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Abraham Lincoln Elected President
Abraham Lincoln was elected president receiving 108 of the 303 electoral votes. -
South Secedes
South Carolina seceded from the Union, followed by Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Texas to create the Confederacy. -
President Lincoln
President Abraham Lincoln was sworn in as the 16th President. -
Battle of Fort Sumter
Civil War begins. Confederate General Pierre Beauregard opens fire on Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina. -
More Secedes
Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina secede from the Union and join the Confederacy. -
Bull Run
Union Army is defeated at the first Battle of Bull Run. They retreat to Washington. -
Fort Henry
Victory for General Ulysses S. Grant in Tennessee as he captures Fort Henry. -
Shiloh
Surprise attack on General Ulysses S. Grant. 13,000 Union and 10,000 Confederate soldiers were killed or wounded. -
Bull Run
55,000 Confederates lead by General Stonewall Jackson defeated 75,000 Federals. Again, the Union Army retreated to Washington. -
Antietam
The Confederate Army lead by General Robert E. Lee are stopped at Antietam, Maryland by the Union forces. This turned out to be one of the bloodiest battles with over 26,000 men wounded, missing, or dead. General Lee withdraws to Virginia. -
Emancipation Proclamation
President Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation freeing all slaves in the Confederacy. -
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Battle of Gettysburg
Confederates are defeated at the Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania which turns the war against the South. -
Gettysburg Address
President Lincoln delivers a two minute Gettysburg Address -
Surrender
General Robert E. Lee surrenders to General Ulysses S. Grant at the village of Appomattox Court House in Virginia. -
Lincoln Shot
As President Lincoln, his wife and two guests were watching "Our American Cousin" at Ford Theater, John Wilkes Booth shoots the president in the head. -
President Dies
President Lincoln died at 7:22 a.m.
Vice President Andrew Johnson assumes presidency.