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Abraham Lincoln was elected as the U.S. Presidential Candidate for the republican party. He was campaigning against the democratic candidate Stephen Douglass.
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Abraham Lincoln was elected as the 16th President of the United States. He was a representative of the republican party.
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Senator John Critteden proposed the Critteden Compromise, which was suposed to put an end to possible succesion.
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After the election of President Abraham Lincoln, South Carolina secedes from the United States.
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Four days after the seccesion of South Carolina, they issue the Declaration of Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Seccesion of South Carolina from the Federal Union.
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After South Carolina seceded, 15 more states seceded, starting with Mississippi on January 3rd, 1861, and ending with Kentucky on December 10th, 1861.
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Confederates capture Fort Sumter with no deaths on both sides. This begins the Civil War
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The first major battle of the civil war. Took place at Manassas junction, Virginia. Ended in confederate victory.
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President Lincoln appointed George McClellan as General of the Union army, replacing Winfield Scott.
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Jefferson Davis was elected the first and only President of the Confederate States of America.
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Battle near Shiloh, Tennessee. Under command of Ulysses S. Grant, union soldiers defeated the confederates.
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A battle that resulted in a Union victory near Memphis, Tennessee. The capture of this fort made it very easy for the Union to capture Memphis
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Naval battle that took place on the Mississippi river. Ended in Union victory.
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Bloodiest single-day battle in U.S. history. Fought near Sharpsburg, Maryland. Ended in Union victory.
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President Lincoln removes General George McClellan as the leader of the union army. He is replaced by Ulysses S. Grant.
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Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, which called for the release on 3.1 million slaves in the Confederate states.
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Union forces surrounded Vicksburg, Mississippi, allowing no one to enter or leave. On July 4th, over 30,000 confederate troops surrender.
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Bloodiest battle of the war. Ended in Union victory with 23,000 Union casualties and 28,000 Confederate casualties.
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General Robert E. Lee attempts to resign from his position as general after the battle of Gettysburg. Jefferson Davis refuses.
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Abraham Lincoln gives his famous speech, The Gettysburg Address, at the dedication ceremony for the military cemetery located there.
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Abraham Lincoln officially appoints General Ulysses S. Grant as commander of all Union forces.
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Union soldiers under David Hunter defeat the confederates at Piedmont, West Virginia.
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General William T. Sherman begins a march to the sea, leaving death and destuction in his path.
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The first 500 northern prisoners arrive at the Andersonville, Georgia prison camp.
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Union forces uner Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas defeat confederate forces at Nashville, Tennessee.
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Confederate President Jefferson Davis flees the confederate capital Richmond, Virginia.
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A day after Davis flees, the Union army captures Richmond.
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Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrenders to Ulysses S. Grant at the Appomattox Courthouse, ending the civil war.
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President Abraham Lincoln was shot at Ford's Theater in Washington D.C. by John Wilkes Booth. He died the next morning.
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Union cavalry trap Booth in a barn. He was shot and killed by Boston Corbett.
