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Civil War Timeline- Elle Warde
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Lincoln makes an important speech
Lincoln makes a speech at cooper union in the city of New York that broadened his chances of becoming president -
Lincoln elected as Republican Rep
Lincoln is selected as the republican canidate at the chicago convention -
South reaches 4 million slaves
Slavery in the south has hit its hightest numbers during the 1860s -
Lincoln is elected president
Lincoln is elected president. He won 180 electoral votes -
South Carolina Succeeds
South Carolina becomes the first state to succeed from the union -
Lincoln declares slavery un-lawful
Lincoln states it isnt legal for slavery to exist in the south -
Mississippi becomes the second state to succeed from the union
Mississippi becomes the second state to succeed, after they follow in South Carolina's steeps other states in the south do the same -
Lincoln is Inaugurated
Lincoln is now offically in office -
Attack on Fort Sumter
Opening set of the civil war -
Battle at Harpers Ferry
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US first victory in the Civil War
Grant wins first battle for US by capturing Fort Henrey in Tenesse -
Lincoln fires McClellan
Lincoln was not satisfied with McMlellans decision making and accusing him of having the slows and fires him. -
Battle of Shiloh
Bloody battle but a union win for general Grant -
Battle of Antietam
Bloodiest day long battle of the civil war, thousands killed and wounded. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Lincoln signs Emancipation Proclamtion making slavery in the south illegal. -
Death of Stonewall Jackson
Stonewall Jackson is killed in battle at Chancellorsville -
Opening battle at Vicksburg
Long 2 month battle ending with a glorious union victory. -
Battle of Gettysburg
Turning point of the Civil War. Big union win -
Lincoln declares new holiday
President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States. -
Battle of Chattanooga
Union forces pushed Confederate troops away from Chattanooga. Win for Sherman -
Lincoln appoints Grant commander in chief of Union Army
The war is coming to a close and grant has shown to be a strong leader through all of it so Lincoln puts him in charge -
Fake news spreads Lincoln drafts more soldiers
The New York World and the New York Journal of Commerce publish a fake proclamation that President Abraham Lincoln has issued a draft of 400,000 more soldiers. -
Shermans march to the sea
Shermans drives through atlanta and many other southern states until he reaches the sea burning everything in his way. -
Lincoln is Re-elected
Lincoln has shown to be a strong leader and great president for our country and is re-elected -
Lincoln inaugurated for a second term
Abraham Lincoln is inaugurated for a second term; Andrew Johnson becomes Vice President. -
The south is coming to an end, last meeting of confederate congress
The Congress of the Confederate States of America adjourns for the last time. -
Appomattox Courthouse
Lee surenders to Grant ending the Civil War. -
Lincoln is assasinated
Lincoln is assasinated by John Wiles Booth at fords theatre -
13th amendment passes
The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is declared ratified by three-quarters of the states.
