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Election of 1860
The 1860 election was the second time a Republican candidate ran, and the first time a Union member ran. The results of the election forced the nation into war. -
South Carolina Succeeds
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Mississippi Succeeds
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Florida Succeeds
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Alabama Succeeds
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Georgia Succeeds
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Louisiana Succeeds
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Texas Succeeds
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Lincoln's First Inauguration
Lincoln was the president that led America through the Civil War. His election forced the nation into war. -
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Anaconda Plan
The Anaconda Plan was the Union’s outline strategy for suppressing the Confederacy at the beginning of the war. The plan called for a naval blockade of the Confederate Littoral, a thrust down the Mississippi, and the strangulation of the south. -
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Attack of Fort Sumter
The South Carolina militia bombed Fort Sumter. The United States army returned gunfire and then surrendered. -
Virginia Succeeds
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Arkansas Succeeds
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North Carolina Succeeds
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Tennessee Succeeds
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First Manassas
First major battle of the American Civil War. Union forces were slow positioning themselves, which gave the Confederate army time to arrive by the rail. Both sides were inexperienced. -
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Hampton Roads
Naval battle. Battle was part of the confederacy to break the union blockade. -
Antietam
Major general George B McClellan launched attacks on Robert E Lee's army. This was one of the bloodiest days of the war. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham issued this as the nation approached its third year of war. It declared “that all persons held as slaves are and henceforward shall be free”. -
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Vicksburg
This battle was a decisive Union victory. It divided the confederacy and cemented the reputation of Union General Ulysses S. Grant. -
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Gettysburg
The war’s turning point. Union Maj. Gen.George Meade's Army of the Potomac defeated Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. -
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New York Draft Riot
Lincoln diverted several segments of militia to control the city after the Battle of Gettysburg. The rioters were primarily white men afraid of free black people competing for work. Many buildings were destroyed, many lives lost, and many balck residents left Manhattan. -
Gettysburg Address
Abraham Lincoln gave this speech during the war. It was delivered at the Soldiers’ National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania four months after the Union army defeated the Confederate army in the Battle of Gettysburg. -
Sherman's March to the Sea
Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman conducted a military campaign based in Georgia. Troops left the captured city of Atlanta and captured Savannah. Followed “scorched earth” policy destroying military targets and industry. -
Sand Creek Massacre
Approximately 675 U.S. soldiers commanded by Colonel John M. attacked a village of Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians in Southeastern Colorado Territory. -
Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address
The speech was delivered just before Lincoln’s assssination. He stated hopes to heal a divided country. -
Appomattox Courthouse
The battle was one of the last of the Civil War. Led to Confederate general Robert E. Lee surrendering his army to Union General Ulysses S. Grant. -
Lincoln's Assassination
John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln in his box at Ford’s Theater in Washington D.C. As a supporter of slavery he thought Lincoln was determined to overthrow the constitution and destroy the south.
