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Election of Abraham Lincoln
In 1860 , Lincoln won the presidential party nomination. He faced against Douglas again who was representing the Northern faction of a heavily divide Democratic Party, as well as Breckinridge and Bell. -
Fort Sumter
Gen Beauregard, in command of the provisional confederate forces at Charleston, South Carolina, demanded the surrender of the Union garrison of Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor. -
Battle Of Hampton Roads
Battle of Hampton roads was nicknamed the Battle of Ironclads (Monitor and Merrimack), was fought March 8-9 1862 near Hampton Roads, Virginia. -
Battle of Antietam
The battle of Antietam is nicknamed the battle of Sharpsburg, particularly in the South, was fought near Maryland and Antietam creek as a part of the Maryland Campaign. -
Battle of stone River
Advanced forces under Union general William Rosecrans fought a pitched battle with Braxton Bragg. On December31st, both commanders made plans to attack the right flank, but Bragg struck first pulverizing the Union right with two veteran divisions and driving it back three miles. The war ended in January 2, 1863. -
Battle of Vicksburg
The Siege of Vicksburg (May 18 - July 4, 1863) was the final major military action in the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War. -
Battle of Gettysburg
The battle of Gettysburg was fought July 1-3, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, by Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War -
sherman march to sea
It began November 15, 1864 and ended December 21, 1864. Sherman helped starve the confederates in the war, and he shorted the months that the war lasted because he was a major part of our victory. -
Appomattox Court House
Appomattox Court House could refer to: The village of Appomattox Court House, now the Appomattox Court House National Historical Park, where Confederate army commander Robert E Lee surrendered to Union Commander Ulysses S. Grant. -
Abraham Lincoln assasinated
John Wilkes Booth shot him in the back of the head with a .44 caliber Derringer on April 14 1865 at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C.
