by one of his own men at the Battle of Chancellorsville. -
Battle of Gettysburg
The armies fought a 3-day battle in July of 1863, on the third day 13,000 Confederates lead by General Pickett was at Union lines. This was a huge mistake on Lee's part, Lee's troops retreated back to Virginia in defeat. This allowed the Union to get their confidence back. -
Sherman's March to the Sea
General Sherman destroyed Atlanta and then sent troops on a 300 mile destructive march to the sea. The troops tore up railroads, destroyed buildings, and burned crops in an attempt to break the will of the South. The Union engaged in total war. -
The Thirteenth Amendment is Passed
The thirteenth amendment abolished slavery in the United States. -
Lee surrenders
Robert E. Lee surrenders to General Grant, ending the Civil War. -
President Abraham Lincoln's Assassination
President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theater in Washington D.C.. -
Andrew Johnson Becomes President
Following Abraham Lincoln's assassination, Andrew Johnson serves as the seventeenth president of the United States. -
The Ku Klux Klan (KKK) is formed
The KKK is formed in order to keep African Americans from voting. Nathan Bedford Forrest was the first grand wizard of the KKK. -
The Fourteenth Amendment is Passed
The fourteenth amendment granted equal protection under the law and citizenship to everyone born in the United States. -
The Fifteenth Amendment is Passed
The fifteenth amendment gave African American males the right to vote.
