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Abraham Lincoln is elected President
Lincoln becomes the 16th president of the United States -
South Carolina leaves the union
Over the issue of free states vs. slaves states and state rights, South Carolina secedes and leaves the Union. -
Jefferson Davis
Eleven southern states secede from the United States and forms their own country, The Confederate States of America. The president elected to head this new country is Jefferson Davis -
Civil War begins
The south attacks Fort Sumter. The American Civil War begins. -
Robert E. Lee
Robert E. Lee is selected as general-in-chief of the Confederate armies. -
Battle of Antietam
The bloodiest day in U.S. military history as General Robert E. Lee and the Confederate Armies are stopped at in Maryland. The battle leaves 26,000 men are dead, wounded, or missing. -
The Emancipation Proclamation
President's Lincoln announces this Proclamation which is printed in newspapers and posted throughout the Union to help spread the word. -
Ulysses S. Grant
Command of the Army of the West in the Civil War, with orders to capture Vicksburg. -
Battle of Gettysburg
A major victory for the North and the Union starts to win the Civil War. The Battle of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania results in massive casualties in the Civil War -
Sherman's March to the Sea
General Sherman reaches Savannah, Georgia leaving behind a 300 mile path of burning destruction 60 miles wide from Atlanta to Savannah during the Civil War -
End Of The Civil War. Union Wins!
General Lee, who did not want his men to die in a war no longer possible to win, surrenders at the Appomattox Court House in Virginia.
