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On November 6th, 1860, Abraham Lincoln was elected as the 16th president of the United States. Many Southern people opposed him and were angry that he was elected.
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On December 20th in 1860, South Carolina seceded from the Union. This led other states to follow them and eventually all the states had joined the confederacy.
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The second state to secede from the Union was Mississippi. They seceded just around 20 days after South Carolina
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The third state to secede was Florida. They seceded just 1 day after Mississippi.
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The next state to join the Confederacy was Alabama. They seceded just a day after Florida.
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Just 8 days after Alabama seceded, Georgia followed suit. They were the 5th state to secede.
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Just 10 days after Georgia secedes from the Union, Kansas is declared a state. Kansas was the 34th state.
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On the first day in February, Texas seceded from the Union. It was the 6th state to secede.
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On February 18th in 1861, Jefferson Davis was inaugurated as the first president of the Confederate states. He would be the first and only Confederate president.
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On February 23rd in 1861, Lincoln arrived in Washington D.C to prepare for his presidency.
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On this day, Abraham Lincoln would be inaugurated as the 16th U.S president.
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On this day, Fort Sumter was surrendered by th Union. The fort, located in Charleston Harbor in South Carolina, was a target for the confederacy because they thought it belonged to them,
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President Lincoln calls for militiamen to fight.
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Virginia secedes from the Union as a the 8th seceded state
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Lincoln proclaims a blockade on all Southern Ports.
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Robert E. Lee reigns from the U.S army saying he can not fight the side he was born on. Later being commander of the Confederate army.
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On this day, Arkansas seceded frfom the union
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On this day, North Carolina seceded from the Union
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On this day, Tennessee seceded from the union
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Lincoln and congress call for 500,000 men to fight in the war, it was a draft.
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On this day the first major battle of the civil war started. Bull Run was won by the Confederacy.
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Lincoln calls upon George McClellan to be Union general of the Potomac river
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Lincoln replaces General Fremont with General David Hunter
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Lincoln appoints McClellan As Chief of the army after Winfield Scott resigns due to his old age
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After the U.S seizes 2 confederate ships, England threatens war on the Union if the ships aren't returned to the South.
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Lincoln gives war order for all Union army and naval forces to advance
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Ulysses S. Grant takes fort Henry for the Union
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On this day, Abraham Lincoln son died from an illness
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The North's ironclad ship,"Montor", and Confederate ironclad ship,"Merrimac", fight. reinventing war ships
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General Grant is ambushed at Shiloh, 13,000 Union men either killed or wounded.
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General David Farragut takes the South's largest port at New Orleans, and takes control of the Mississippi river
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The confederates nearly win against the Union, but the South's general Johnston is wounded.
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Robert E. Lee replaces General Johnston after he is badly wounded
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Both armies suffered huge losses, but the Union retreats back to Washington.
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Lincoln gives command to Henry halleck.
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The Union suffers a defeat to the confederates even when outnumbering them by 20,000
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Robert E. Lee goes to Harpers Ferry to close in on Washington
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Lee is stopped by McClellan, and the bloodiest day in American historh ensues as the North and South battle. About 26,000 men are killed or wounded
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Lincoln issues the preliminary emancipation proclamation
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Lincoln replaces McClellan with Burnside as Commander of the army on the Potomac for his slowness
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The Union suffers a costly defeat in Virginia under command of Burnside
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Lincoln issues the Emancipationn proclamation, freeing all slaves in the South
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Lincoln replaces Burnside with Joseph Hooker
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General Grant is commanded to take Vicksburg
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Congress makes a U.S draft, but someone who pays $300 can get out
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The confederates defeat the Union in Virginia under control of Lee
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After being accidentally shot by his own soldier, Jackson dies from the wound
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Robert E. Lee sets North for Gettysburg in Pennsylvania with 75,000 troops
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Lincoln makes General Meade the leader of the army upon the Potomac, making him the 5th within a year
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In the bloodiest battle in American history, Lee's troops are defeated by the Union inn Gettysburg
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The last Confederate Stronghold along the Mississippi river is taken by Grant after a 6 week attack
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Riots break out in New York be cause people are angry about the draft
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Black soldiers lead by Colonel Robert Shaw attack rebels in South Carolina. About 300 of the 600 soldiers die and Shaw
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President Lincoln meets with Frederick Douglass who pushed Lincoln for equality in the army for black men
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About 450 pro-confederate men raid a town in Kansas, and kill about 180 boys and men
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The confederates win decisively at Chickamauga
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Lincoln puts General Grant in charge of all the army in the west
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Lincoln serves a 2 minute speech dedicated to the men who died at Gettysburg
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Under control of Grant, Union soldiers defeat the rebel forces of Braxton Bragg
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Lincoln makes Grant i charge of all the United States' armies, Sherman takes the west
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General Grant heads to Richmond to face General Lee and Sherman begins heading to Atlanta to face Johnston
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Grant makes a mistake and 7,000 soldiers die in 20 minutes at the harbor
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The Union misses a chance to take Petersburg and a 9 month siege begins instead
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General Sherman faces rebels under control of Hood who replaced Johnston
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George McClellan is the democratic candidate to run against Lincoln for President
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Sherman defeats rebels in Atlanta and takes it for North control
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Calvalry under control of Philip Sheridan win in the Shenandoah valley for the Union
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Lincoln is re-elected over McClellan
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William Sherman begins his march to the sea through Georgia
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Sherman reached Savannah, leaving a 300 mile path of destruction behind him, as he ended his march to the sea
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Grant advances through Lee's lines of soldiers and makes his way to Richmond
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Grant takes Richmond and raises the American in the Confederate capitol
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After years of fighting, Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomattox, ending the war
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The war ended and people started to cheer in Washington
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Lincoln is shot by John Wilkes Booth at Fords Theatre in Washington
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Lincoln dies after he is shot by John Wilkes Booth
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Johnston Surrenders to Sherman in Durham, North Carolina
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John Wilkes Booth is shot and killed in a tobacco barn in Virginia
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Lincoln is buried at his hometown in Illinois. Many people go to spectate
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The 13th amendment is passed, abolishing slavery from the United States
