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The South Secedes
The succession of the South begins after Lincoln's election in November with South Carolina. It is then followed by six other states. Those states were Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas. -
Attack on Fort Sumter
The Battle of Fort Sumter began on April 12 and lasted until April 14 of 1861. The battle was fought at Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor. It was the opening engagement of the Civil War. -
The Battle of Shiloh
The Battle of Shiloh was fought at the Pittsburg Landing in Hardin County, Tennessee. -
Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation was the statement by Lincoln that "all persons held as slaves within any States, or designated part of the State, the people whereof shall be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free." -
The Gettysburg Address
The Gettysburg Address was given by Abraham Lincoln in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. This speech was given at a ceremony to dedicate a cemetery to the Union soldiers who died in the Battle of Gettysburg. -
Sherman's March to the Sea
Sherman's Army started the march to Georgia in early Semptember. Their goal was the port of Savannah. Along the way, the army pillaged stores of food, destroyed crops and burned plantaions. They left behind "Sherman sentinels" (the chimneys of burnt out houses) and "Sherman neckties" (railroad rails that had been heated and wrapped around trees.). -
The Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
General Lee surrendered at the Appomattox Courthouse. This signaled the end of the South's to create a separate nation. -
The Assassination of President Lincoln
President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated on April 14, 1865 by John Wilkes Boothe in the president's box at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C.
