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LIncon Elected
Lincon was Elected president but wirh his low voating poll (1.9 million out of 4.7 million votes cast), He knew he would be faced with some issues. This what important becuase without him the slave would have have been free, Atleast in the north. -
Confederacy was Formed
7 states decied to form a new constitution. They madetheir own laws and sign of on their own constitution. Thi is what seperated the north fo the south. This is important becuase it is what truly serperated the north frm the south. -
Civil War begins at Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina.
General P.G.T. Beauregard bombard Major Robert Anderson starts the war at Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina. This is important becuase With out this event, the states might have always been seperated. -
Lincon request Army
Lincoln requests an army. The congress will give him a call for 500,000 men. It is clear now that the war will not be short. This is important because with out an army the north would have been taken over by south. -
General Robert E. Lee Takes command
General Robert E. Lee takes command of the Confederacy in Northern Virginia. This is important becuase he takes the confederacy all the way. -
The Seven days
Over teven days of fighting, General Robert E. Lee attacks George A Union Army of the Potomac near Richmond, Virginia. A huge loss of lives caused the conferedt to flee this battle. This is important becae it showed us how strong they really are. -
Antietam
This battel caused over 26,000 men to be killed, wounded or missing in action on both sides. Though officially a draw, the battle stops General Robert E. Lee's invasion of Maryland, This is important because the battle of Antietam is the bloodiest day in United States history. -
Preliminary Emancipation
Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation, which declares his intention to free all slaves in any new territory captured by the Union Army. This is what started the winning of the union -
Emancipation Proclamation
Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation. It frees all slaves captured by the Union Army, and order black soldiers. .From this point forward, the Civil War is a war over slavery. -
Draft Riots
When the government begin conscription, riots break out in New York and other northern cities. In New York, 120 men, women and children—mostly black—are killed before Union troops returning from Gettysburg restore order. -
Gettysburg Address
President Lincoln delivers the two-minute Gettysburg Address at the dedication of the National Cemetery dedication of Soldier's National Cemetery, a cemetery for Union soldiers killed at the Battle Of Gettysburg during the American Civil War. -
Battle of the Wilderness
The Battle of the Wilderness is thousands of men burn to death as the woods in which they were fighting caught fire. -
Slavey ends
The United States Congress approves the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which will abolish slavery. -
Lee Surrenders
General Robert E. Lee surrenders to General Ulysses S. Grant in a farmhouse in the town of Appomattox Court House, Virginia. The war is over. -
Lincoln Gets shot
John Wilkes Booth entered the presidential box at Ford's Theatre in Washington D.C., and fatally shot President Abraham Lincoln. -
Slavery Abolished
Every states has agreed and The 13th amedment has been sent to order .
"Neither Slavory nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for a crim whereof the party sall have been dully convicted, Shall exist in the United States or any place subject to their jurisdiction." With out this no slave would be able to be free.
