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Abraham Lincoln becomes president
Abraham lincoln is elected president over a deeply divided democratic party, becoming the first republican to win presidency. -
South Carolina secedes
South Carolina becomes the first Socuthern State to declare its secession and later formed the confedracy. -
Robert E.Lee
Robert E. Lee takes command of confederate troops. American soldier best known for commanding the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War from 1862 until his surrender in 1865 -
Fort Sumter
The Battle of Fort Sumpter was bombardment and surrender of Fort Sumter, near Charleston, South Carolina, that started the American Civil War -
1st Bull Run
This was the first major land battle of the armies in Virginia. -
Monitor and Merrimack
Battle between the Monitor and the Merrimack (CSS Virginia) during the American Civil War (1861-65) was history’s first duel between ironclad warships. -
Shiloh
Also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing.The battle began when the Confederates launched a surprise attack on Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant in southwestern Tennessee. -
2nd Bull Run
This battle was fought in Prince William County,Virginia. It was the culmination of an offensive campaign waged by Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia against Union Maj. Gen. John Pope's Army of Virginia, and a battle of much larger scale and numbers than the First Battle of Bull Run (First Manassas) fought in 1861 on the same ground. -
Antietam
Also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg.Fought along Antietam Creek, at Sharpsburg, Maryland, this battle brought about America’s bloodiest day, the product of Confederate audacity and Union command failure. -
Emancipation Proclamation
President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, as the nation approached 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." -
54 Massachusetts
The abolitionist Governor John A. Andrew of Massachusetts issued the Civil War’s first call for black soldiers. Massachusetts did not have many African-American residents, but by the time 54th Infantry regiment headed off to training camp two weeks later more than 1,000 men had volunteered. -
General Stonewall killed
Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson.Confederate pickets accidentally shot him at the Battle of Chancellorsville on May 2, 1863. The general survived with the loss of an arm to amputation, but died of complications from pneumonia eight days later. -
Vicksburg
Warren County, Mississippi. On July 4, Vicksburg surrendered after prolonged siege operations. -
Chancellorsville
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Battle of Gettysburg
Adams County, Pennsylvania. The battle involved the largest number of casualties of the entire war and is often described as the war's turning point. -
Gettysburg Address
Speech by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, one of the best-known in American history. In his speech, he invoked the principles of human equality. -
Andersonville
The Camp Sumter military prison at Andersonville was one of the largest Confederate military prisons during the Civil War. During the 14 months the prison existed, more than 45,000 Union soldiers were confined here. Of these, almost 13,000 died here. Today, Andersonville National Historic Site is a memorial to all American prisoners of war throughout the nation's history. -
Fort Pillow
Also known as the Fort Pillow massacre, in which more than 300 African-American soldiers were killed, was one of the most controversial events of the American Civil War (1861-65). -
Shermans March
Union General William T. Sherman led some 60,000 soldiers on a 285-mile march from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia. The purpose of this “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. -
Appomattox
it was one of the last battles of the American Civil War. It was the final engagement of Confederate Army general Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia before it surrendered to the Union Army under Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant
