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Jefferson Davis appointed president of Confederacy
American politician who served as the only president of the confederate states. -
Draft Riots begin in New York City
Known at the time as Draft Week, were 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. -
Presidency
Abraham Lincoln was elected president. He is the first republican president receiving 180 of 303 possible electoral votes and 40% of the popular vote. -
South Carolina secedes from the Union
South Carolina became the first slave state to seceded from the Union. They didn´t want to leave slavery. -
Forming of Confederate States of America
representatives from six seceded states met in Montgomery, Alabama to formally establish a unified government. -
Lincoln’s first inaugural address
Taking of the oath of office for his first term as the sixteenth President of the United States. -
Battle of Fort Sumter
The opening engagement of the American Civil War. The fort was named for Thomas Sumter, a general who had won key victories against the British in the Carolina´s during the American Revolution. -
(First) Battle of Bull Run (Manassas)
About 35,000 Union troops marched from the federal capital in Washington, D.C. to strike a Confederate force of 20,000 along a small river known as Bull Run. -
First battle of ironclads
it was the first meeting in combat of ironclad warships-.USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia. -
Battle of Shiloh
A battle in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. The Confederates launched a surprise attack on Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant -
Siege of New Orleans by Union
naval action by Union forces seeking to capture the city during the American Civil War.considered one of the worst disasters suffered by the Confederacy in the western theatre of the war -
(Second) Battle of Bull Run
t was much larger in scale and in the number of casualties than the First Battle of Bull Run. It was much larger in scale and in the number of casualties than the First Battle of Bull Run -
Battle of Antietam
Over 23,000 men fell as casualties in the 1-day Battle of Antietam, making it the bloodiest day in American history. The Union victory at Antietam resulted in President Abraham Lincoln issuing his Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, 1862. -
Emancipation Proclamation
was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln that issued the freeing slaves in all portions of the United States not then under Union control -
Battle of Gettysburg
A Union victory that stopped Confederate General Robert E. Lee's second invasion of the North. More than 50,000 men fell as casualties during the 3-day battle, making it the bloodiest battle of the American Civil War -
Battle of Vicksburg (siege)
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. -
Sacking of Lawrence, Kansas by Confederates
In reaction to the sacking of Lawrence, Kansas by pro-slavery forces, John Brown and a band of abolitionist settlers—some of them members of the Pottawatomie Rifles—killed five settlers north of Pottawatomie Creek -
Gettysburg Address
President Abraham Lincoln delivered a short speech at the end of the ceremonies dedicating the battlefield cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. -
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 onward advance that General Ulysses S. Grant ordered after the Battle of the Wilderness marked the first time in the course of the Civil War that the Army of the Potomac had continued on the offensive after an opening battle in a Virginia campaign. -
Fall of Atlanta, Georgia
Continuing their summer campaign to seize the important rail and supply center of Atlanta, Union forces commanded by William Tecumseh Sherman overwhelmed and defeated Confederate forces defending the city under John Bell Hood -
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
Union General William T. Sherman completes his March to the Sea when he arrives in front of Savannah, Georgia. -
Assault and capture of Fort Fisher, North Carolina
The Civil War battle at Fort Fisher consisted of two separate expeditions against the formidable Confederate fortification near the mouth of the Cape Fear River -
Lincoln’s 2nd inaugural address
Lincoln’s 2nd inaugural address, during the final days of the Civil War and only a month before he was assassinated. -
Sherman’s troops occupy Fayetteville, NC
The Civil War was in its final weeks when a strong 60,000-man force, under the command of Union General William T. Sherman, marched in through the Carolinas, capturing town after town. -
Battle of Appomattox Courthouse (Lee surrenders)
Robert E. Lee surrenders to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, bringing an end to the Civil War after four years of battle. -
Lincoln assassinated
The 16th President of the United States, was assassinated by well-known stage actor John Wilkes Booth -
54th Massachusetts Colored Infantry in combat
an infantry regiment that saw extensive service in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The unit was the first African-American regiment organized in the northern states during the Civil War.
