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Jefferson Davis
On this date Jefferson Davis says he is in favor of seceding from the Union -
Democratic Nominee
Democrats finally reach a decision and elect John C. Breckinridge as their presidental nominee -
Lincoln Election
Abraham Lincoln becomes the 16th president of the United States, with the intention to abolish slavery. -
Georgian Convention
Georgia calls a convetion of all southern states on the matter to become their own independent nation. -
South Carolina Secedes.
South Carolina secedes from the Union becoming the first of 9 states to do so -
The Southern Sucession
Through Janurary 9-Janurary 19th, 4 States will secede from the Union which include Mississippi, Alabama, Florida and Georgia. -
Jefferson Davis Inaguration
Jefferon Davis is inagurated as the first and last president of the Confederate States of Amercia -
Lincoln Inaguration
Lincoln is inagurated on this date, by now 5 states have already suceded from the Union, President Lincoln hasnt even stepped into the White House -
Shots Fired
4000 rounds are fired on Fort Sumpter. Confederate soilders fire upon a Union held base in confederate territory, noone dies in this battle. -
Battle of Bull Run
The first battle of the civil war starts. The battle of Bull Run took place Manasses Juntion, 25 miles from Washington D.C, where altogether 4878 men from Union and Confederate forces died, it was the bloddiest battle in the civil war up until then. -
U.S Grants nickname
Victory for Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in Tennessee, capturing Fort Henry, and ten days later Fort Donelson. Grant earns the nickname "Unconditional Surrender" Grant. -
Lincoln's son death
President Lincoln is struck with grief as his beloved eleven-year-old son, Willie, dies from fever, probably caused by polluted drinking water in the White House. -
Battle of Shiloh
The battle was fought in southwestern Tennessee, THe confederates launched a surpise attack on Ulysses.S Grant and had the upper hand, but ultimatly lost on the second day of battle 23,000 men on bnoth sides lost their lives over the 2 day batlle. -
Lee's invasion
Lee invades the North with 50,000 Confederates and heads for Harpers Ferry, located 50 miles northwest of Washington. -
Replacing Generals
The president replaces McClellan with Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside as the new Commander of the Army of the Potomac. Lincoln had grown impatient with McClellan's slowness to follow up on the success at Antietam, even telling him, "If you don't want to use the army, I should like to borrow it for a while -
Emacipation Proclamation
President Lincoln issues the final Emancipation Proclamation freeing all slaves in territories held by Confederates and emphasizes the enlisting of black soldiers in the Union Army. The war to preserve the Union now becomes a revolutionary struggle for the abolition of slavery -
Lincoln enacts a draft
The U.S. Congress enacts a draft, affecting male citizens aged 20 to 45, but also exempts those who pay $300 or provide a substitute. -
Lee's second invasion of the North
Gen. Lee with 75,000 Confederates launches his second invasion of the North, heading into Pennsylvania in a campaign that will soon lead to Gettysburg. -
General Grant
The president appoints Gen. Grant to command all operations in the western theater. -
Gettysburg Address
President Lincoln delivers a two minute Gettysburg Address at a ceremony dedicating the Battlefield as a National Cemetery. -
Grant in Command
President Lincoln appoints Gen. Grant to command all of the armies of the United States -
Union campain on Richmond
The beginning of a massive, coordinated campaign involving all the Union Armies. In Virginia, Grant with an Army of 120,000 begins advancing toward Richmond to engage Lee's Army of Northern Virginia -
Grants mistake
A costly mistake by Grant results in 7,000 Union casualties in twenty minutes during an offensive against fortified Rebels at Cold Harbor in Virginia. -
McClellan Revenge
Democrats nominate George B. McClellan for president to run against Republican incumbent Abraham Lincoln. -
Lincolns re-elected
Abraham Lincoln is re-elected president -
13th Amendmant Ratified.
The U.S. Congress approves the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, to abolish slavery. The amendment is then submitted to the states for ratification. -
Lee surrenders
Gen. Robert E. Lee surrenders his Confederate Army to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at the village of Appomattox Court House in Virginia -
The President has been shot
John Wilkes Booth shoots the president in the head. Doctors attend to the president in the theater then move him to a house across the street. He never regains consciousness. -
Lincolns death
President Abraham Lincoln dies at 7:22 in the morning, becomes the first president to be assassinated. -
Slavery is abolished
The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, is finally ratified. Slavery is abolished.
