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Republican Party is formed
Lincoln was the first President under this new party -
Kansas-Nebraska Act passed
This allowed states to vote to be free or slave states. -
Abraham Lincoln elected president
Abraham Lincoln was elected the 16th President of the US. -
South Carolina votes to secede from the United States
South Carolina became the first state to leave the Union. -
Confederate forces fire on Fort Sumter
This is considered to be the first battle of the Civil War. -
First Battle of Bull Run is fought
This was the first major battle of the CIvil War. -
Jefferson Davis elected president of the Confederacy
Davis was the first and only president of the Confederacy. -
The Merrimac and the Monitor fight of the Virginia coast
This was a naval battle and began a new era of naval warfare. -
Battle of Shiloh
This was the battle with the greatest death toll in the War. -
Robert E. Lee is named commander of the Army of Northern Virginia
Considered a skilled tactician due to his leadership of the Army of Northern Virginia. -
Battle of Antietam
This was the first field-level army engagement of the War on Union ground. -
Emancipation Proclamation is announced
Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves. -
Battle of Fredericksburg
The first Urban warfare in the Civil War. -
Battle of Chancellorsville
This was the battle in which "Stonewall" Jackson was wounded. -
Battle of Gettysburg
This Battle was a major turning point in the war due to Robert E. Lee's failed attempt to end it. -
New York City draft riots
A series of violent acts put on by people protesting. -
Lincoln suspends habeas corpus
Allowed for commanders to arrest those who threatened their operations. -
Lincoln gives his Gettysburg Address
This was a speech Lincoln delivered in honor of the fallen soldiers at Gettysburg. -
Atlanta is captured
Because it was used as a center for military operations, Atlanta was a huge capture for the Union. -
Abraham Lincoln defeats George McClellan to win re-election
Lincoln was the first Northern President to win reelection. -
Sherman begins his March to the Sea
a military campaign of the American Civil War conducted through Georgia -
Congress passes the 13th Amendment
This amendment abolished slavery. -
Freedman’s Bureau is created
Agency to assist freed men in the South -
Lincoln gives his second inaugural address
Lincoln talked about restoring the Union -
Richmond falls to the Union Army
The Confederates had to retreat from the city -
Richmond becomes the capital of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis made this lead to succesion. -
Robert E. Lee surrenders at Appomattox
In short, this ended the Civil War. -
President Lincoln was assasinated
He was killed by John Wilkes Booth in a theatre. -
John Wilkes Booth is killed
He was killed by Boston Corbett -
Confederates surrender at Vicksburg
The War officially ended