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Lincoln's Electyion
He was elected 16th president of the United States. He Beat Stephen Douglas (Democrat), John C. Breckinrigde (Southern Democrats), and John Bell (Constitutional Union Party). He is the first republican president ever. -
South Carolina's Secession
South Carolina was the first state to declare its secession from the United States. The first shots of the civil war were fired in Charleston. -
Mississippi's Secession
Mississippi was the second state to be secceded from the United States. In February, it joined six other cotton states to form the Conferderate States of America. -
Florida's Secession
Florida was the third state to be succeded from the United States.In the beggining of the Civil War, Florida served the Confederate. -
Alabama's Secession
The state of Alabama was part of the Confederate States of America during the America Civil War. -
Georgia's Secession
Georgia secceded from the union during the war but still kept the name "State of Georgia". They joined the Confederate in Febraury. -
Louisiana's Secession
They was the leading slave state where majority of the state had africans and african-americans. -
Texas
They joined the Confederate States of America on March 2 1862. Sam Houston was replaced in governing the state because of refusing to take the Confederate Oath. -
Shiloh
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Fort Sumter
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Lincoln calls 75,000 volunteers
Lincoln called 75,000 volunteers to form a milita to execute the laws of the Union. -
Virginia'a Secession
The Commonwealth of Virginia was a prominent part of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. -
Arkansas's Secession
The state of Arkansas was a part of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War, and provided a source of troops, supplies, and military and political leaders for the fledgling country. -
Tennessee
Most of the Battles were fought in Tennessee because of its large land and its location. -
North Carolina's Secession
The Southern United States state of North Carolina provided an important source of soldiers, supplies, and war materiel to the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. -
1st Manassas Bull Run
The First Battle of Bull Run was fought on July 21, 1861, in Prince William County, Virginia. It was the first major land battle of the American Civil War. -
McClellan becomes Commender
In the battle of Antietam, he launched an attacked against Lee's army and he had to retreated. -
Fort Henry
It was the first important victory for the Union and Brig. General Ulysses S. Grant in the Western Theater. -
Fort Donelson
It was fought in Stewart County, TN and the Union won. -
Merrimac v Monitor
The Battle of Hampton Roads was the most noted and arguably most important naval battle of the American Civil War.It was fought for over two days in Hampton Roads. -
John Pope becomes Commander
General John Pope was defeated by 55,000 Confederates controled by General Stonewall Jackson and General James Longstreet. -
Robert E. Lee becomes commander
He becomes commander of the Army of Northern Virginia. -
2nd Manassas Bull Run
The 2nd battle of bullrun was fought on August 28-30, 1862.It began as a federal column under jackson.Major general George Brinton McClellan successfully moved his massive army up in the peninsula between the York and James rivers. -
Sharpsburg (Antienam)
Was the fist major battle in the American Revolution fought on Northern soil.It was the single bloodiest day in American history , with about 23,000 casualties.The Union troops under Gen.McClellan won the Battle of Sharpsburg. -
Burnside becomes Commander
He becomes general of the Union Army after McClellan was fired by President Lincoln. He was fired and replaced by General Joseph Hooker. -
Fredricksburg
The Battle of Fredericksburg was fought December 11–15, 1862, in and around Fredericksburg, -
Chancellorsville
Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker led the V, XI, and XII Corps three days before the battle. Confederate Victory. 24,000 casualties of which 14,000 were Union soldiers. -
Vicksburg
Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant made several attempts to take Vicksburg.In the spring of 1863 he prepared to cross his troops from the west bank of the Mississippi River to a point south of Vicksburg. -
Gettysburg
It was going on for 3 days, July 1-3. Robert E. Lee had an army of 75,000 men.George G. Meade had 97,000 men. The Union won 2/3 days of Battle. -
13th Amendment
This Amendment abolished and still prohibits slavery,and involuntaryservitude,except a punishment for a crime.Secretay of State William H. Seward declared it to have been adopted. -
Atlanta captured
The city of Atlanta was an important rail and commercial center.
Civilians of Atlanta scramble to board the last train to leave under the mandatory evacuation order. Many wagons and belongings had to be abandoned. William T. Sherman captured Atlanta. -
Siege of Petersburg
Petersburg Campaign was a series of battles in and around Petersburg, Virginia, fought from June 9, 1864 to March 25, 1865. -
battle of Nashville
The Battle of Nashville was a two-day battle in the Franklin-Nashville Campaign. It represented the end of large-scale fighting in the Western Theater. -
Lee Surrender
Lee surrenders to Ulysses Grant at the Appomattox Court House. -
Lincoln Assassinated
This happened as the American Civil War was drawing to a close, and five days after Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Grant.Lincoln was the first American President to be assinated.
