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The presidential election of 1860 was won by Republican Abraham Lincoln who was against Douglas. -
The first Secession Convention meets in Columbia, South Carolina. -
South Carolina becomes the first state to secede from the Union. -
The Confederacy had 4 more states join them during April of 1861. -
Virginia created West Virginia during this time because only some of the state wanted to secede from the Union. -
Soon after Seceding from the Union, the South creates the Confederacy. -
Jefferson Davis is appointed the first President of the Confederate States of America at Montgomery, Alabama -
President Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated into office this day. -
This was the opening scene of the Civil War, no one died. -
30 People died in total in this battle, 4 Union and 26 Confederate. -
The first official battle of the Civil War, 2,950 Union died and 1,750 confederates died. -
773 People died in total. -
921 Union died and 149 confederates died. -
1464 People died in this battle. -
The Union victory weakened the Confederate hold on the state. -
The loss of this southern fort on the Tennessee River opened the door to Union control of the river. -
A Confederate defeat, the battle resulted in Union occupation of eastern North Carolina and control of Pamlico Sound. -
The first major battle in Tennessee and the confederate General Johnston, considered to be one of the finest officers the South has, is killed on the first day of fighting. The Union victory further secures the career of Union General Ulysses S. Grant. -
General "Stonewall" Jackson attacks Union forces at Winchester and successfully drives them from the city.5 -
The Mississippi River is now in Union control except for its course west of Mississippi where the city of Vicksburg stands as the last southern stronghold on the great river. -
General Lee's army attacks the "Army of the Potomac" under General George McClellan in a succession of battles beginning at Mechanicsville on June 26 and ending at Malvern Hill on July 1.
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Fought on the same ground where one year before, the Union army was defeated and sent reeling in retreat to Washington. Likewise, the result of this battle is a Union defeat. -
The bloodiest single day of the Civil War. -
The Army of the Potomac, under General Ambrose Burnside, is soundly defeated by Lee's forces after a risky river crossing and sacking of the city. -
Union victory frees middle Tennessee from Confederate control and boosts northern morale.
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The Emancipation Proclamation went into affect this day, and the U.S. was one step closer to abolishing slavery. -
Drafting men into the military, in the North, starts. -
General Lee's greatest victory is marred by the mortal wounding of "Stonewall" Jackson, which happened in this battle. -
Union General Ulysses S. Grant sends to attack Confederate defenses outside the city on May 19-22. -
The largest cavalry battle of the Civil War, it also marks the beginning of the Gettysburg Campaign. -
The bloodiest battle of the Civil War gets rid of Lees hopes for a successful invasion of the North. -
The capture of Vicksburg gives the Union complete control of the Mississippi River, a vital supply line for the Confederate states in the west. -
For the first time in the civil war, african americans were allowed to fight alongside white people. -
Confederate and Missouri guerillas under William Clarke Quantrill storm into Lawrence and destroy most of the town. -
109 Union officers made their escape by digging for weeks, from Libby Prison, the largest escape of the war. -
The First successful submarine attack of the Civil War. -
Grant assumes command of all Union Armies in the field the following day. -
As part of an overall Union strategy to strike deep into various parts of the Confederacy, a force of army and navy commands begins a campaign on the river in LA. -
The first major battle of the Red River Campaign in Louisiana. -
Confederate troops under General Hood evacuate the city of Atlanta. General Sherman's army occupies the city and its defenses the following day. -
Despite several attempts to disrupt the Union advance in the coming weeks, the battle for control of the Shenandoah Valley is over. -
Abraham Lincoln is reelected president of the United States. -
General Sherman's Army of Georgia begins the "March to the Sea" -
The Confederate Army is thoroughly defeated and the threat to Tennessee ends. -
Union occupation of this fort at the mouth of the Cape Fear River closes access to Wilmington, the last southern seaport -
Sherman's Army leaves Savannah to march through the Carolinas. -
The Union captures Columbia, SC while Confederates evacuate Charleston. -
President Abraham Lincoln is inaugurated for his second term as president. -
Sherman's Army occupies Fayetteville, North Carolina. -
Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Boothe on this day in Fords Theatre. -
He died at 7:22 am, Mary Lincoln was not in the same room as him when he died. -
11 days after shooting Lincoln, he is cornered in a burning shed by Union supporters and is fatally shot. -
Confederate President Jefferson Davis is captured near Irwinville, Georgia. -
On May 10th, 1865 Confederate President Jefferson Davis was captured by the union. -
Civil Rights act passed during this year to guarantee the rights of African-Americans. -
The 14th amendment ot the United States Constitution assures equal rights to every citizen in the U.S.