Civil War Timeline- Autumn Rasmussen

  • Lincoln elected

    Lincoln elected
    The people that were involved in Lincoln getting elected were Lincoln, Stephen A. Douglas, John Breckenridge, and John Bell. This event was about Lincoln getting elected for President. He was elected president in the United States. The outcome was that the States decided to secede.
  • South Carolina Secedes

    South Carolina Secedes
    The people that were involved in the South Carolina Secedes were Abraham Lincoln, 169 delegates, and Francis Wilkinson Pickens, who was the governor of South Carolina. The South Carolina Secedes was an event when South Carolina was the very first state to leave from the Federal Union. This event took place in Charleston, South Carolina.The outcome of this event was that South Carolina would later decide to join the Confederacy.
  • Confederacy Formed

    Confederacy Formed
    The person that was involved in this event was Jefferson Davis who was the president of the confederacy in 1861. This event was an unrecognizable breakaway republic that happened in North America. The Confederacy was formed in Montgomery, Alabama. The outcome of this event is that it created a Major War known as the Civil War.
  • Civil War Begins

    Civil War Begins
    The people that started the Civil War are Confederate troops that fired on Fort Sumter. The thing that started the Civil War is Slavery, and wether it was right or wrong. Also wether to end slavery or not. The Civil War started in South Carolina at Charleston Harbor at Fort Sumter. The Civil War was a war that lasted from 1861 until 1865. The outcome of this event is that the Confederate Army forced the Federal Garrison to surrender and lower the American Flag.
  • Battle of Iron Clad

    Battle of Iron Clad
    The Battle of Iron Clad was one of the most famous naval battles in the United States history between two ships which was the U.S.S. Monitor and the C.S.S Virginia. This event took place in Hampton Roads, Virginia. The ships that were involved in this event were the U.S.S Monitor and the C.S.S Virginia. The outcome of this war was that no one won “(Battle of the Ironclads (U.S. National Park Service).”
  • Battle of Shiloh

    Battle of Shiloh
    The people that were involved in this event were Union General Ulysses Grant, Confederate General Albert Johnston, the Union, and the Confederate Army. The Battle of Shiloh was a battle that was a big victory for the Union during the Civil War. This event occurred in Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee. The outcome of this event was that the Union won this battle.
  • First and Second Battle of Bull Run

    First and Second Battle of Bull Run
    The people that were involved in this event were the Confederate States of America. The First Battle of Bull Run was an event that marked the first major land battle of the American Civil War. This event took place in Manassas, Virginia. The Confederate won this battle.
  • Battle of Antietam

    Battle of Antietam
    The people that were involved in this event were the Confederate General Robert Lee, Confederate Army, Union General George McClellan, and the Union Army. The Battle of Antietam was one of the worst battles that happened in only one day. This battle happened near Antietam which is a creek in Sharpsburg, Maryland. The outcome of this battle was that the Union won.
  • Emancipation Proclamation

    Emancipation Proclamation
    The person that was involved in this event was President Abraham Lincoln. The Emancipation Proclamation was something that said that all slaves shall be free. The Emancipation Proclamation was signed in Washington D.C. The outcome of the Emancipation Proclamation was that there wasn’t allowed to be anymore slavery.
  • Siege of Vicksburg

    Siege of Vicksburg
    The people that were involved in this event were the Confederate army and the Union army. The Siege of Vicksburg was an event that separated the Confederacy and joined the status of Union General Ulysses Grant. This event happened in Vicksburg, Mississippi. The outcome of the Siege of Vicksburg is that it affect the United States after the Civil War by giving the Union the control over the Mississippi River.
  • Battle of Gettysburg

    Battle of Gettysburg
    The people that were involved in this event were Confederate Army General Robert Lee, Confederate Army, and Union army. The Battle of Gettysburg was a battle in the Civil War that had the largest number of deaths of the entire war. This event took place in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The outcome of this battle was that the Union Army won,
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    Reconstruction of the South

    The people that were involved in this event was people from the North, previous Union Soldiers, teachers, Businessman, and Freedmen’s agents. The Reconstruction of the South was a period of time that happened after the Civil War. This event happened in the South. The outcome of this war was that the south would have been fixed and then there would still be ruins.
  • Lincoln Re-elected

    Lincoln Re-elected
    The people that were involved in this event were Admiral Farragut, General Sherman, and Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln getting re-elected means he got to be president again. He was reelected in Washington D.C. The outcome of this event was that he ended slavery.
  • Robert E. Lee Surrenders

    Robert E. Lee Surrenders
    The people that were involved in this event were Robert E.Lee and Union General Ulysses Grant “(The surrender meeting) . This event Roberts E. Lee Surrenders is where Robert E. Lee and his 28,000 soldiers who are part of the Confederate Army surrender to Ulysses Grant and his soldiers from the Union Army “(The Surrender Meeting). This event happened in Virginia at the Appomattox Court House (Ending the Bloodshed). The outcome of this event was that the Union Army won (Robert E.Lee Surrenders).
  • Lincoln Assassination

    Lincoln Assassination
    The people that were involved in this event was Abraham Lincoln and John Wilkes Booth (“John Wilkes Booth Shoots Abraham Lincoln”). Lincoln’s Assassination was about Lincoln being shot and killed. This event took place at Ford’s Theatre which is in Washington D.C. The outcome of this event was that new state governments formed across the south and enforced black segregation (How Did the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln Affect).