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Election of 1860
United States presidential election of 186. Republican Abraham Lincoln defeated Southern Democrat John C. Breckinridge, Democrat Stephen A. Douglas, and Constitutional Union candidate John Bell. -
Suspension of Habeas Corpus
It was a Congress act that authorized the President of the U.S to suspend the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus in response to the U.S Civil War. It also provided the release of political power. -
Emancipation Proclamation
It was issued after the Union victory at Antietam, the Emancipation Proclamation had both moral and strategic implications for the ongoing Civil War. -
Gettysburg Address
Senator Charles Sumner referred to the most famous speech ever given by President Abraham Lincoln. Which is the Gettysburg Address a monumental act. -
Battle of Gettysburg
It is considered the most important engagement of the Civil War. It was fought on July 1-3, 1863 around the town of Gettysburg, PA. It was fought by Union and Confederate forces during the Civil War. -
Grant takes command of Union Army
Lincoln gave Ulysses S. Grant command of all Union armies. Grant started his offensive with 118,000 men, by June half of his men were casualties. -
Election of 1864
It was the U.S presidential election of 1864. In this match, president Abraham Lincoln ran for re-election against George B. McClellan. -
Sherman's March to the Sea
Union General William T. Sherman lead about 60,000 soldiers on a march from Atlanta to Savannah GA. The purpose was to frighten Georgia's civilian population into abandoning the Confederate cause. -
Ratification of the 13th Amendment
On the day of 1865' the 13th Amendment to the U.S Constitution, officially ending the institution of slavery. The ratification came eight months later after the end of the war. -
Surrender at Appomattox
On April 9, 1865, near Appomattox Court House, VA, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered his Army of Northern Virginia to Union General Ulysses S. Grant. It was also one of the last battles of the Civil War. -
Assassination of Lincoln
President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by famous actor, Wilkes Booth. He was assassinated at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. -
Military draft
This is also known as the Conscription in the U.S. I has been employed by the federal government of the U.S. It includes 4 conflicts which are: American Civil War, WWI, WWII, and Cold War. -
Fort Sumter
It is a sea fort in Charleston, South Carolina. It was one of a number of special forts planned after the War of 1812.
