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Election of Lincoln
On this day Abraham Lincoln was elected the president of the United States. He was a republican and the 16 president. Lincoln's no slavery made the demmocratic party upset. His election lead to states secceding from the union and starting the Confederate states of America. -
TX secedes from Union
Texas was the 7th state to secede from the union. The majority of Texans wanted to secede. Texans thought this was the only way they could still havw slaves -
Houston kicked out of office
Sam Houston was kicked out of office because he opposed secession. Houston was against the majority vote of the people. Houston was loyal to the Union and couldn't seccede so he stepped down as govenor. -
Battle of Fort Sumter
Fort Sumter was located on an island right of of the coast of South Carolina. Mojor Robert Anderson ond his troops fled to the unfinished Fort sumter to escape hostile Confederate South Carolinia. The Confederate troops found ourt and surrounded the fort. They asked for surrender but they would not so the troops fired on the fort killing none but sending home Major Robert Anderson. The Confederate won. -
Battle of Galvston
Maj. Gen. John B. Magruder and his troops fired on Galveston Island. They were trindg to take back the area from the Union. they captured of killed all soilders at the battle. The Confederate was the victor. -
Battle of Getteysburg
Gen. Robert E. Lee consentrated his forces around the small town of Getteysburg. He waited for the Union to attack. The battle was 3 days of constant battle and war between the north and south. The Union overpowerd the Confederacy giving the Union the victory. -
Battle of Sabine pass
Confederats on the Sabine river had their land taken at the mouth of the sabine river by the union. The confederats took the area back with gunboats running a confederate ship aground and others fleeing. The confederates had control of the river once again. -
Red river campaign
The red river campaign was a sceries of attacks lead by the union on Louisiana. This attack was to surround and capture the main Confederate army. The attack was thought to certainly work with troups coming from 3 ways. The attack was compromisedby poor planing and missmanagement. The Confederate won. -
End of civil war
This is the unofficial end of the civil war. -
Battle of Palmito ranch
Union Colonel Theodore H. Barret attack confederates near Fort Brown in Brownsvill, Texas. The reason of the attack is unknow. athe attack was repulsed and the fighting stopped. Since the Union stoped the Confederates won -
Juneteenth
The day when slaves were to be released. It is now a holiday. -
Reconstruction ends
The prosses in which the union lets Confederate states back in to the union. This is the day when The union includes the whole United States.
