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Election of 1860
The United States presidential election of 1860 was the 19th quadrennial presidential election. Those 4 included Abraham Lincoln, John C. Breckinridge, John Bell, and Stephen A. Douglas. Lincoln comes out with the victory. -
Cornerstone Speech
The Cornerstone Speech, also known as the Cornerstone Address, was delivered extemporaneously by Confederate Vice President Alexander Stephens in Savannah, Georgia on March 21, 1861. The speech explained what the differences were between the constitution of the Confederate Republic and that of the United States, laid out the Confederate causes for the American Civil War, and defended slavery. -
Start of the War
In early 1861 a huge problem was growing in US. The slaves states and the free states disagreed ' bout wheter slavery should be allowed in the new western territories. Slaves states feared he would end slavery. First battle of The Civil War was the Battle of Philippi in Virginia, fought on June 3, 1861. -
Bull run
First Bull Run (First Manassas), it was about the north and south fighting. North thought they were going to win but no the south comes out with the victory. -
Shiloh
It was a a battle that happened on Tennesee River betweent the south and the north. The war was over territory. -
Antietam
Battle between the north and the south. Known to be the one with the msot blood. This battle was fought over the presidents announcment. -
The Announcment
Motivated by his growing concern for the inhumanity of slavery as well as practical political concerns, President Abraham Lincoln changes the course of the war and American history by issuing the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation. Announced a week after the nominal Union victory at the Battle of Antietam, near Sharpsburg, Maryland, this measure did not technically free any slaves, but it expanded the Union’s war aim from reunification to include the abolition of slavery. -
Gettysburg
The north and the southing fighting in Pennsylvania, the south wins. -
Vicksburg
The north and the south fighting over the mississppi, the north wins this battle. -
End of War
At Appomattox, Virginia, Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrenders his 28,000 troops to Union General Ulysses S. Grant, effectively ending the American Civil War. Forced to abandon the Confederate capital of Richmond, blocked from joining the surviving Confederate force in North Carolina, and harassed constantly by Union cavalry, Lee had no other option. -
assassination
On April 14, 1865, 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.
