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Election of Lincoln
This is when Lincoln ran for president and won. -
South Carolina seceds
South Carolina seceds from the Union soon after Lincolns election. -
Mississippi Seceds
Mississippi soon fallows South carolina in seceding from the Union. -
Florida Seceds
The day after Mississippi seceds Florida seceded -
Alabama Seceded
The day after Florida seceded Alabama seceded from the Union -
Georgia seceded
Georgia seceded from the Union. Georgia is the 5th to seced -
Louisiana seceded
Louisiana seceds from the Union, it is the 6th. -
Texas seceded
Texas seceds from the Union, it is the 7th. -
First Battle
Confederates open fire on Ft. Sumter in Charleston, south Carolina. The only casultie is a horse. -
Virginia seceded
Virginia seceds from the Union, it is the 8th. -
Arkansas seceded
Arkansas seceds from the Union, it is the 9th state. -
North Carolina seceded
North carolina seceds from the Union, it is the 10th state. -
Tennessee seceded
Tennessee seceds from the Union, it is the 11th and final state. -
Bull run
The Union army commanded by General Irvin McDowell loses the battle of bull run 25 miles south of Washinton. Confederate army leader General Thomas J. Jackson earns the nickname "stonewall Jaackson" after the way his birgade resisted Union attacks. Union troops fled to washington. -
Harper's Ferry
Gen. Lee after hearing that the garrison at harpers ferry did not retreat he split his army in fourths and sent them on a surrounding mission to harpers ferry. The Union commander col. Miles surrendered after losing over half his forces 12,922 men. the surrendering force was 12,000 strong. Confederate victory. -
Antietam
The bloodiest battle in american military history. General Robert E. Lee leads an attack on the north but is stopped at antietam, Maryland by McClellan with superior forces. By the end 26,000 men were dead, missing, or wounded. -
Battle of Fredricksburg
Gen. Burnside in command of 100,000 pluse men took Fredericksburg and defended it from the confederate attempt to retake it. the Union lost 12,653 while the confederates lost only 5,377. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Lincoln annouces that all slaves in the seceded states are now free, under the athority of Comander and Cheif of the U.S.A. -
Battle of Gettysburg
This is the first Union victory and the turning point of the war. -
Battle of Chattanooga
General Grant was the commanding general with General Thomas and general Sherman commanding forces of 20,000 men. Chattanooga was a key city to capture for the Union because of the railroad crossings in the city. It was a Union victory. -
Siege of knoxville
This was an attempt by the confederates to take knoxville. the Union commanding General was Gen. Burnside. The confederate Gen. was Gen. longstreet in command of 12,000 men retreated after being unsucsessful in take Knoxville and after hearing of Gen. Shermans advance to his position. -
Battle of Cold Harbor
Generals Burnside, Warren, Wright, and Handcock were the Union commanding. A larg lose of life ocored about 10,000 union soldiers died in the course of 20 minutes while only 1,000 confederates died. About 13,000 union soldiers died during battle. This was a Union victory. -
Sherman's march to the sea
Lincoln is advised by grant telling him to send troops to the sea. fallowing this advice Lincoln send General Sherman south with 62,000 men to cause havic and sp;it the south in half. -
Appomattox Courthouse
Gen. Lees Surrender of 28,000 men. -
Assassination of Lincoln
John Booth shot Lincoln in the back of the head at about 10:15pm.
