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Lincoln Election
Abraham Lincoln was elected the sixteenth president of the United States. He was running against Stephen Douglas, and Lincoln was the first Republican preseident. -
South Carolina Secede
South Carolina secedes after Lincoln becomes president. -
Mississippi
Mississippi secede because they wanted to keep slavery. -
Florida secedes
Florida secede because of the conflicts over slavery. -
Alabama secedes
Alabama seceded because of the Slavery conflict. -
Georgia Secedes
Gerogia becomes the 5th state to secede. -
Lousiana secedes
Lousiana was the 6th state to secede from the Union -
Texas Secedes
Texas was the 7th state to secede from the Union. -
Lincoln calls for 7,500 voulnteers
Lincoln called for 75,000 Militiamen from governers of states sill in the Union. After that Virginia, Arkansas, Nort Carolina, and Tenessee secede. -
Virginia secedes
Virginia was the 8th state to secede from the Union -
Arkansas
Arkansas was the 9th state to secede from the Union. -
Fort Sumter
There was a battle at fort sumter on April 12, 1861. The South attacked Fort Sumter. That started the Union Civil War -
North Carolina session
North Carolina secedes from the Union -
Tennessee
Tennessee seceded from the Union -
1st Manassas (1st bull run)
It was the first major battle of the civil war. The cofederates won the battle. -
McClellan becoms commander of Army of the Potomac
He is named the comander of the army of the Potomac -
Merrimac v. Monitor
It was one of the events that involved the Navy warfare, They were two ships that were called Merrimac V. Monitor, and they decided to start fighting basically. -
Battle of Fort Henry
The Union won, and it was in Tenessee. The general of the Union was Ulysses S. Grant, and the Confederate general was Lloyd Tilghman. -
Battle of Fort Donelson
The Union won this victory too. The Union general Ulysses S. Grant, the Confederate general was John B. Floyd. -
Battle of Shiloh
The Union won and the Union general Ulysses S. Grant. The confederate general was P.G.T Beaurgard. -
Battle of Chancellorsville
The confederates won the Battle. The confederate general was Robert E. Lee and the union general was Joseph Hooker. -
Robert E. Lee becomes commander
Robert E. Lee becomes commander of the Army of Northern Virgina -
Pope becomes commander
Jon Pope becomes the commander of the Army of the Potomac, after McClellan. -
2nd Bull Run
The confederates won the 2nd battle of Bull Run. John Pope for the Union and Robert E. Lee for the confederacy are the two generals. -
Battle of Antietam
The Union won this battle, and the confederate general was Robert E. Lee, Union general was George Mclellan, suprisingly. -
Burnside becomes commander
Burniside becomes commander of the Army of the Potomac. -
Battle of Fredricksburg
It was a confederate victory. Ambrose Burnside was the Union general, and Robert E. Lee was the confederate general. -
Battle of Vicksburg
It was a union won. The confederate general was John C. Pemberton, and the union general was Ulysess S. Grant. -
Battle of Gettysburg
It was a union victory, and the union general was George Meade. The confederate general was Robert E. Lee. -
13th Amendment
The Senate passed this amendment, and the amendment was to abolish and prohibit slavery. -
Seige of Petersburg
It was a Union victory. Ulysses S. Grant was the Union general, and Robert E. Lee was the confederate general. -
Atlanta captured
It was his first thing to do in his "March to the Sea", which involved him capturing Atlanta. -
Battle of Nashville
It was a Union victory George H. Thomas was the union general, and John Hood was the confederate general. -
Lee's surrender
Robert E. Lee surrenders to Ulysses S. Grant in Appomattox Court House, Virginia. -
Joseph E. Johnson surrenders
He surrenders the rest of the confederate army to William Sherman. -
Lincoln Assassined
Lincoln was assassined by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theater
