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First Shot of the Civil War
It was fired by the South Carolinians on Morris Island. They fired on the Union Ship "Star of the West" as it attempted to reinforce Major Anderson at Fort Sumter. -
Seven Days Battle
From June 25-July 1. The Seven Days Battle was a series of battles in the Peninsula Campaign consisting of a Confederate counter-offensive which drove the Union Army away from the Confederate capitol of Richmond down the Virginia Penninsula. -
The Emancipation Proclamation
This announcment freed the Confederate slaves during the Civil War. -
Gettysburg Address
The speech reflected his redefined belief that the Civil War was not just a fight to save the Union, but a struggle for freedom and equality for all, an idea Lincoln had not championed in the years leading up to the war. -
Election of 1864
Abraham Lincoln almost didn't win his second running against George B. McClellan. Many people critized him and his war handling. Lincoln won in both electoral and popular votes. -
End of Civil War
Civil War effectively ended at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, when Generals Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant signed the surrender terms. That morning, Lee concluded that victory was impossible and remarked, "there is nothing for me left to do but to go and see General Grant, and I would rather die a thousand deaths." -
Lincoln's Assassination
John Wilkes Booth, a famous actor and Confederate sympathizer, fatally shot President Abraham Lincoln at a play at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. The attack came only five days after Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his massive army at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, effectively ending the American Civil War.
