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On April 2, 1865, Richmond falls to the Union Army. The Confederates burned Richmond, Virginia, their capital before it fell to Union forces -
On March 20, 1854, in Ripon, WI, the Republican Party is formed. -
On May 30, 1854, The Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed. It repealed the Missouri Compromise, created two new territories, and allowed for popular sovereignty. -
Abraham Lincoln was elected to become president in November 6, 1860 -
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Voted unanimously, 169-0, to declare secession from the United States. -
On March 4, 1861, Abraham Lincoln gave his second inaugural address. This second inaugural address was to urge people to "bind up the nation's wounds" caused by the Civil War and to move toward a lasting peace. -
On Apr 12, 1861, it marked the start of the civil war, the state decided to separate itself from the United States, and the US army was stationed at the fort. -
On April 27, 1861, Lincoln suspends habeas corpus. Habeas Corpus was to produce the individual before the court to make an inquiry concerning his or her detention, to appear for prosecution. (definition) -
The first battle of the Bull Run was on July 21, 1861. It was the first major land battle of the American Civil War. -
On, July 21, 1861, the first official Battle of Bull Run took place. Known as the Battle of Manassas, and was marked the first major land battle of the American Civil War. -
On November 6, 1861, Jefferson Davis was elected president of the Confederate States of America. -
On Mar 8, 1862, otherwise known as the Battle of Hampton Roads, the Monitor effectively ended the short reign of terror that the Confederate ironclad had brought to the Union navy. Both ships met ignominious ends. -
On April 7, 1862, The Battle of Shiloh was a crucial victory for the Union during the Civil War -
On June 1, 1862, Robert E. Lee was named as Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia. This Army was sent to defend the city of Richmond from Union forces. -
Showed that the Union could stand against the Confederate army in the Eastern theater. -
Fought during December 11–15, 1862, and was one of the largest and deadliest battles of the Civil War. -
President Abraham Lincoln announced the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 on January 1st. The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free." -
On April 30, 1863, The Battle of Chancellorsville was a huge victory for the Confederacy and General Robert E. Lee during the Civil War -
The turning point in the Civil War. 23,000 were killed during the Battle of Gettysburg. Many more were wounded or missing. -
On July 4, 1863, the Confederates surrendered at Vicksburg after they were facing major assaults and then had to surrender. -
On Jul 11, 1863 – Jul 16, 1863, New York City draft riots. They did this because the anger of working-class New Yorkers over a new federal draft law during the Civil War sparked five days of some of the bloodiest and most destructive rioting in U.S. history -
President Abraham Lincoln gave his Gettysburg Address on November 19, 1863. This Gettysburg Address was to give tribute to the fallen soldiers at the Battle of Gettysburg. -
On September, 1st, 1864, Atlanta, Georgia was captured. -
Abraham Lincoln eliminated McClellan to win the re-election in 1864 on November 8th in New York -
On November 15, 1864, Sherman begins his March to the Sea. Sherman begins his expedition across Georgia by torching the industrial section of Atlanta and pulling away from his supply lines. -
On January 31, 1865, Congress passes the 13th Amendment. This abolished slavery in the United States. -
On March 3, 1865, Freedman’s Bureau is created. It was passed to establish a Bureau for the Relief of Freedmen and Refugees... to provide food, shelter, clothing, medical services, and land to displaced Southerners, including newly freed African Americans. -
On April 2, 1865, Robert E. Lee surrenders his 28,000 troops at Appomattox after effectively ending the American Civil War. -
On April 3-10, 1865, Richmond became the capital of the Confederacy. Once Virginia seceded, the Confederate government moved the capital to Richmond, -
John Wilkes Booth assassinated and shot President Lincoln on April 15, 1865, while watching "Our American Cousin," accompanied by his wife Mary Todd Lincoln -
John Wilkes Booth was killed on April 26, 1865. Union soldiers track him down after he assassinated President Abraham Lincoln.