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Abraham Lincoln gets elected
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/abraham-lincoln-elected-president He won the election with a 40% vote against Stephen Douglass. He became the 16th president of the U.S. Lincoln gained national popularity during his debates with Lincoln. For his preserving of the union and bringing an end to slavery, his unique character, formal speaking, Lincoln is known as one of the greatest U.S presidents. -
South Carolina Secedes from the Union
http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/secession The first 7 seceding states of the lower south set up a provisional government at Montgomery, Alabama. After hostilities began at Fort Sumter, the border states joined the new government, which later moved its capital to Richmond. Southern leaders were concerned over the slave system in the North. -
The confederate states of America are formed
http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/confederate-states-of-america It was a Republic composed off 11 southern states that wanted to secede from the union in order to preserve slavery states, and political liberty for whites. Jefferson Davis was president of these confederate states. -
Civil War begins at Fort Sumter Charleston Harbor, SC
http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/fort-sumter It was the site of the 1st shots of the Civil War. There were no casualties during this battle, until after the evacuation. It was a confederate victory -
Virginias Robert E.Lee rejects Lincolns request to command the union army
http://civilwar150th.blogspot.com/2011/04/lincoln-offers-lee-command.html Lee was a military officer who had attended West Point and had fought with distinction in the Mexican-American War. Lincoln appointed him major general and command of the union army. Robert Lee turned down this offer and rejected it. Winfield Scott said that he had made the greatest mistake of his life. -
The 1st Battle of Bull Run in Virginia
http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/first-battle-of-bull-run. It clashed near Manassas, Junction, Virginia. It was the first major land battle of the American Civil War. It began when 35,000 union troops marched to Washington D.C to strike a confederate army of 20,000 men along a river (Bull Run). The confederates won, which gave the South power, hope, and confidence. It shocked many in the North, who realized the South would be so easy to beat. -
Battle of Shiloh
https://www.civilwar.org/learn/civil-war/battles/shiloh
The battle of Shiloh was fought on April 6 and 7 1862, and resulted in a Union Victory. It began when the Confederate launched a surprised attack on Union forced under General Ulysses S. Gran in southwestern Tennessee. Unfortunately the Confederate were unable to hold their grounds which caused the Union Victory -
Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act
https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/civil_war/DCEmancipationAct_FeaturedDoc.htm
The District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act, or simply Compensated Emancipation Act, was a law that ended slavery in Washington, D.C. by paying slave owners for releasing their slaves -
Abraham Lincoln signs a law prohibiting Slavery in District of Columbia.
https://www.loc.gov/item/today-in-history/april-16/
On April 16, 1862, President Lincoln signed an act abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia, an important step in the long road toward full emancipation and enfranchisement for African Americans. -
Seven day Battles
http://www.historynet.com/seven-days-battle
The Seven Day Battle or Seven days Campaign took place from June 25 to July 1, 1862 and featured six different battle along the Virginia Peninsula east of Richmond. -
Battle of Antietam
http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/battle-of-antietam
Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia against Union General George McClellan’s Army of the Potomac and was the culmination of Lee’s attempt to invade the north. The battle’s outcome would be vital to shaping America’s future -
Abe Lincoln Emancipation Proclamation
http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/emancipation-proclamation
Issued after the Union victory at Antietam, the Emancipation Proclamation had both moral and strategic implications for the ongoing Civil War. Declares all slaves free in the rebellious states as of January 1, 1863. -
Conscription Act
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/congress-passes-civil-war-conscription-act
The act called for registration of all males between the ages of 20 and 45, including aliens with the intention of becoming citizens, by April 1. Exemptions from the draft could be bought for $300 or by finding a substitute draftee. This clause led to bloody draft riots in New York City, where protesters were outraged that exemptions were effectively granted only to the wealthiest U.S. citizens. -
Battle of Gettysburg
http://www.historyplace.com/civilwar/battle.htm
this battle was a turning point in the war. There were 51,000 causalities, and it was the last real try of the confederate army to make an offensive advance in the North -
Confederates Surrender Vicksburg
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/confederates-surrender-vicksburg
In three weeks Ulysses S. Grant’s army marches 180 miles through Mississippi, fights and wins five battles, and surrounds Vicksburg. After a failed attack on the city, Grant settles for a siege to "out-camp the enemy." -
Riots in NYC
http://www.history.com/news/four-days-of-fire-the-new-york-city-draft-riots
In protest of the lottery draft the people of new york people started beating blacks and soon turned to the elite whites for four days until things later settled down. 50,000 people riot in opposition to the attacks and beatings. -
Gettysburg Address
http://www.historyplace.com/civilwar/
this dedicated the battlefield of gettysburg as a cemetery for the soldiers who had fallen during the war -
jefferson davis offers amnesty
https://www.amazon.com/Amnesty-Jefferson-Amendment-Samuel-Sullivan/dp/111325422X
davis offered amnesty to run away confederate soldiers -
St. Albans Raid
http://www.stalbansraid.com/history/the-raid/ The St. Albans Raid was the northern land action of the American Civil War. It was a controversial raid meant to rob banks to raise money. It took place in St. Albans, Vermont on Oct. 19, 1864. -
Abraham Lincoln is Re Elected President
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lincoln-reelected Lincoln was re elected president in 1864. He faced many challenges because the war was in its fourth year. He won the contest by more than 400,000 popular votes. -
sherman's march to the sea
http://www.historyplace.com/civilwar/#march
this was a trail of fire from atlanta to savannah -
Battle of Fort Fisher Begins
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Battle_of_Fort_Fisher Union Fleet under Porter begins a bombardment of Fort Fisher. The attack failed to destroy the fort. A ground attack the next day failed. -
Hampton Roads Conference
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hampton_Roads_Conference This was a peace conference held between the U.S and the Confederate State. On a steamboat River Queen in Hampton Roads, Virginia. -
Confederacy Approves Black Soldiers
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/confederacy-approves-black-soldiers The idea of having black soldiers were being debated. Arming slaves were a way to make them free. They were thinking, "if slaves were good soldiers, our whole theory of slaves is wrong." -
The Surrender Meeting
https://www.nps.gov/apco/learn/historyculture/the-surrender-meeting.htm Robert Lee realized that his retreat is not gonna be effective. This was effective to ending the Civil War.
