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By s-camoss

  • Lincoln's election

    Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln gets elected, serving as the catalyst for the civil war as Lincoln was strongly against slavery.

  • Crittenden compromise gets rejected by the north

    One of the compromises that gets rejected by the north that suggested a 36 30' N line where under that line all states west of Missouri would be a slave state.

  • South Carolina succeeded from America

    This was followed by 6 other states, forming the Confederacy.

  • First Battle of Bull Run

    This was the first major battle of the civil war, driving the Union Army back to Washington.

  • Lincoln sworn in as president

    The previous president was opposed to conflict with the Confederacy but Lincoln strongly wanted to preserve the Union.

  • Battle of Fort Sumter

    Southern forces bombarded Fort Sumter, starting the Civil War

  • Confederacy led a surprise attack on Fort Shiloh

    The Union was moving further into Tennessee when the Confederacy surprised them, but Union won in a bloody battle.

  • Ulysses S Grant takes Fort Henry and Fort Donaldson

    This opens up the Tennessee river.

  • Battle of Hampton Roads

    First naval battle with ironclads, revolutionizing naval warfare and making wooden ships redundant.
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    Union unsuccessfully tries to invade

    The Confederacy drives them off.

  • Battle of Antietam

    Confederacy pushes into Maryland but fails in the bloodiest battle in a single day in US history.

  • Emancipation Proclamation

    Lincoln issued an executive order to end slavery.

  • Gettysburg Address

    Inspirational speech and rallying call by Lincoln.

  • Grant captured Vicksburg

    This was the last straw for the Confederacy
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    Battle of Gettysburg

    Bloodiest Battle in US history, also the turning point in the war.

  • Lincoln reelection

    Lincoln gets reelected.

  • Slavery abolished with 13th Amendment

    Slavery was finally abolished.

  • Lincoln assassinated by John Wilkes Booth

    After a day of celebration, Lincoln gets shot while watching a play by John Wilkes Booth.