CIVIL WAR TIMELINE

By jack r
  • Lincoln declares the emancipation proclamation which is a order to free slaves.

  • abraham lincoln is sworn into office as the 15th president in america

    he promised to put an end to slavery in the south.
  • the state of south carolina is the first state to secede causing a chain reaction for the succession crisis for the union

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  • the southern states that succeeded make a new confederation called the confederate states of america whait jefferson davis as there head of state

  • the civil war begins when cofetarie troops fired upon fort sumter in south carolina

  • the battle of gettysburg marks a turning point for the war and is the start of the victoreas for the north

  • the southern general robert e lee surrenders to northern ulysses s grant marking the end of the war.