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Election of 1860
In a four-way contest, the Republican Party ticket of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin won a national popular plurality. A popular majority in the North where states already had abolished slavery. Also a national electoral majority comprising only Northern electoral votes.Although Lincoln received less than 40% of the popular vote, he easily won the Electoral College vote over Stephen Douglas (Democrat), John Breckenridge (Southern Democrat), and John Bell. -
Confederate States form
The Confederacy comprised eleven U.S. states that declared secession and warred against the United States during the American Civil War.The states were SC, MS, Fl, Al, GA, LA, TX, Va, AK, TN, NC. The confederate states are a loose association of states, in which the states have more power than the federal government. U.S. under Articles of Confederation is an example of a confederate government. Lastly, confederate government is the Confederate States of America. -
Jefferson Davis inaugurated as President of Confederate States of America
Davis, 52, who had served as U.S. secretary of war and as a U.S. senator from Mississippi. He had been unanimously elected as provisional president of the Confederacy nine days earlier.Jefferson Davis, who had been elected president of the Provisional Government of the Confederacy. Jefferson presided over South's creation of its own armed forces and acquisition of weapons. Davis chose Robert E. Lee as commander of the Army of Northern Virginia. -
Fort Sumter
The attack on Fort Sumter marked the official beginning of the American Civil War. The war that lasted four years, cost the lives of more than 620,000 Americans. It freed 3.9 million enslaved people from bondage. The Battle of Fort Sumter was the bombardment of Fort Sumter near Charleston, South Carolina by the South Carolina military. -
First battle of Bull Run
The first land battle of the Civil War was fought on July 21, 1861, just 30 miles from Washington. So close that the U.S. senators to witness the battle in person. Southerners called it the Battle of Manassas, after the closest town. Northerners called it Bull Run, after a stream running through the battlefield. -
Battle of Shiloh
On April 7, 1862, the Civil War's Battle of Shiloh ended with a United States (Union) victory over Confederate forces.War was fought in Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee. The two-day conflict was at that point the bloodiest battle in American history, with more than 23,000 dead and wounded.he Battle of Shiloh was a crucial success for the Union Army, led by Gen. Ulysses S. Grant’s Army of the Tennessee. This culminated in the brutal Vicksburg Campaign for the next battle being Vicksburg. -
Battle of Antietam
It was a decisive engagement that halted the Confederate invasion of Maryland. an advance that was regarded as one of the greatest Confederate threats to Washington, D.C. The Union name for the battle is derived from Antietam Creek, which flows. -
Emancipation proclamation
Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation January 1, 1863. The nation was approaching its third year of bloody civil war. The proclamation declared that all persons held as slaves within the rebellious states are, and henceforward shall be free. Some emancipated slaves quickly fled from the neighborhood of their owners, while others became wage laborers for former owners. African Americans could make choices for themselves about where they labored and the type of work they performed. -
Battle of Vicksburg
The union won this. They gained control over the Mississippi river. This war divided the Confederacy and cemented the reputation of Ulysses Grant. First major battle of the Civil War, in which untrained Northern troops and civilian picnickers fled back to Washington. -
Battle of Gettysburg
The union won this battle. This battle was a turning point because the union had fought off an invasion. The confederacy would be on the defensive side for the rest of the war. This battle involved the largest number of casualties of the entire war and is often described as the war's turning point. -
Gettysburg address
The Gettysburg Address gave meaning to the sacrifice of over 50,000 men who died in the Battle of Gettysburg. The Gettysburg Address declared that the United States had to stand as a country where all men are created equal and should be treated as equals. Lincoln's main theme in the address was that the war must be won, and that the union must be saved. -
Sherman's March to the sea
Sherman leads his troops through the south destroying everything in their path. This devastates, divides, and wrecks the south. It made total war-physical destruction of everything in the union's path. Troops started through the Confederate state of Georgia, pillaging the countryside and destroying both military outposts and civilian properties. -
Appomattox Court House
Located in Appomattox, Virginia. Trapped by the Federals near Appomattox Court House, Confederate general Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to Union general Ulysses S. Grant. This precipitated the capitulation of other Confederate forces and led to the end of the bloodiest conflict in American history. This ended the civil war. The 13th amendment was made shortly after this. -
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth while attending a play in Washington, D.C. Shot in the head as he watched the play. He passed away from his injuries not long after the attack. After his passing, the presidency passed to his Vice President, Andrew Johnson. Lincoln's presidency only last 4 years before his assassination. He was killed because there was a conspiracy about lincoln and that's why booth killed him. -
13th amendment
The 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution says that "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction." This amendment was made not long after the civil war had ended. The amendment officially abolished slavery, and immediately freed more than 100,000 enslaved people, from Kentucky to Delaware. Slavery was strongly fought for.