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Abraham Lincoln is elected the 16th president of the United States over a deeply divided Democratic Party, becoming the first Republican to win the presidency.
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The south's new country called the confederate states of America, also known as The Confederacy.
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Fort Sumter is a sea fort in Charleston, South Carolina, notable for two battles of the American Civil War.
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Lincoln imposed military rule in Baltimore where angry mobs already attacked troops.
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It was the first major battle of the American Civil War. The Union's forces were slow in positioning themselves, allowing Confederate reinforcements time to arrive by rail.
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A battle where the Union won, even though the Confederates were the ones who started it.
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The 2nd battle of Bull Run where the Confederates won
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The bloodiest single-day battle in American history.
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Lincoln announced that he would issue a decree freeing all enslaved persons in states still in rebellion
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Chancellorsville is known as Lee's "perfect battle" because his risky decision to divide his army in the presence of a much larger enemy force resulted in a significant Confederate victory.
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the final major military action in the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War.
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Union victory that stopped Confederate General Robert E. Lee's second invasion of the North.
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Lincoln commemorated the Battle of Gettysburg in a speech to the public.
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A military campaign of the American Civil War conducted through Georgia.
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He was assassinated by well-known stage actor John Wilkes Booth .
