Civil War

Lincoln elected to the Presidency

Nov 6, 1860

Got elected without being on the ballot in 10 of the Sourthern states
Southerns felt like he was going against slavery and the south

Fort Sumter

Apr 13, 1861

First shot was fired and the war began
Surrended the fort to southern army.

Battle of Bull Run

Jul 21, 1861

General Mcdowell ordered the union army to attack
The Confedreates won the battle

Battle of Antietam

Sep 17, 1862

Southern United States, was a battle of the American Civil War, fought on September 17, 1862, between Confederate.

Emancipation Proclamation Signed

Jan 1, 1863

Nation approached its third year of bloody civil war.
The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free.

Battle of Gettysburg

Jul 3, 1863

The most important engagement of the American Civil War.
Union forces at Chancellorsville, General Robert E. Lee marched his Army of Northern Virginia into Pennsylvania

Battle of vicksburg

Jul 4, 1863

The final major military action in the Vicksburg campaign of the American Civil War
The last major Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi River

Gettysburg Address

Nov 19, 1863

A speech that U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivered during the American Civil War at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
There was 272 in the speech

Sherman's March (to the sea)

Dec 21, 1864

A military campaign of the American Civil War conducted through Georgia from November 15 until December 21, 1864
Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman of the Union Army. (Location was Georgia)

Surrender at Appomattox court house

Apr 9, 1865

Fought in Appomattox County, Virginia
One of the last battles of the American Civil War

Assassination of Lincoln

Apr 15, 1865

Lincoln led the nation through the American Civil War, its bloodiest war and its greatest moral, constitutional, and political crisis.
He was killed at Petersen House, Washington, D.C.