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Republican Party is formed
The republican party was formed in Wisconsin of 1854 to combat the expansion of slavery. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act passed
This act repealed the Missouri compromise and created two new territories. Proslavary and antislavary activists moved into the states to sway the vote. -
Abraham Lincoln elected president
At his inaugural address he promised he would not touch the subject of slavery. -
South Carolina votes to secede from the United States
1860 the S.C. General Assembly called for a "Convention of the People of South Carolina" to consider secession. Delegates were to be elected on December 6. The secession convention convened in Columbia on December 17 and voted unanimously, 169-0, to declare secession from the United States. -
Lincoln gives his second inaugural address
7 southern states had already succeeded from the nation, Lincoln gently and calmly calls out slavery as the cause of the war. -
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Confederate forces fire on Fort Sumter
This battle ended with the surrender of the United States Army. Then beginning the American Civil War. -
Lincoln suspends habeas corpus
The legal procedure that prevents the government from holding an individual indefinitely without cause. -
First Battle of Bull Run is fought
The Battle of Bull Run also known as the Battle of Mannassas, the first major land battle of the Civil War. -
Jefferson Davis elected president of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis is elected president of the confederate states -
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The Merrimac and the Monitor fight of the Virginia coast
Was a major Naval battle not only for the American Civil war but revolutionizing Naval battles forever. -
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Battle of Shiloh
This battle ended with a Union Victory over the Confederacy in south western Tennessee. -
Robert E. Lee is named commander of the Army of Northern Virginia
He assumed command in a battle trying to defend the city of Richmond. -
Battle of Antietam
Also known as the battle of sharpsburg. This union victory provided Lincoln the chance to present the emancipation proclamation. -
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Battle of Fredericksburg
The Battle of Fredericksburg occurred in Fredericksburg Virginia in the eastern theater of the Civil war -
Emancipation Proclamation is announced
Into the 3rd year of the Civil war, It was announced that all slaves shall be free'd -
Confederates surrender at Vicksburg
After the surrender of Vicksburg the Confederacy is torn in two. -
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Battle of Chancellorsville
It was a major win for the confederacy, even though stone wall jackson was mortally wounded in battle. -
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Battle of Gettysburg
This battle occured around the town of Gettysburg Pennsylvania. -
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New York City draft riots
The working class of New York became furious over a new draft law during the civil war. -
Lincoln gives his Gettysburg Address
President Lincoln gave a short speech at the end of the ceremonies dedicating the Battlefield cemetery and Gettysburg. -
Atlanta is captured
General william Tecumseh Sherman lays seige to Atlanta, cutting off a main supply of the confederates supplies. -
Abraham Lincoln defeats George McClellan to win re-election
This election was near the end of the Civil War, President lincoln was a part of the national union party/ -
Sherman begins his March to the Sea
Union General Sherman marches across georgia to set the state ablaze and destroy all supplies. -
Congress passes the 13th Amendment
Congress passing the 13th amendment abolished slavery in the U.S. -
Freedman’s Bureau is created
Congress passed a act to establish a bureau of relief for freedman and refugee's -
Richmond falls to the Union Army
Confederate lines break after a 9 month seige -
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Richmond becomes the capital of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis and his government traveled to Danville as Richmond fell to the U.S. Army. The city was the seat of the confederate government for only 8 days. -
Robert E. Lee surrenders at Appomattox
The surrender of Robert E. Lee effectively ended the Civil War. -
President Lincoln assassinated
President Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth while attending a play at Fords Theater -
John Wilkes Booth is killed
twelve days after assasinating Lincoln Booth was tracked down and killed by Union soldiers on a Farm in Virginia