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  • surrender at Appomattox courthouse
    1865 BCE

    surrender at Appomattox courthouse

    The Battle of Appomattox Court House, fought in Appomattox County, Virginia, on the morning of April 9, 1865, was one of the last battles of the American Civil War.
  • assassination of lincoln
    1865 BCE

    assassination of lincoln

    Abraham Lincoln was an American statesman and lawyer who served as the 16th president of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. Lincoln led the nation through the American Civil War, its bloodiest war and its greatest moral, constitutional, and political crisis.
  • sherman march
    1864 BCE

    sherman march

    Sherman's March to the Sea was a military campaign of the American Civil War conducted through Georgia from November 15 until December 21, 1864, by Maj. Gen.
  • 1863 BCE

    battle of vicksburg

    was the final major military action in the Vicksburg campaign of the American Civil War. ... Vicksburg was the last major
  • emancipation proclamation signed
    1863 BCE

    emancipation proclamation signed

    On September 22, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, which declared that as of January 1, 1863, all slaves in the states currently engaged in rebellion against the Union “shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free.
  • battle of gettysburg
    1863 BCE

    battle of gettysburg

    The Battle of Gettysburg, fought from July 1 to July 3, 1863, is considered the most important engagement of the American Civil War. After a great victory over Union forces at Chancellorsville, General Robert E.
  • gettysburg address
    1863 BCE

    gettysburg address

    The Gettysburg Address is a speech that U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivered during the American Civil War at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on the afternoon of Thursday, November 19, 1863.
  • battle of antietam
    1862 BCE

    battle of antietam

    Fought on September 17, 1862, Antietam was the bloodiest single-day battle in American history with over 23,000 casualties (men listed as killed, wounded, captured or missing) in roughly 12 hours.
  • fort sumter
    1861 BCE

    fort sumter

    It took place on April, 1861.
    Fort Sumter was purposely built to protect the Charleston Harbor.
    More than 100 troops at the Fort Sumter were commanded by Major Anderson.
  • battle of bull run
    1861 BCE

    battle of bull run

    On July 21, 1861, Union and Confederate armies clashed near Manassas Junction, Virginia. The engagement began when about 35,000 Union troops marched from the federal capital in Washington, D.C.
  • Lincoln was elected
    1860 BCE

    Lincoln was elected

    Lincoln was elected the 16th president of the United States, beating Douglas, Breckinridge, and Bell. He was the first president from the Republican Party. ... Bell won Virginia, Tennessee, and Kentucky, and Breckinridge won the rest of the South.