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Election of 1860
Lincoln was elected that day and considered the south a rebellion about to start -
Fort Sumter
Federal outpost in Charleston, South Carolina was attacked by Confederate troops, this started the civil war -
First Battle of Bull Run
Fist major battle of the civil war and of the Confederate victory. AKA the first battle of Manassas. Killed Norths hope of winning -
Second Battle of Bull Run
Jackson group met Union Forces on the battlefield -
Battle of Antietem
Battle of Antietem was considered the most bloodiest in the entirety of the Civil War in a single day. More americans were killed than in the American Revolution(americans), War of 1812, and the Mexican-American war all together. -
Emancipation Proclemation
Lincoln worked hard thinking, and writing and then came up with this document that stated,"all persons held a slave within any state or designated part of a state the people wear of shall then be in rebellion against the United States shall be then, thenceforward, forever free." -
Battle of Gettysburg
Key battle throughout the entire Civil War. General George M. Calvery union forces Confederate raiding party. -
Gettysburg Address
Lincoln gave the speech to show appreciation of all the fallen soldiers that dies to win the Civil War -
Surrender of Confederate Forces
Sherman called back confederate troops in North Carolina. Lee forced to retreat in Richmond -
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Assassinated due to new slavery laws (Emancipation Proclemation) and killed inside a theatre by John Wilkes Booth
