COMPUTERS

  • Lincoln

    Abraham Lincoln
  • Abraham Lincoln

    Abraham Lincoln
    President Abraham Lincoln tried to mediate between the northern and southern states, and ended up entering a war that he avoided until the end. ... Although Lincoln was an opponent convinced of repression, the cohesion of the Union became more important to him than the abolition of slavery.
  • First Secession Convention

    The first secession convention meets in Columbia, south california
  • South Carolina

    South Carolina
    South Caroline sucedes from the union
  • Succedes

    Six additional southern states sucede from the union
  • The confederates

    The confederates
    The southern states that seceded create a government at Montgomery, Alabama, and the confederate states of America are formed
  • Jefferson Davis

    Jefferson Davis
    Jefferson Davis is appointed the first president of the confederate states of America at Montgomery, Alabama
  • Civil War was begun

    Civil War was begun
    southern forces fire upon fort summer, south Caroline. The civil War has formally begun.
  • Lincoln ask for volunteers

    Lincoln ask for volunteers
    President Lincoln issues a public declaration that an insurrection exists and calls for 75,000 militia to stop the rebellion
  • Washigton Renovation

    Washigton Renovation
    To thwart the confederate threat in northern Virginia, a series of earthworks and forts are engineered to surround the City of Washington.