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PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 1860
abraham lincoln was elcted president of the united states. the united states at that time was dealing with expansion of slavery and the rights of slave owners. -
FORT SUMTER
Beauregard sent an aide to demand the fort's surrender. Anderson refused and further discussions after midnight failed to resolve the situation. At 4:30am on April 12, a single mortar round burst over Fort Sumter signaling the other harbor forts to open fire. -
Battle of Shiloh
the Battle of Shiloh raged in Tennessee. Approximately 23,746 men died. Of those, 13,047 were Union soldiers. While there were more Union than Confederate casualties, the battle did result in a tactical victory for the North. -
EMANCIPAITION PROCLAMATION
as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free." -
Battle of Chancellorsville
took place in Virginia from May 1-4, 1863. It resulted in 24,000 casualties of which 14,000 were Union soldiers. The confederates won the battle. -
battle of gettysburg
resulted in 51,000 casualties of which 28,000 were Confederate soldiers. The Union was considered the winner of the battle. -
Battle of Chickamauga
It was a victory for the Confederacy that resulted in 34,624 casualties of which 16,170 were Union soldiers. -
GETTYSBURG ADDRESS
"Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting-place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is alt -
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
took place in Virginia. 30,000 casualties of which 18,000 were Union soldiers. However, it was not conclusive whether the union or the confederacy won the battle. -
ASSASSANATION
President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth at Ford’s Theater in Washington D.C.