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Abraham Lincoln is elected the 16th president of the United States
Abraham Lincoln is a part of the Union party and he served throughout the civil war. He served as president up until his assassination. -
South Carolina secedes from the Union
South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union and seceded because of the increasing hostility on the part of the non-slaveholding states to the institution of slavery. -
Jefferson Davis was inaugurated as President of Confederate States of America
This was an instigating factor of the Civil War. He was chosen to be inaugurated to appease both moderate and radical factions in Congress. He was the first and only President of the Confederate States of America after the South seceded. -
Southern forces fire upon Fort Sumter, South Carolina.
This is when the Civil War formally began, as the attack on Fort Sumter officially began it. The Confederate troops fired, and the Union forces surrendered in this battle. -
The First Battle of Bull Run (First Manassas)
This battle was considered the first major battle of the Civil War. In this battle, the Union struck first but the Confederates won. -
The Battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg)
This battle was the bloodiest single day of the Civil War, so therefore the bloodiest battle they fought. The Union started it and the Union also won this battle. -
The Emancipation Proclamation goes into effect
Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation during the third year of the Civil War. This allowed all people who were being held as slaves within the Rebellious States shall be free. -
The Battle of Vicksburg/ The Siege of Vicksburg
The purpose of this battle was that the Union wanted to secure control of the Mississippi River for themselves. The Union started this battle and they won it. -
The Battle of Gettysburg
This was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War. Robert E. Lee was hoping for a successful invasion of the North. The North and South both wanted a certain road junction so they fought for it. The Confederacy started it but the Union won it. -
Fall of Atlanta
One of the Unions Generals, William Sherman, had Atlanta under siege and he was the one that sieged them. They shelled civilians and cut off their supply lines. -
March to the Sea
The Unions General, Sherman, began this march. It was a military campaign and the purpose was to cripple the Confederacy's ability to wage war. It ended up in another Union victory. -
The Battle of Appomattox Court House
Robert E. Lee surrendered his Army to Union General Ulysses S. Grant. This led to the end of the bloodiest conflict in American History. -
President Abraham Lincoln is assassinated
John Wilkes Booth shot and killed Abraham Lincoln. This occurred at the presidential box at the Fords Theater in Washington D.C. Lincoln died the day after he was shot. -
The Civil War officially ends
General Edmund Kirby Smith, Commander of Confederate Forces, signed the surrender terms.
