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Harper's Ferry
ohn Brown, a staunch abolitionist, and a group of his supporters left their farmhouse hide-out en route to Harpers Ferry. Descending upon the town in the early hours of October 17th, Brown and his men captured prominent citizens and seized the federal armory and arsenal. -
Lincoln's First Election
Republican, 1 term 1861-65
-Secession of southern states
-Civil War, 1861-1865
-Emancipation Proclamation
-Assassinated 1865 (first president assassinated) -
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Civil War Timeline
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Confederate States of America established
The confederation formed in 1861 by the Southern states after their secession from the Union: South Carolina, Texas, Mississippi, Florida, Alabam, Georgia, Louisiana -
1st Battle of bull run date
The First Battle of Bull Run, also known as First Manassas (the name used by Confederate forces), was fought on July 21, 1861, in Prince William County, Virginia, near the city of Manassas, not far from Washington, D.C. It was the first major battle of the American Civil War. -
First Income Tax
During the Civil War Congress passed the Revenue Act of 1861 which included a tax on personal incomes to help pay war expenses. This occurred in the Union. -
1st Confiscation Act
The First Confiscation Act of 1861 authorized the confiscation of any Confederate property by Union forces ("property" included slaves). This meant that all slaves that fought or worked for the Confederate military were confiscated whenever court proceedings "condemned" them as property used to support the rebellion. -
Trent Affair
Trent Affair In 1861 the Confederacy sent emissaries James Mason to Britain and John Slidell to France and Britain to lobby for recognition. A Union ship captured both men and took them to Boston as prisoners. The British were angry and Lincoln ordered their release. The South did not get recognition from Britain or France in the end. -
Monitor v Merrimack
Monitor: Union steamer in American Civil War
Sig) Monitor vs. Merrimack was the first engagement ever between two iron-clad naval vessels. The two ships battled in a portion of the Chesapeake Bay known as Hampton Roads for five hours on March 9, 1862, ending in a draw
Merrimack: Merrimack a Confederate sidewheel steamer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War.
Sig) Monitor vs. Merrimack was the first engagement ever between two iron-clad naval vessels. The two ships battled in a -
Battle of Shiloh
Shiloh An 1862 battle in which the Union forced the Confederacy to retreat in some of the fiercest fighting in the Civil War -
Capture of New Orleans
New Orleans (1862) 1. Leader: Farragut
2. Course of Battle: After moving up the Mississippi river past Forts Jackson and St. Philip, Farragut is able to demand the surrender of the undefended city.
3. Winner: Union victory
4. Lasting Significance: Cut off Confederate shipping through New Orleans -
Homestead/Morrill Land Grant Acts
Homestead Act Act of 1862 that permitted any citizen or prospective citizen to claim 160 acres of public land and to purchase it for a small fee after living on it for five years. Morrill Land Grant Act Act of 1862 that transferred substantial public acreage to the state governments, which were to sell the land and use the proceeds to finance public education. This act led to many land-grant institutions -
The Second Confiscation Act
It stated that any Confederate official, military or civilian, who did not surrender within 60 days of the act's passage would have their slaves freed in criminal proceedings. However, this act was only applicable to Confederate areas that had already been occupied by the Union Army. -
Antietam
Battle in Maryland that ended Lee's first invasion of the North. Known for being the bloodiest day in the war, and led to the Emancipation Proclamation -
Emancipation Proclamation
Emancipation Proclamation Lincoln issued it on September 22, 1862; freed all the slaves in the Confederate states, but slaves in Border States loyal to the Union remained enslaved. It only applied to states in rebellion (Confederate states). It led to slaves rebelling and joining the Union army and increased sympathy from Europe -
Writ of Habeas Corpus suspended
to release an individual from unlawful imprisonment; through this use it has come to be regarded as the great writ of liberty. The writ tests only whether a prisoner has been accorded due process, not whether he is guilty. -
National Draft Law Instated
Since there was a decline in enlistments, Congress passed this in March 1863. Virtually all young adult males were eligible to be drafted; but a man could escape service by hiring someone to go in his place or by paying the government a fee of $300. -
Vicksburg
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Capture of Atlanta
Atlanta Campaign (1864) 1. Leaders: Sherman vs. Johnston and Hood
2. Course of Battles: Sherman forces Confederate forces closer and closer to Atlanta. Then, Hood abandons Atlanta to attack Union forces in Tennessee. Sherman burns Atlanta.
3. Winner: Union victory
4. Lasting Significance: Diminished Army of the Tennessee and left Sherman free to move to Savannah -
Lincoln's re-election
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Sherman;s March to the Sea
Sherman's march to Savannah which cut off confederate supplies received from the sea -
13th Amendement
The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime. -
Capture of Richmond
, served as the capitol of the Confederate States of America for almost the whole of the American Civil War. It was the target of numerous attempts by the Union Army to seize possession of the capitol, finally falling to the Federals in April 1865. Not only was Richmond the seat of political power for the Confederacy, -
Surrender at Appomattox
the final engagement of Confederate States Army General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia before it surrendered to the Union Army under Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, and one of the last battles of the American Civil War. -
Lincoln's Assasination
Lincoln was shot at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., as the American Civil War was drawing to a close, just six days after the surrender of General Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia to General Ulysses S. Grant and Union forces. The assassination was planned and carried out by John Wilkes Booth as part of a larger conspiracy in an effort to rally the remaining Confederate troops to continue fighting. Lincoln was attending a stage performance of Our American Cousin at Ford's Theat -
South Secedes
South Carolina secede from the Union thinking the "sectional party" picked a president who was harmful to slavery. there were seven states that had seceded the Union; South Carolina, ALabama, Missippi, Flordia, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas. The upper south-Virginia, North Carolina, Tennesee, and Arkansas- did not believe Lincoln's presidency was reason for seceding.