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Sacking of Lawrence, Kansas by Confederates
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. -
Presidential Election of 1860
Republican President Abraham Lincoln is elected -
South Carolina secedes from Union
South Carolina becomes the first state to secedes -
Forming of Confederate States of America
Southern states come together to form -
Lincoln’s first inaugural address
President is sworn into office -
Battle of Fort Sumter
The start of the civil war when the confederacy bombarded Fort Sumter near Charleston, South Carolina. -
First Battle of Bull Run (Manassas)
Northern response to the siege of Fort Sumter, fought at a small meandering stream of the Potomac River -
Jefferson Davis appointed president of Confederacy
The confederacy chooses Jefferson Davis to lead them politically -
First battle of Ironclads
First battle of iron ships. USS Monitor and the CSS Merrimack fire at each other until the United States Naval ship Monitor
incapacitated the Confederate ship Merrimack. -
Battle of Shiloh
The Confederate surprise attacks the Union army in Southwestern Tennessee. The Union army regrouped after receiving reinforcements and overtook vantage points that gave them the victory. -
Siege of New Orleans
The Union navy captures New Orleans which is seen as the most devastating loose of a vantage point by the Confederate forces. -
Second Battle of the Bull Run
Much larger and more brutal than the first Battle of the Bull Run. The Confederate and Union forces met in Virginia where there was an initial stalemate until General Robert E. Lee defeated the Union Army lead by Mjor General John Pope. -
Battle of Antietam
Seen as one of the bloodiest battles in American history which ended in a Union victory. -
Emancipation Proclamation
A presidential proclamation and executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln -
Battle of Vicksburg
Ulysses S. Grant's Army of the Tennessee converged on Vicksburg on the Mississippi River, investing the city and trapping the Confederate army. -
Battle of Gettysburg
Considered the most important engagement of the American Civil War. -
Draft Riots begin in New York City
Violent disturbances in Lower Manhattan, widely regarded as 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
Volunteer infantryman made completely of colored soldiers. -
Gettysburg Address
Most famous speech ever given by President Abraham Lincoln. He mourns the lose of Union soldiers while giving the speech in a Union cemetary. -
First Successful Submarine Attack of the Civil War
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, -
Battle of the wilderness Virginia
The first battle of 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
A battle of the Atlanta Campaign fought during the American Civil War just southeast of Atlanta, Georgia. -
Lincoln wins a second term
Lincoln is re-elected as President. -
Sherman's Army of Georgia arrives at Savannah, Georgia
The Union General William Sherman arrives in Georgia with an army. -
Assault and capture of Fort Fisher, North Carolina
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
A speech by Lincoln given right before the end of the Civil War and only month before he is assassinated. -
Sherman’s troops occupy Fayetteville, NC
The army of General William Sherman occupies a large and key city in NC. -
Battle of Appomattox Court House
The battle where the Confederate army is defeated and General Robert E. Lee surrenders. -
Lincoln assassinated
Lincoln is assassinated while he attends a theater showing.
