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Lincoln is elected president
Lincoln won the presidential election, almost all of Lincoln's votes came from the northern United States, because the Republicans had little appeal to voters in the southern United States. -
Confederate States of America is formed
they were a set of 11 states that seceded from the united states in 1860 after the election of president Lincoln, the confederacy struggled for legitimacy and was never recognized as a nation and after they were defeated in the civil war by the confederate states of America ceased to exist -
Battle of Fort Sumter
marked the official start of the American Civil War, the war that lasted four years and killed more than 620,000 Americans and freed 3.9 million enslaved people -
President Lincoln declares a blockade of Southern ports
Lincoln sided with Seward and proclaimed the blockade on April 19, he extended the blockade to include North Carolina and Virginia on April 27, in July of that same year the beloved of the union had established blockades in all the main southern ports -
First Battle of Bull Run (Manassas)
It was the first major battle of the American Civil War, the battle was fought on July 21, 1861 in Prince William County, just north of the city of Manassas and a few miles west of Washington. -
Battle of Shiloh
he fight took place in southwestern Tennessee which was part of the western theater of war, the battlefield was located between the church and Pittsburgh is on the Tennessee river, the battle was fought from April 6 to 7 -
Battle of Antietam
Union victory at Antietam provided President Abraham Lincoln the opportunity he had wanted to announce the Emancipation Proclamation, making the Battle of Antietam one of the key turning points of the American Civil War. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free. -
Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg was fought July 1–3, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, by Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War. -
Gettysburg Address
Lincoln wrote and delivered the Gettysburg Address on November 19, 1863, to commemorate a new national cemetery during the American Civil War. the importance of this speech was that he sought to make sense of the sacrifice of the soldiers who died during the war -
Sherman’s March to the Sea
Sherman's March to the Sea was a military campaign of the American Civil War conducted through Georgia from November 15 until December 21, 1864, by William Tecumseh Sherman, major general of the Union Army -
13th amendment to Constitution
The 13 Amendment Constitution provides that neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime for which the party has been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States or anywhere subject to its jurisdiction. -
Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address
Abraham Lincoln's second inaugural address was delivered on March 4, 1865, during the final days of the Civil War and only a month before he was assassinated. -
Surrender at Appomattox Court House
The Battle of Appomattox Court House, fought in Appomattox County, Virginia, on the morning of April 9, 1865, was one of the last battles of the American Civil War. -
Lincoln Assassinated
He 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. Shot in the head as he watched the play,
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