Abrham

People of the Civil War

By Shrmeeka
  • Lincoln Elected President

    Lincoln Elected President

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  • Emancipation Proclamation

    President Lincoln issues the final Emancipation Proclamation freeing all slaves in territories held by Confederates and emphasizes the enlisting of black soldiers in the Union Army. The war to preserve the Union now becomes a revolutionary struggle for the abolition of slavery.
  • 54 Massachusetts Infantry Regiment

    54 Massachusetts Infantry Regiment

    July 18, 1863 - 'Negro troops' of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment under Col. Robert G. Shaw assault fortified Rebels at Fort Wagner, South Carolina. Col. Shaw and half of the 600 men in the regiment are killed.
  • Fredick Douglas

    Fredick Douglas

    The president meets with abolitionist Frederick Douglass who pushes for full equality for Union 'Negro troops.'
  • End of Slavery

    End of Slavery

    Congress approves the 13th admenment
  • General Lee Surrenders

    General Lee Surrenders

  • Reconstruction begins

    Reconstruction begins

  • freedom Burear abolished

  • Civil Rights Act

  • Last Federal troop to leave the south.

    Last Federal troop to leave the south.