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Election of 1860
Abraharm Lincoln won the election against John C. Breckinridge. Afther the election Abraharm Lincoln became the 16th president of the United States of America. -
Confederate States of America formed.
South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina and Tennessee. -
The Battle of Fort Sumter
General P.G.T. Beauregard, in command of the Confederate army near Charleston Harbor, opened fire on the Union garrison holding the Fort. At 2:30pm on April 13 Garrison commander, Major Robert Anderson surrendered the fort and was evacuated the next day. -
Bull Run
Union and Confederate forces clashed near Manassas Junction, Virginia, in the first major land battle of the American Civil war. The engagement began when about 35,000 Union soldiers 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. -
Battle at Vicksburg
The North had over 77,000 men, the South had 33,000 men.
The South had the advantage of position. -
Emancipation Proclamation
The Proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free." -
Battle of Gettysburg
The Confed soldiers had to go up the hills to face the Union.
After there days the Union won.
Robert E. Lee had to invade the north to force an end to the war. -
Sherman's Marck to the Sea
A campaign began with Sherman's soldiers exciting the captured city of Atlanta, Georgia, on November 15 and ended with the capture of the port of Savannah on December 21. -
The Thirteenth Amendment
The Thirteenth Amendment was made to set all slaves free.
It was witten by president Abraham Lincoln. -
Surrender at Appomattox
The Confederate Army surrendered to the Union and ended the civil war.
The final engagement of Confederate Army general Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia before it surrendered. -
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
The Horible night at President Abraham Lincoln was mardered by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theatre. He was shot in the eye and was tacken to a bording house.
