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Civil War
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Abraham Lincoln is elected President
Abe Lincoln was the first Republican eleceted President. While camapigning, Lincoln said, "Government cannot endure the permanently half slave, half free...". He was very important in the abolishment of slavery -
South Carolina secedes from the Union.
Followed within a couple months by, MS, FL, AL, GA, LA, TX. These were the first states to begin to form an eventual 11 state Confederacy. -
The Confederate States of America is formed.
The Confederate States of America is formed with Jefferson Davis, a West Point graduate and former U.S. Army officer, as president. Jefferson Davis becomes one of the most famous people of the Civil War, behind Abe Lincoln. -
Civil War Begins
Confederates Attack Fort Sumter, in Charleston, NC. This begins the Civil War. -
First Bull Run
The Confederacy defeats the Union and Gen. Irvin McDowell at the First Bull Run. President Lincoln then realizes the war will be long. -
Union Capture Fort Henry
Victory for Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in Tennessee, capturing Fort Henry. First victory for Gen. Grant of the Civil War. He becomes one of the most decorated Generals of the Civil War -
Shiloh
More Soldiers are killed than any other American wars combined. Within 2 days, the Confederacy loses 10,000 men and the Union loses 13,000. -
Gen. Robert E. Lee assumes command
Gen. Robert E. Lee assumes command, replacing the wounded Joseph E. Johnston. Lee then renames his force the Army of Northern Virginia. -
2nd Bull Run
75,000 Federals under Gen. John Pope are defeated by 55,000 Confederates under Gen. Stonewall Jackson and Gen. James Longstreet at the second battle of Bull Run in northern Virginia. -
Antietam
The bloodiest day in U.S military history up to that point. By nightfall 26,000 men are dead, wounded, or missing. General Robert E. Lee retreats to Virginia. -
Final Emancipation Proclamation
President Lincoln issues the final Emancipation Proclamation freeing all slaves in territories held by Confederates and emphasizes the enlisting of black soldiers in the Union Army. -
Gettysburg
The momentum of the war changes as the Union defeats the Confederacy at the Battle of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania. Confederate causalities in dead, wounded and missing were 28,000. Union casualties were 23,000. -
Gen. Lee Surrenders
Gen. Robert E. Lee surrenders his Confederate Army to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at the village of Appomattox Court House in Virginia. This is the first step to the Union proving victorious over the Confederacy. -
Abraham Lincoln Shot
The Stars and Stripes is ceremoniously raised over Fort Sumter. That night, Lincoln and his wife Mary see the play "Our American Cousin" at Ford's Theater. At 10:13 p.m., John Wilkes Booth shoots the president in the head. -
Slavery Abolished
The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, is finally ratified. Slavery is abolished.
