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Abraham Lincoln elected president

Nov 6, 1860

Abraham Lincoln was elected 16th president of the United States

South Carolina became the first of eleven southern states to secede

Dec 20, 1860

Soon Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia do follow

Jefferson Davis elected president of the confederacy

1861

Confederate States of America held a meeting in Montgomery, Alabama and elected Jefferson Davis president

Start of the civil war

May 15, 1861

Lincoln called for troops to open fire at Union-held Fort Sumter

Battle of Bull Run

Jul 21, 1861

First Battle of Bull Run at Manassas, Virginia

Abolished Slavery

May 16, 1862

Congress abolished slavery in the District of Columbia with a compensated emancipation program

Battle of Antietam

Sep 17, 1862

Battle of Antietam considered a Union victory

Emancipation Proclamation

Sep 22, 1862

declared that as of January 1, 1863 "all persons held as slaves within any State, or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free

Gettysburg Address

Nov 19, 1863

Lincoln gives his famous Gettysburg Address at the dedication of the national cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Lincoln re-elected president

Nov 8, 1864

Abraham Lincoln shot

Apr 15, 1865