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Uncle Tom's Cabin is an anti-slavery novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe. The novel had a big effect on attitudes toward African Americans and slavery in the U.S. And is said to have helped lay the groundwork for the Civil War.
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The 1860 United States presidential election was the 19th presidential election, held on November 6, 1860.
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As it applies to the outbreak of the American Civil War, comprises the series of events that began on December 20, 1860, and extended through June 8 of the next year when eleven states in the Lower and Upper South severed their ties with the Union.
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The Battle of Fort Sumter was the bombardment of Fort Sumter near Charleston, South Carolina by the South Carolina militia, and the gunfire and surrender by the United States Army, that started the Civil War.
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The Battle of Bull Run, was the first major battle of the American Civil War. The battle was fought on July 21, 1861, in Prince William County, Virginia,
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The Battle of Hampton Roads, also referred to as the Battle of the Monitor and Merrimack, was a naval battle during the American Civil War.
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The Battle of Shiloh was one of the first battles in the Western Theater of the American Civil War, fought April 6–7, 1862, in southwestern Tennessee.
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The Battle of Antietam, also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg, in the Southern United States, was a battle of the American Civil War, fought on September 17, 1862.
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The Battle of Fredericksburg was fought December 11–15, 1862, in and around Fredericksburg, Virginia, in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War.
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The Battle of Chancellorsville was a major battle of the American Civil War, and the principal engagement of the Chancellorsville campaign. It was fought from April 30 to May 6, 1863, in Spotsylvania County, Virginia.
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The siege of Vicksburg was the final major military action in the Vicksburg campaign of the American Civil War.
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The Battle of Gettysburg was fought July 1–3, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, by Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War.
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The Battle of Appomattox Court House, fought in Appomattox County, Virginia, on the morning of April 9, 1865, was one of the last battles of the American Civil War.
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Abraham Lincoln was an American who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. Lincoln led the nation through the American Civil War.
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Passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, and ratified on December 6, 1865, the 13th amendment abolished slavery in the United States. The 13th amendment, passed the Senate on April 8, 1864, and the House on January 31, 1865.
