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Abraham Lincoln
He was elected as the 16th President of the United States. He was 51 when he won the election and 52 whe he took office serving hes forst term. He was a republican. -
The Cvil War Began
Under General Pierre Beauregard the Confederates open fire with 50 cannons at 4:30 am. The cannon was faceing Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina. That is why the Civil War began. -
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Issues a Public Declaration
President Lincoln issues a public declaration that an insurrection exists and calls for 75,000 militia to stop the rebellion. Expandied the size of the Regular Army. -
Battle of Wilson's Creek, Missouri
The Union army which was under the control of General Nathaniel Lyon attack Confederate troops and state militia southwest of Springfield, Missouri. Lyon died after that terriable day. The Confederate winning showed how strong southern presence west of the Mississippi River. -
"Surrender"
General Ulysses S. Grant captures Fort Henry, Tennessee. Ten days later he accepts the surrender of Fort Donelson. These victories open up the state of Tennessee for Union advancement. -
Jefferson Davis
Jefferson Davis is starts off as President of the Confederate States of America. -
First Battle of Winchester, Virginia
After two weeks of battles at Cross Keys and Front Royal, General "Stonewall" Jackson attacks Union forces at Winchester. He runs them out of the city. The victory is the highest point of his 1862 Valley Campaign. -
Emancipation Proclamation
It was to proclaim al those enslaved in Confederate territory to be forever free. This applying to 3.1 million of the 4 million slaves in the U.S. The Proclamation could not be enforced in areas still under rebellion. -
Darfting Soldiers
Drafting of soldiers into military service, begins in the North. It had begun in the South the year before. -
New Campaign
Union forces in the east begin a new campaign in Virginia. In the west, a Union army has begun a campaign to surround and take Vicksburg, Mississippi, the last Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi River. -
First Submarine Attack
First Successful Submarine Attack of the Civil War. The CSS H.L. Hunley, a seven-man attacked the USS Houstonic outside of Charleston, South Carolina. Struck by the submarine's torpedo, the Housatonic broke apart and sank. -
Sinking
The USS Kearsarge sinks the Confederate raider CSS Alabama near Cherbourg, France. -
Battle of Franklin, Tennessee
After a month of raiding Sherman's supply lines and attacking Union outposts, John Bell Hood's army confronts Union troops from General John Schofield's command, who they had encountered the day before near Spring Hill, Tennessee. A massive frontal assault on the well entrenched Federal line meets with disaster. Despite some taking of outside works and defenses, the toll for Hood's forces is too heavy including the loss of six of his generals. Un -
Lincoln Assassination
President Abraham Lincoln is assassinated at Ford's Theater in Washington, DC. The killer was John Wilkes and he was an actor. He was watching Our American Cousin. -
Ending of the Civil War
The Civil war ended with the surrender of Lee to Grant, in Virginia at Appomattox court. The Confederate States of America never really surrendered. It simply ceased to function with President Davis being captured in Georgia on May 19, 1865.
