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Civil War

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  • Abraham Lincoln's step into office

    Abraham Lincoln's step into office
    Abraham Lincoln was elected president in 1860 on November 6th.

  • The Stand Of The South

    The Stand Of The South
    Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas secede from the united states. They didn't agree with Abrahams views on slavery. Abraham was about to get rid of the main source of money for the south.

  • Jefferson Davis

    Jefferson Davis
    The Delegates at the Montgomery convention appoint Jefferson Davis as the provisional president of the confederate states.

  • Confederates Making It Official

    Confederates Making It Official
    Confederate delegates in Montgomery approve the Constitution of the Confederate States of America.

  • The Civil War Begins

    The Civil War Begins
    Confederate forces fire upon Fort Sumter in South Carolina. The Civil War formally begins.

  • Lincolns Rebuttal

    Lincolns Rebuttal
    President Lincoln issues a public declaration that an insurrection exists and calls for 75,000 militia to stop the rebellion. Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee secede from the Union in the following weeks. Lincoln will respond on May 3 with an additional call for 43,000+ volunteers to serve for three years, expanding the size of the Regular Army.

  • The Capital Of Confederacy

    The Capital Of Confederacy
    Richmond becomes the capitol of the Confederacy. Richmond was the Confederacy's second largest and most industrialized city.

  • The First Land Battle

    The First Land Battle
    Battle of Big Bethel, the first land battle of the war in Virginia.

  • The Battle Of Bull Run

    The Battle Of Bull Run
    The Battle of Bull Run (or First Manassas), is fought near Manassas, Virginia. The Union Army under General Irwin McDowell initially succeeds in driving back Confederate forces under General Pierre Gustav Toutant Beauregard, but the arrival of troops under General Joseph E. Johnston initiates a series of reverses that sends McDowell's army in a panicked retreat to the defenses of Washington.

  • The Confiscation Act

    The Confiscation Act
    US Congress passes and President Lincoln signs the Confiscation Act of 1861. This act permits court proceedings for the confiscation of property, including enslaved people, used to support the Confederacy.

  • Fort Henry

    Fort Henry
    Surrender of Fort Henry, Tennessee. The loss of this southern fort on the Tennessee River opened the door to Federal control of the river.

  • The Battle Of Gettysburg

    The Battle Of Gettysburg
    The Gettysburg Campaign continues. Confederates pass through York and reach the bridge over the Susquehanna River at Columbia, but Federal militia set fire to the bridge, denying access to the east shore. Confederate cavalry skirmishes with Federal militia near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The bloodiest battle of the Civil War dashes Robert E. Lee's hopes for a successful invasion of the North.

  • The Battle Of Chickamauga

    The Battle Of Chickamauga
    The Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia. The US Army of the Cumberland under General William Rosecrans is defeated and nearly routed by the Confederate Army of Tennessee commanded by General Braxton Bragg. Rosecrans' army retreats to the supply base at Chattanooga, Tennessee.

  • The End Of The War

    The End Of The War
    General Simon Bolivar Buckner agrees to terms of surrender of the Army of the Trans-Mississippi, which are agreed to on June 2, 1865. With this surrender of the last large Confederate army, the Civil War officially ends. (Confederate Brigadier General Stand Waite did not surrender until June 23, and one Confederate ship, the CSS Shenandoah, docked in Liverpool and surrendered to the Royal Navy on November 6, 1865.)