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When the pro-slavery platform is rejected, delegates from 8 southern states leave. The remaining delegates adjourn after being unable to agree on a candidate.
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Former members of the American and Whig parties meet in Baltimore, MD, to form the Constitutional Union party. Delegates nominate John Bell of Tennessee for president and Edward Everett of Massachusetts for vice-president.
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Abraham Lincoln is elected as the 16th President. He became the first Republican to win the presidency.
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Seven senators and 23 representatives from the southern states issue a manifesto urging secession and the organization of a Southern Confederacy.
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South Carolina becomes the first state to declare its secession. This later led to the formation of the Confederacy
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The Southern States that seceded form the confederacy
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Confederate fores attack a Union fort for supplies. Noone was killed, but this did help add to the tension between north and south before the war had begun
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Lincoln orders 75,000 men to volunteer for 90 days to fight for the Union Army.
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In response to the riots and the threat that Maryland would secede, Lincoln used this to avoid it.
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First of 3 battle in Manassas, Virginia. Won by the Confederates, this was one of the first major land battles of the Civil War.
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President Lincoln -- impatient with General McClellan's inactivity -- issued an order reorganizing the Army of Virginia and relieving McClellan of supreme command for having the "slows".
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Also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing. One of the early engagements of the Civil War. Won by the Union
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Located near the location of the first battle. This time it was won by the confederacy
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Bloodiest single day battle in U.S. history. It was won by the Union, but both sides suffered any casualites
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The announcement made by President Lincoln during the Civil War. Emancipated all black slaves in states still engaged in rebellion against the Union.
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Known as one of the greatest Confederate Generals. His death was a severe setback for the Confederates.
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The final major military action in the Vicksburg Campaign. Led by Ulysses Grant, the Union drove back Confederate forces to Mississippi.
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Lincoln declares military rule in Baltimore.Angry mobs start to attack troops
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When Union troops were located in Knoxville, Virginia, General James Longstreet places the city under siege by the confederates.
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Speech delivered by Abraham Lincoln. Was on the cemetary site of the Battle of Gettysburg
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The Petersburg Campaign gave the photographers full opportunity to build a documentation. Grant won by steadily extending his lines westward, but the photographers do not seem to have ventured very far from City Point.
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Grant again attacked Confederate forces at Cold Harbor, losing over 7,000 men in twenty minutes. Although Lee suffered fewer casualties, his army never recovered from Grant's continual attacks. This was Lee's last clear victory of the war.
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Served as the capital for the Confederacy. After a long period of fighting, General Grant captured Richmond, which led to the end of the war.
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On March 25, General Lee attacked General Grant's forces near Petersburg, but was defeated -- attacking and losing again on April 1. On April 2, Lee evacuated Richmond, the Confederate capital, and headed west to join with other forces.
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When General Lee was forced to surrender, After this, it was official that the Union had won the war
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Lincoln was shot in the Fords Theatre. John Wilkes Booth shot and killed him
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The superintendent of the Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia, was tried by a military commission presided over by General Lew Wallace and was hung on November 10.
