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Start of the War
After the South left the Union, because the election of Lincoln, they attacked the Union-held Fort Sumter. The capture of this Fort led to the start of the Civil War. -
The Battle of Bull Run
Union forces clashed with Confederate soldiers near Manassas, VA. Fighting breaks out between the North and South by a little creek called "Bull Run". Confederate was successful in this battle, then north was shocked and Lincoln now has to take the South seriously. -
The Battle of Antietam
The Union Forces went on the attack at Antietam Creek led by General McClellan, they clashed with General Lee's Army. The result was the single bloodiest day in all of American history, even today. -
Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation is an act of justice that President Lincoln wrote than allowed all slaves in the confederacy to be freed. He only freed the slaves in the Confederacy because the Constitution looked at it as a military action. -
Battle of Gettysburg
Lee crossed over into Pennsylvania heading for Gettysburg where it had rumored he was looking for a supply of shoes. On July 1st Lee's troops ran into Union soldiers. Both sides called for reinforcements and the battle was on, they fought for 3 days. -
Defeat of Vicksburg
Union forces had complete control of the Mississippi River and had in effect cut the Confederacy in two. Confederate forces in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas were now isolated from the rest of the South. -
New York City Draft Riots
Violence was happening is lower Manhattan because of the new laws passed by Congress that year to draft men to fight in the Civil War. -
Formation of the 54th Mass.
One of the most famous black regiments, in July of 1863 they attack Fort Wagner in South Carolina. -
Gettysburg Address
The Gettysburg Address is a speech that our former president Abraham Lincoln gave at the Soldiers National Cemetery and it reminded the assembled crowd of the Founding Fathers' vision, which established a nation that was “dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.” -
Sherman's march to the sea
Sherman declared a total war. His troop tore up rail lines, destroyed crops, and burned and looted towns. From Atlanta to the Sea he cut a path of destruction 60 miles wide and 300 miles long. -
13th Amendment
Lincoln had been arguing congress to pass a law to end slavery everywhere. So then the 13th Amendment was passed and they abolished slavery, prohibited involuntary servitude, and nullified the Fugitive Slave Act and the 3/5 compromise. -
Creation of Freedman's Bureau
Helps former slaves. -
Surrenders at Appomattox Courthouse
General Lee and General Grant met in a small Virginia town called Appomattox Courthouse and Lee surrendered, ending the war and Southern hopes. -
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln went to go see a play with his wife after the war at Fords Theater. He was sitting on the balcony, then one of the actors (John Wilkes Booth) came up and shot him. Then John jumped off of the balcony, broke his leg, and still got away from the police until they found him 3 days later and burned him in a barn. -
14th Amendment
Guaranteed citizenship to all people. -
15th Amendment
"The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude." -
End of Reconstruction
In 1877 he withdrew the last federal troops from the South and ended reconstruction and the Republican's fight for racial equality, in the 1950's the Civil Rights Movement began. -
Supreme Court Plessy vs Ferguson
landmark constitutional law case of the US Supreme Court. It upheld state racial segregation laws for public facilities under the doctrine of "separate but equal".