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Election of 1860
Election of 1860 Abraham Lincoln won the election as a republican. Due to this the south secceded from the U.S. -
Starting of The War
Staring The War Lincoln won the election but before his inauguration on March 4, 1861, seven cotton-based slave states formed the Confederacy.Lincoln’s inaugural address insisted his administration would not initiate civil war, leading eight remaining slave states to reject immediate calls for secession. A Peace Conference failed to find a compromise. Both sides prepared for war. Soon four border states would also join the Confedercy -
First Manassas - First Bull Run
First Manassas Confedercy wins. Makes the North realize that this wasent going to a small 3 month war, it was going to be a long and hard fought war -
Shiloh
Shiloh Ulysses S. Grant defeated Albert Sidney Johnston and the confederacy in southwest Tennessee. P. G. T. Beauregard assumed command following Johnston's death. -
Antietam
AntietamBloodiest day of the Civil War, this battle gave Abraham Lincoln the perceived victory he desired to release the Emancipation Proclamation. The costly battle ended Robert E. Lee's advance into Maryland. -
Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation This delcared that all slaves in the Union were free men. This was a HUGE step foward for the United States and is a very important piece in history, -
Gettysburgs
Gettysburg The Union victory ended Lee's belief that a single massive victory would defeat the Army of the Potomac. -
Vicksburg
Vicksburg Lincoln realized early in the war that control of the Mississippi was a major goal of the Western forces. Ulysses S. Grant delivered the city when the Army of Mississippi surrendered after a prolonged siege. In response Lincoln proclaimed "I have found the man who can win this war." -
President Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
Gettysburg Address Even though many present were surprised and not a little disappointed by the length of the President's address, it since has been hailed as one of the great American speeches. Here is a part of the speech "...Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war...." -
The War Ends
End Of War Lee surrendered his Army of Northern Virginia on April 9, 1865, at the McLean House in the village of Appomattox Court House In an untraditional gesture and as a sign of Grant's respect and anticipation of peacefully restoring Confederate states to the Union, Lee was permitted to keep his sword and his horse, Traveller. Confederate forces across the South surrendered as news of Lee's surrender and new they lost. -
Abraham Lincoln's Assassination
Assassination Abraham Lincoln's assassination occurred five days after the commander of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, General Robert E. Lee, surrendered to Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army of the Potomac. Lincoln was the first American president to be assassinated. He was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth who wanted the South to rise up again.
