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South Carolina votes to secede from the United States
South Carolina was the first state to secede from the US. To only be followed by 10 other southern states. -
Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address
he delivered his address on march fourth 1861. he was reassuring all of the southern states that the president wouldn't strip them of their slaves. -
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Confederate forces fire on Fort Sumter
the battle at Fort Sumter was the event that is now marked as the beginning of the American civil war. -
Lincoln suspends habeas corpus
Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus between Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia to give military authorities the necessary power to silence dissenters and rebels. Under this order, commanders could arrest and detain individuals who were deemed threatening to military operations. -
Richmond becomes the capital of the Confederacy
in the Confederate Capital City of Montgomery, Alabama, the decision was made to name the City of Richmond, Virginia as the new Capital of the Confederacy. The Confederate capital was moved to Richmond in recognition of Virginia's strategic importance. -
First Battle of Bull Run is fought
as the union soldiers crossed near Sudley church the federal soldiers fired the first shots at the Union soldiers. -
Jefferson Davis elected President of the Confederacy
Davis was elected the president of confederate states of america with no competition and served a six year term. He also believed that any state should be able to leave the union at anytime. -
The Merrimack and the Monitor fight of the Virginia coast
a naval engagement of the Hampton roads. This was special because many people mark this as the first naval battle that kicked off the new world full of naval battle that we live in now. -
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Battle of Shiloh
Battle of Pittsburgh Landing, allowed Union troops to penetrate the Confederate interior. The carnage was unprecedented, with the human toll being the greatest of any war on the American continent up to that date. -
Robert E. Lee is named commander of the Army of Northern Virginia
He led the Army of Northern Virginia from 1862 until its surrender in 1865 and earned a reputation as a skilled tactician. -
Battle of Antietam
the Battle of Antietam was a very bloody battle because of multiple reasons, one being new technology, new guns that were more accurate. -
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Battle of Fredericksburg
a major defeat for the Union, they had twice as many soldiers but lost double the men than the confederates. Was an all time low for the war for the Union. -
Emancipation Proclamation is announced
This proclamation was announced to make the people of the US free their slaves. -
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Battle of Chancellorsville
Battle of Chancellorsville, (April 30–May 5, 1863), in the American Civil War, bloody assault by the Union army in Virginia that failed to encircle and destroy the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia -
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Battle of Gettysburg
In this battle it is recorded as the battle that resulted in the most causalities. Also was said to be the turning point in the civil war. -
Confederates surrender at Vicksburg
The Confederacy is torn in two when General John C. Pemberton surrenders to Union General Ulysses S. Grant at Vicksburg, Mississippi. In three weeks, Grant's men marched 180 miles, won five battles, and took 6,000 prisoners. -
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New York City draft riots
streets of new York were in riots because the middle class of working citizens were outraged about some of the laws that were passed that were restricting them. -
Lincoln gives his Gettysburg Address
at the end of the ceremonies that followed the battle of Gettysburg Lincoln gave a short speech that has now been known as the Gettysburg address. -
Atlanta is captured
Because of its location and commercial importance, Atlanta was used as a center for military operations and as a supply route by the Confederate army during the Civil War. Therefore, it also became a target for the Union army. General William Tecumseh Sherman and his troops captured the city in 1864. -
Sherman begins his March to the Sea
The purpose of Sherman's March to the Sea was to frighten Georgia's civilian population into abandoning the Confederate cause. Sherman's soldiers did not destroy any of the towns in their path, but they stole food and livestock and burned the houses and barns of people who tried to fight back. -
Congress passes the 13th Amendment
The 13th amendment was the amendment that abolished slavery -
Freedmen's Bureau is created
the goal of the Freedmen's bureau was to provide food, clothing, healthcare, and education for both black and white refugees in the south. -
Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address
President Abraham Lincoln spoke of mutual forgiveness, North and South, asserting that the true mettle of a nation lies in its capacity for charity. Lincoln presided over the nation's most terrible crisis. -
Richmond falls to the Union Army
On the evening of April 2, the Confederate government fled the city with the army right behind. Now, on the morning of April 3, blue-coated troops entered the capital. Richmond was the holy grail of the Union war effort, the object of four years of campaigning. -
Richmond becomes the capital of the Confederacy
Once Virginia seceded, the Confederate government moved the capital to Richmond, the South's second largest city. The move served to solidify the state of Virginia's new Confederate identity and to sanctify the rebellion by associating it with the American Revolution. -
Robert E. Lee surrenders at Appomattox
Robert E. Lee and his 28,000 soldiers surrendered at Appomattox court house and that ended the American Civil War. -
Lincolns assassination
Lincoln was assassinated on April 15th 1865. He was enjoying a play in a theater when his assassin snuck in and shot him in the back of his head. afterwards he fled and jumped out of a second story window. -
John Wilkes Booth is killed
12 days after he assassinated president Lincoln he was tracked down and killed by union soldiers.