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Lincoln was elected president with the intentions of aboloshing slavery.
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Georgia calls for a convention of Southern states to form an independent nation.
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Delegates came together to vote for South Carolina to secede from the Union.
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South Carolina representatives withdraw from the U. S. House
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Federal arsenal at Charleston falls into the hands of the Rebels
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Followed after South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas started to secede from January 9, 1861 to January 26, 1861
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Abraham Lincoln is sworn in as 16th President of the United States of America.
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When President Lincoln planned to send supplies to Fort Sumter, he alerted the state in advance, in an attempt to avoid hostilities. The attempt failed, and the Civil War began with Fort Sumter being surrendered to the South.
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President Lincoln issues a Proclamation calling for 75,000 militiamen, and summoning a special session of Congress for July 4.
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President Lincoln appoints George B. McClellan as Commander of the Department of the Potomac, replacing McDowell.
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Grant earns the nickname "Unconditional Surrender" Grant for capturing Fort Henrey and then ten days later, Fort Donelson.
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Confederate surprise attack on Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's unprepared troops at Shiloh on the Tennessee River results in a struggle with 13,000 Union killed and wounded and 10,000 Confederates, more men than in all previous American wars combined.
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Lee takes command of Confederate army in Richmond
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Bloodiest single day battle of the Civil War
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Lincoln issues preliminary Emancipation Proclamation
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Emacipation Proclamation takes effect
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Jackson's condition continued to decline; he developed pneumonia and died
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West Virginia is admitted to the Union as the 35th state
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Bloodiest three day battle of the Civil War takes place from July 1 1863 to July 3 1863
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Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address
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Confederate sub Hunley sinks Housatonic is South Carolina
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Also known as the Fort Pillow Massacre, was fought on the Mississippi River in Henning, Tennessee. The battle ended with a massacre of surrendered Federal black troops by soldiers under the command of Confederate Major General Nathan Bedford Forrest.
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Confederate cavalry burn Chambersburg (PA)
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Union troops occupy Atlanta
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Lincoln was the first president to be re-elected since Andrew Jackson in 1832
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Columbia is occupied by Union Troops and then burned
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The second inauguration of Abraham Lincoln as the 16th President of the United States
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Richmond falls and the Confederate government evacuates
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Lincoln is shot at Fords Theater by John Wilkes Booth
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Lincoln dies the next morning, not surviving the gun wound from the night before
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Lincolns assassin Booth is trapped and killed
