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The Election of Lincoln
The first Republican President, Abraham Lincoln was elected as the 16th president of the United States. -
The Confederate States of America
The Confederate States of America was the secession of 11 Southern states, which was lead by Jefferson Davis, in 1860 after the election of President Lincoln. -
The Battle of Fort Sumter
The Battle of Fort Sumter was the battle that had started the Civil War. Forces from the Confederate States of America had attacked the United States military at Fort Sumter. No one was killed in this battle and not even two days later had the United States military surrendered. -
The Blockade of Confederate Ports
The Blockade of Confederate Ports was the establishment of blockades to weaken the South so that they would surrender and rejoin the Union. The blockades would prevent cotton from being exported and war materials from being smuggled into the Confederacy. -
The First Battle of Bull Run
The First Battle of Bull Run was the first major land battle of the American Civil War between the Union and Confederate armies near Manassas Junction, Virginia. -
The Battle of Shiloh
The Battle of Shiloh was one of the major early engagements of the American Civil War. The Confederate Army launched a surprise attack on Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant in southwestern Tennessee. After the Confederates success, they were unable to hold their positions and were forced to retreat, resulting in Union victory. -
The Battle of Antietman
The Battle of Antietam was the deadliest one-day battle in all of American military history. It was the result of Lee’s attempt to invade the north and put the Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s Army against Union General George McClellan’s Army. -
The Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation declared that all enslaved people in the states currently engaged in rebellion against the Union “shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free.” -
The Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg was considered to be the most important engagement of the Civil War. After victory over Union forces, Robert E. Lee marched his army into Pennsylvania to invade the North. The Confederates clashed with the Union causing a major turning point and resulting in the Union's victory. -
The Gettysburg Address
The Gettysburg Address was a famous speech given by President Abraham Lincoln delivering his remarks at the official dedication ceremony for the National Cemetery of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania. -
Sherman’s March to the Sea
Sherman’s March to the Sea was when General William T. Sherman led around 60,000 soldiers on a 285-mile march from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia, to frighten Georgia’s civilian population into abandoning the Confederate cause. -
The 13th amendment to Constitution
The 13th Amendment abolished slavery in the United States and says that "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction." -
Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address
Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address was a short speech that outlined the reasons for the Civil War, when the war would end, and what should happen to former Confederate states following the war's outcome. The point of the speech was to claim that both the South and North had to share some of the blame for the sin of slavery. -
The Surrender at Appomattox Court House
The Surrender at Appomattox Court House was one of the finale battles of the Civil War. Lee had abandoned the Confederate capital of Richmond and the city of Petersburg to rally the remnants of his beleaguered troops, meet Confederate reinforcements in North Carolina and resume fighting. This led to the Confederates surrendering to the Union and bringing the four-year Civil War to an end. -
Lincoln Assassinated
Lincoln Assassinated took place on the evening of April 14th, 1865, at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C. A famous actor and Confederate sympathizer, John Wilkes Booth, assassinated President Abraham Lincoln. This happened only five days after the Confederate Army surrendered effectively ending the American Civil War.