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Lincoln elected President
Abraham Lincoln is elected president of the United States on November 6, 1860. Although he won the electoral college, he didn't get the popular vote. This represented the strife that was already brewing in America between the North and South. -
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Fort Sumter attacked
President Lincoln kept resupplying the Union outpost in Ft. Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina. The Confederate forces launched an attack and officially kicked off the American Civil War. -
Merrimac and Monitor
The Merrimac (Confederates) and the Monitor (Union)conducted the first ironclad ship battle in the world from March 8th to 9th, 1862. Although none of the ships were sunk, they came to a stalemate and the Union kept their water blockade. -
Sherman's March to the Sea
Between November 15 and December 21 of 1864, General George T. Sherman of the Union with 60,000 soldiers went on a destructive venture from Atlanta to Savanah, Georgia. They focus on destroying railroads, burning crops, and demolishing buildings to force the South to surrender. -
