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Abraham Lincoln becomes president
Abraham Lincoln was elected as the 16th president of the United states. Freed slaves. -
South Carolina secedes
south Carlona became the first state to declare its secession. After the succession the state formed a democarcy, -
Fort Sumter is attacked
The Battle of Fort Sumter marked the beggining of the civil war. At 4:30 a.m. Confederates under Gen. Pierre Beauregard open fire with 50 cannons upon Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina. The Civil War begins -
Robert E. Lee takes command of Confederate troops
Robert E. Lee took command of the Confedrate Army. Robert E. Lee, son of a Revolutionary War hero, and a 25 year distinguished veteran of the United States Army and former Superintendent of West Point, is offered command of the Union Army. Lee declines -
1st Bull Run
The first major battle during the civil war. President Lincoln realizes the war will be long. "It's damned bad," he comments. The armies came from Virgnia. -
George McClellan named commander of Union troops
George McClellan was the greatest Union gereral during the world war. President Lincoln appoints George B. McClellan as Commander of the Department of the Potomac, replacing McDowell. -
Battle between the Monitor and Merrimack
History's first duel between ironclad warships and the beginning of a new era of naval warfare.. It was also known as the battle of hampton roads. -
Shiloh
The Battle of Pittsburg Landing,was one of the major early engagements of the American Civil War .The overpowering Confederate offensive drove the unprepared Federal forces from their camps and threatened to overwhelm Ulysses S. Grant’s entire command. -
2nd Bull Run
Much larger in scale and larger in casualties than the first bull run.In order to draw Pope’s army into battle, Jackson ordered an attack on a Federal column that was passing across his front on the Warrenton Turnpike on August 28. -
Antietam
The Bloodiest one day battle in american history.The bloodiest single day in American military history ended in a draw, but the Confederate retreat gave Abraham Lincoln the “victory” he desired before issuing the Emancipation Proclamation. -
Emancipation Proclamation
President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation . freed slaves. -
54th Massachusetts
54th Volunteer Infantry. The regiment was one of the first official African-American units in the United States during the Civil War. 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. -
Chancellorsville
Robert E. Lees greatest victory -
General Stonewall Jackson killed
Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson was a Confederate general during the American Civil War. One of the greates commanders in american history -
Gettysburg
Most important engagement of the civil war. The turning point in the civil war. -
Vicksburg
Ulysses Armies coverged in Vicksberg to entrap the confederate army -
Gettysburg Address
President Lincolns Speech -
Andersonville
Prison to provide relief for Union Soldiers. It was built in early 1864 after Confederate officials decided to move the large number of Federal prisoners in and around Richmond to a place of greater security and more abundant food. -
Fort Pillow
The Fort Pillow Massaacre. The early spring of 1864 was cold and bleak in west Tennessee. -
Sherman’s March
Most destructive campaign during the civil war. Sherman divided his approximately 60,000 troops into two roughly equal wings. -
Appomattox
The Battle of Appomattox. was the final engagement of Confederate States Army General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia before it surrendered to the Union Army under Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, and one of the last battles of the American Civil War.
