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Sacking of Lawrence, Kansas by confederates
occurred when pro slavery men attacked and looted the antislavery town of Lawrence, Kansas. The assault escalated the violence over slavery in Kansas territory during a period that became known as bleeding kansas -
Presidential Election 1860
The election of 1860 was of the most important in american history. It pitted republican nominee Abraham Lincoln against democratic party John Breckenridge.The main issue of the election was slavery and states rights. -
South Carolina secedes form union
The american civil war was fought to preserve the union. There were long tensions between the rights of the states under the constitution and those of the federal government, so much that south Carolina and the administration in Washington almost came to blow over the issue of the tariffs in the 1830s. South Carolina became the first slave state in the south to declare that it had seceded from the united states. -
Forming of Confederate States of America
In February 1861, representatives from the six seceded states met in Montgomery, Alabama to formally establish a unified government , that was named the confederate states if america. -
Lincolns First inaugural address
Abraham Lincolns first inaugural address was delivered as part of his taking of the oath of office for his first term as the 16th president of the united states. -
Battle of Fort Sumter
Battle of Fort Sumter was the first battle of the American Civil War. The intense confederate artillery bombardment of major Robert Anderson small union garrison in the unfinished for in the harbor at Charleston, South Carolina, had been preceded by months of siege-like conditions. -
(first) Battle of Bull Run (Manassas)
The first major land battle of the armies in Virginia.The untried union army under Brig. Gen Irvin McDowell marched from Washington against the confederate army, which was drawn up behind Bull Run beyond Centreville. -
Battle of Shiloh
Johnston initiated a surprise attack on grants camps around Shiloh church and drove the federal forces back to a defensive perimeter on the heights above Pittsburgh landing on the Tennessee river. -
Siege of New Orleans by Union
naval action by union forces seeking to capture the city during the american civil war. The permanent loss of new Orleans was considered one of the worst disasters suffered by the confederacy in the western theatre of the war -
Second Battle of Bull Run
The second battle of Bull run was fought August 28-30, 1862 during the american civil war. It was much larger in scale and in the number of casualties than the first battle of bull run. -
Battle of Antietam
The battle of Antietam is considered the bloodiest day in the history of american war, with over 23,000 soldiers wounded, killed, or missing. -
Emancipation Proclamation
After the unions victory at Antietam, President Lincoln issued a preliminary emancipation proclamation.The preliminary proclamation stated that if the connfederate states continued to fight and not rejoin the union. -
54th Massachusetts colored infantry in combat
Was one of the first official black units in the U.S. armed forces. Their courageous assault on fort wagner played a key role in bringing about an end to slavery. -
Battle of Vicksburg (Siege)
was the culmination of a long land and naval campaign by union forces to capture a key strategic position during the american civil war -
Battle of Gettysburg
Ten roads led into Gettysburg, which is a main reason that the battle was fought there. It was easy to locate. -
Draft Riots begin in New York City
known at the time as draft week were violent disturbances in lower Manhattan, widely regarded as the culmination of working class discontent with new laws passed by congress that year to draft men to fight in the ongoing american civil war. -
Gettysburg Address
Delivered by Abraham Lincoln. The Gettysburg Address is a speech delivered by Abraham Lincoln at the November 19, 1863, dedication of soldiers national cemetery, a cemetery for union soldiers killed at the battle of Gettysburg during the american civil war. -
First Successful Submarine Attack of the Civil War
when the hand cranked confederate submarine H.L. hunley torpedoed the mighty USS houseatonic in Charleston Harbor on February 17, 1864 it didnt change the course of the civil war, but by becoming the first combat submarine to sink an enemy warship, it altered naval warfare forever. -
Battle of the wilderness Virginia
The battle took place from May 5 to May 7 in 1864. It was the first in Ulysses S Grants overland campaign, a series of battles waged in Virginia. -
Fall of Atlanta, Georgia
union forces commanded by William T. Sherman, wanting to neutralize the important rail and supply hub, defeated confederate forces defending the city under John B. Hood. -
Lincolns wins a second term
Northern voters overwhelmingly endorse the leadership and policies of president Abraham Lincoln when they elect him to a second term. With his re election any hope for a negotiated settlement with the confederacy vanished. -
Shermans Army of Georgia arrives at Savannah, Georgia
Union General William T. Sherman completes his march to the sea when he arrives in front of Savannah, Georgia.Shermans army had been sweeping form Atlanta across the state to the south and east towards Savannah, one of the last confederate seaports still unoccupied by union forces. -
Assault and Capture of Fort Fisher, North Carolina
was a successful assault by the union Army and Marine Corps against Fort Fisher, South of Wilmington, North Carolina near the end of the american civil war in January 1865. -
Lincolns 2nd inaugural address
Lincoln taking the oath at his second inauguration. Lincolns second inaugural address was delivered on March 4, 1865 during the final days of the civil war and only a month before he was assassinated. -
Shermans troops occupy Fayetteville,NC
the civil war was in its final weeks when a strong 60,000 man force, under the command of union general William T. Sherman, marched in through the Carolinas, capturing town after town. -
Battle of Appomattox Courthouse (Lee Surrenders)
Robert E. Lee surrendered to Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant following a battle earlier that morning. The surrender of the army of northern Virginia- the most celebrated confederate army- followed a defeat in the final battle of the war in Virginia. -
Lincoln Assassinated
the 16th president of the United States, was assassinated by well-known stage actor John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865 while attending to play our american cousin at Fords theatre in Washington, D.C. -
Jefferson Davis appointed president of confederacy
June 3, 1808- December 6, 1889 was an american politician who served as the only president of the confederate state from 1861 to 1865. He ran without opposition and the election simply confirmed the decision that had been made by the confederate congress earlier in the year.
