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Civil War
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Abraham Lincoln elected president
Lincoln is elected and the South is angered. -
Battle at Fort Sumter
Confederates under Gen. Pierre Beauregard open fire with 50 cannons upon Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina. The Civil War begins. Confederates win, some casualties, no deaths. -
Lincoln orders blockade of the south
Lincoln issues a Proclamation of Blockade against Southern ports. For the duration of the war the blockade limits the ability of the rural South to stay well supplied in its war against the industrialized North. -
1st Battle of Bull Run
Lincoln now sees that the battle wiill be long. And the Union Army under Gen. Irvin McDowell suffers a defeat at Bull Run 25 miles southwest of Washington. Confederate Gen. Thomas J. Jackson earns the nickname "Stonewall," as his brigade resists Union attacks. Union troops fall back to Washington. -
Monitor vs. Virginia naval battle
The naval battle between the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia (the old USS "Merrimack"), the first "ironclads", is fought in Hampton Roads, Virginia. -
Battle of Shiloh
Confederates surprise attack on Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's unprepared troops at Shiloh on the Tennessee River results in a bitter struggle with 13,000 Union killed and wounded and 10,000 Confederates, more men than in all previous American wars combined. -
7 Days Campaign
it lasted till July 1st 1862. It was a series of 6 major wars. -
2nd Battle of Bull Run
Pope's intention was to move against Jackson on both flanks. He ordered Fitz John Porter to move toward Gainesville and attack what he considered to be the Confederate right flank. He ordered Sigel to attack Jackson's left at daybreak. Sigel, unsure of Jackson's dispositions, chose to advance along a broad front, with Brig. Gen. Robert C. Schenck's division, supported by Brig. Gen. John F. Reynolds's division Heintzelman's III Corps on the left, Brig. Gen. Robert H. Milroy's independent brigads -
Antietam
Bloodest day in U.S. history. 26,000 men are dead, wounded, or missing. -
Emancipation Proclamation issued
freeing slaves issued by President Lincoln. -
Emancipation Proclamation takes effect
President Lincoln issues the final Emancipation Proclamation freeing all slaves in territories held by Confederates and emphasizes the enlisting of black soldiers in the Union Army. The war to preserve the Union now becomes a revolutionary struggle for the abolition of slavery. -
Battle at Chancellorsville
It lasted through May 1-4
The Union Army under Gen. Hooker is decisively defeated by Lee's much smaller forces at the Battle of Chancellorsville in Virginia as a result of Lee's brilliant and daring tactics. Confederate Gen. Stonewall Jackson is mortally wounded by his own soldiers. Hooker retreats. -
Battle of Gettysburg
It goes though July 1-3
The tide of war turns against the South as the Confederates are defeated at the Battle of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania. -
Siege of Vicksburg
Vicksburg, the last Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi River, surrenders to Gen. And with the Union now in control of the Mississippi, the Confederacy is effectively split in two, cut off from its western allies. -
Gettysburg Address
Dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery at Gettysburg. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address. -
Battle at Chattanooga
The soldiers were cuting of supplies from the people in the town. -
Ulysses S. Grant takes over the Union Army
President Lincoln appoints Gen. Grant to command all of the armies of the United States. Gen. William T. Sherman succeeds Grant as commander in the west. -
Sherman captures Atlanta
Atlanta is captured by Sherman's Army. "Atlanta is ours, and fairly won," Sherman telegraphs Lincoln. The victory greatly helps President Lincoln's bid for re-election. -
Abraham Lincoln re-elected
braham Lincoln is re-elected president, defeating Democrat George B. McClellan. Lincoln carries all but three states with 55 percent of the popular vote and 212 of 233 electoral votes. -
Sherman begins march to the sea
After destroying Atlanta's warehouses and railroad facilities, Sherman, President Lincoln on advice from Grant approved the idea. "I can make Georgia howl!" Sherman boasts. -
Savannah, GA falls to the Union
Sherman reaches Savannah in Georgia leaving behind a 300 mile long path of destruction 60 miles wide all the way from Atlanta. -
13th Amendment passed
U.S. Congress approves the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, to abolish slavery. -
Robert E. Lee surrenders
Gen. Robert E. Lee surrenders his Confederate Army to Gen. Ulysses S. -
Abraham Lincoln shot and killed
That night, Lincoln and his wife Mary went to see a play. At 10:13 p.m., during the third act of the play, John Wilkes Booth shoots the president in the head. Lincoln dies the next day in his bed. -
Union Army moves in and occupies Richmond, VA.
Skilled white workers at Tredegar Iron Mill in Richmond, VA, tell Joseph Anderson they intend to strike if slaves are used in puddling operation, and Southern delegates hold a National Democratic convention in Richmond. Party leaders urge a "wait and see" approach.
