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In a complete landsline in the election of 1860, Lincoln won the presidency with full northern support. The reason for his election is also the reason for the eventual civil war, with the South seeing that even if they all voted one way, the North had more voting power, eventually tipping the scales in their decision to secede -
The South seceeds from the North in response to Lincoln's election, making them a seperate country from the Union. Lincoln states that their cecession is legaly void, making sure to deny the seccessions existence legally. While the North and South agreed on religion, the main reason was for economic reasons involving slavery. The North subscribed to Yankee Prodistantism while the South was very against that side of being protestant -
One of the first attacks on a Union Fort, and was a showing of Lincoln's response to agression from the confederacy. While the fort was under attack by the confederacy, Lincoln would make a showing of trying to supply the fort, even when eventually no one died once the bombardment came. Solidified his support for the Union and his use of violence only when needed. -
Lincoln suspends Habeus Corpus, allowing people to be tried without trial. This was used mostly against democratic, confederate, and soldiers that went against the Union. Created massive controversy around the fact that peoples civil rights were being infringed upon -
After Lincoln demoted McClellan from general in chief, McClellan took his army of the Potomac to launch an attack against Richmond where he was defeated by Robert E. Lee, showing Lincoln's early ability to sense lack of skill, and act upon it, which helped him to win the war -
Antitem was the bloodiest day in American history, with over 20,000 people dying on that day, in about 10 hours. This caused Lincoln to feel the need to produce the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed all the slaves in the confederacy to help his support within the northern states -
There were 150,000 soldiers converging on Gettysburg for 3 days. It was a decisive victory for the Union, and gave Lincoln the opportunity to give his address in southern territory. -
Lincoln gets re-elected in 1864 with almost no contention against him within the union. Both him and his opponent were against the war and wanted it to end; the way they wanted to end the war was different though, with Lincoln's being more focused to battling it out and then reuniting as a full Union -
Fort Pillow was held by the Union, and was assulted upon and eventually be occupied by Confederate forces. This becomes important as the comander that assulted the fort was Nathan Bedford Forrest, who rounds up all the black people in the fort, and executes them all. To no ones surprise, Forrest becomes the eventual leader of the KKK, a driving force in John Wilkes Booth's effort to assasinate Lincoln. -
While giving his second innaugrial address, Lincoln made sure to show his support for the end of the war, and hopefully the end of the confederacy and to come back as one Union. In the crowd, was John Wilkes Booth, Lincoln's eventual assasin, and southern sypathiser, looking to end Lincoln's life, and hopefully the Union's success in the war -
Lincoln was in Ford's theatre, watching a play when John Wilkes Booth, a southern conspiring member, snuck into Lincoln's booth and shot him in the back of the head. Booth lept out of the booth onto the stage, limping out and doing his best to run away from the scene of the crime. Eventually, Booth was killed the same day that he killed Lincoln -
Johson become president right after Lincoln dies, and uses his influence as the new president to induct policy improving civil rights for enslaved African Americans. Johnson said that he heard Lincoln say these plans to him, although people didnt believe him, especially because he was a southerner. Johnson became the first president to get impeached.