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Lincoln is elected president
Lincoln was a republican from Illinois who was a candidate of the newly created Republican Party where he wanted to limit slavery. -
Confederate States of America is formed
Collection of states that were from the United States in 1860 due to the election of President Abraham Lincoln. The Confederacy struggled for a while. -
Battle of Fort Sumter
America attacked the military in South Carolina. It was the bloodiest battle of all time because it killed one person and three were wounded(one mortally). -
President Lincoln declares a blockade of Southern ports
They designed an export of cotton to smuggle war material into the Confederacy -
First Battle of Bull Run (Manassas)
They had 3,00 people that were bad due to the battle compared with 1,750 for the Confederates. -
Battle of Shiloh
The United States had a victory over the Confederate forces in Tennessee. -
Battle of Antietam
They pitted Union General George McClellan's Army of the Potomac against General Robert E. Lee. -
Emancipation Proclamation
"That all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free". -
Battle of Gettysburg
They had the most significant number of casualties in the entire war and were described as the "war's turning point". -
Gettysburg Address
He said that "ideals are worth dying for because it is up to them to carry on the work of those who died to protect ideals". -
Sherman’s March to the Sea
Frighten Georgia's civilian population into abandoning the Confederate cause. -
13th amendment to Constitution
"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted." -
Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address
Offered Lincoln's most profound reflections on the causes and meaning of the war. -
Surrender at Appomattox Court House
Confederate general Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to Union general Ulysses S. Grant. -
Lincoln Assassinated
Actor John Wilkes Booth entered the presidential box at Ford's Theatre in Washington D.C. and fatally shot President Abraham Lincoln.