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Presidential Election of 1860
The United States Presidential Election of 1860 was the nineteenth quadrennial presidential election to select the President and Vice President of the United States, and at the end Lincoln on the election -
South Carolina secedes from Union
South Carolina became the first slave state in the south to declare that it had seceded from the United States -
Forming of Confederate States of America
Representatives from the six seceded states met in Montgomery, Alabama, to formally establish a unified government, which they named the Confederate States of America -
Jefferson Davis appointed president of Confederacy
Jefferson Davis of Mississippi was elected the Confederacy's first president -
Lincoln’s first inaugural address
Part of his taking of the oath of office for his first term as the sixteenth President of the United States -
Battle of Fort Sumter
The Battle of Fort Sumter was the bombardment of Fort Sumter near Charleston, South Carolina by the Confederate States Army, and the return gunfire and subsequent surrender by the United States Army, this started the American Civil War -
(First) Battle of Bull Run (Manassas)
The First Battle of Bull Run, also known as the First Battle of Manassas, was fought in Prince William County, Virginia, just north of the city of Manassas and about 25 miles west-southwest of Washington, D.C -
First battle of ironclads
The major significance of the battle is that it was the first meeting in combat of ironclad warships, The Confederate fleet consisted of the ironclad ram Virginia and several supporting vessels -
Battle of Shiloh
The Battle of Shiloh was a battle in the Western Theater of the American Civil War, fought in southwestern Tennessee -
Siege of New Orleans by Union
Battle of New Orleans, naval action by Union forces seeking to capture the city during the American Civil War, The permanent loss of New Orleans was considered one of the worst disasters suffered by the Confederacy in the western theatre of the war -
(Second) Battle of Bull Run
The Second Battle of Bull Run or Battle of Second Manassas was fought in Prince William County, Virginia, as part of the American Civil War -
Battle of Antietam
The Battle of Antietam also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg, particularly in the Southern United States, was a battle of the American Civil War, between Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia and Union General George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac -
Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation, or Proclamation 95, was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln -
Battle of Vicksburg (siege)
The Siege of Vicksburg was the final major military action in the Vicksburg Campaign, Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's armies converged on Vicksburg, investing the city and entrapping a Confederate army under Lt. Gen. John Pemberton. On July 4, Vicksburg surrendered after prolonged siege operations. -
Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg is considered the most important engagement of the American Civil War. After a great victory over Union forces at Chancellorsville, General Robert E. Lee marched his Army of Northern Virginia into Pennsylvania -
Draft Riots begin in New York City
The New York City draft riots, known at the time as Draft Week, were violent disturbances in New York City that were the culmination of working-class discontent with new laws passed by Congress that year to draft men to fight in the ongoing American Civil War. -
54th Massachusetts Colored Infantry in combat
The 54th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that saw extensive service in the Union Army during the American Civil War. -
Sacking of Lawrence, Kansas by Confederates
The Lawrence massacre also known as Quantrill's raid was an attack during the American Civil War, by the Quantrill's Raiders, a Confederate guerilla group led by William Quantrill, on the Unionist town of Lawrence, Kansas -
Gettysburg Address
The Gettysburg Address is a speech by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, and one of the best-known speeches in American history -
First Successful Submarine Attack of the Civil War
When the hand-cranked Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley torpedoed the mighty USS Housatonic in Charleston Harbor, it didn't change the course of the Civil War, but by becoming the first combat submarine to sink an enemy warship, it altered naval warfare forever -
Battle of the wilderness Virginia
The Battle of the Wilderness was the first battle of Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's 1864 Virginia Overland Campaign against Gen. Robert E. Lee and the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War -
Fall of Atlanta, Georgia
The Battle of Atlanta was a battle of the Atlanta Campaign fought during the American Civil War just southeast of Atlanta, Georgia -
Lincoln wins a second term
Northern voters overwhelmingly endorse the leadership and policies of President Abraham Lincoln when they elect him to a second term. With his re-election, any hope for a negotiated settlement with the Confederacy vanished. -
Sherman's Army of Georgia arrives at Savannah, Georgia
In his own words, Sherman intended to “make Georgia howl,” a plan that was ... Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant, general-in-chief of the Union armies. -
Assault and capture of Fort Fisher, North Carolina
The Second Battle of Fort Fisher was a successful assault by the Union Army, Navy and Marine Corps against Fort Fisher, south of Wilmington, North Carolina, near the end of the American Civil War -
Lincoln’s 2nd inaugural address
Abraham Lincoln's second inaugural address was during the final days of the Civil War and only a month before he was assassinated -
Sherman’s troops occupy Fayetteville, NC
The Union Army captured and destroyed the Confederate arsenal, a building where weapons were made and stored, in Fayetteville, North Carolina. -
Battle of Appomattox Courthouse (Lee surrenders)
The Battle of Appomattox Court House, fought on the morning of April 9, 1865, was one of the last battles of the American Civil War, Decisive Union victory:, Surrender of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia to the Federal Army of the Potomac -
Lincoln assassinated
Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, was assassinated by well-known stage actor John Wilkes Booth while attending the play Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C
