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Republican Party is formed
the Whig party meets to create a new party -
Kansas-Nebraska Act passed
this repealed the Missouri compromise -
Abraham Lincoln elected president
Lincoln is elected the 16th president of the united states -
South Carolina votes to secede from the United States
South Carolina was the first state to secede from the federal union -
Confederate forces fire on Fort Sumter
the confederate capture fort Sumter starting the civil war -
Lincoln suspends habeas corpus
this gave the military the power to silent rebels -
First Battle of Bull Run is fought
The confederacy wins a battle in Prince William County -
Jefferson Davis elected president of the Confederacy
He was elected with no one unopposed and ran for a 6 year term -
The Merrimac and the Monitor fight of the Virginia coast
first duel between ironclad warships and the beginning of a new era of naval warfare. -
Battle of Shiloh
this fight let the union get into the confederate interior -
Robert E. Lee is named commander of the Army of Northern Virginia
He was a commander for America but later became a confederate commander in order to try and keep slavery -
Battle of Antietam
the union wins the battle which helped republicans hold the house -
Battle of Fredericksburg
The confederate won while being lead by Robert E. Lee -
Emancipation Proclamation is announced
this made all the slaves that were in a rebellious state free -
Battle of Chancellorsville
The Battle of Chancellorsville was a major battle of the American Civil War, and the principal engagement of the Chancellorsville campaign -
Battle of Gettysburg
Fought over three days. Robert E. Lee tried to invade the Northern states. The Union won. -
Confederates surrender at Vicksburg
the confederate lost this battle making them be torn apart -
New York City draft riots
there were violent disturbances because of the draft -
Lincoln gives his Gettysburg Address
Lincoln gives a speech dedicating the battlefield cemetery at Gettysburg -
Abraham Lincoln defeats George McClellan to win re-election
Lincoln is elected again as the president and easily beats the Democratic candidate -
Atlanta is captured
Atlanta fell making the confederacy extremely weak -
Sherman begins his March to the Sea
Sherman begins his expedition across Georgia -
Congress passes the 13th Amendment
this abolished slavery in America -
Freedman’s Bureau is created
this freed the slaves -
Lincoln gives his second inaugural address
president lincoln gave his forgiveness towards the nation -
Richmond falls to the Union Army
the confederate lines broke after a nine month siege -
Robert E. Lee surrenders at Appomattox
Robert E. Lee surrenders his 28,000 Confederate troops to Union General Ulysses S. Grant -
Richmond becomes the capital of the Confederacy
the Confederate government moved the capital to Richmond, the South's second largest city. The move served to solidify the state of Virginia's new Confederate identity -
President Licoln assassinated
President Lilcoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth at Fords theater -
John Wilkes Booth is killed
John Wilkes Booth gets shpt and later dies from the gunshot wound