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The American Civil War
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South Carolina Secedes
South Carolina is the first to officially secede from the Union. -
Mississippi Secession
Mississippi secedes from the Union. -
Florida Secession
Florida secedes from the Union. -
Alabama Secession
Alabama secedes from the Union. -
Georgia Secession
Georgia secedes from the Union. -
Louisiana Secession
Louisiana secedes from the Union. -
Texas Secession
Texas secedes from the Union. -
The Election of Abraham Lincoln
The election of the 16th president of te United States. -
Lincoln Inauguration
Abraham Lincoln is inaugurated as the sixteenth President of the United States. During his inaguration speech he warns the south that he will not tolerate secession. -
Attack on Fort Sumter
On Friday, April 12, 1861, at 4:30 in the morning, confeterates confederate forces under General Beauregard bombard Major Robert Anderson and his Union soldiers at Fort Sumter for 34 hours straight in Charleston, South Carolina. -
Lincoln's Army Request
Lincoln requests to congress the enlistment of a Union army. -
Battle of Shiloh
Union forces led by General Ulysses Grantare are ambushed at the town of Shiloh in Tennessee. The death toll - Union: 13,000
- Confederate 10,000 -
Robert E. Lee Assumes Command
General Robert E. Lee assumes command of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Lincoln declares that he will free any slaves in towns that the Union captures. -
Union Military Draft
The first military draft in American history. Congress requests every man to serve in the army unless he can find another person to tae his place or pay the government $300. -
Death of Stonewall Jackson
Confederate General Thomas Jackson dies from wounds sustained when he was shot by his own troops after returning from night reconacence at Chancellorsville. -
Battle of Gettysburg
A three day battle in which the Union forces lead by General Meade defeat the confederate forces under General Robert E. Lee at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. -
Picketts Charge
On the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg, General Robert E. Lee orders General George Pickett to assault Union positions across a mile long field. More than half of the 12,000 Confederate soldiers who participate in the charge are slaughtered as they walk into Union gunfire. -
Vicksburg
After a long seige General Ulysses S. Grant takes Vicksburg which is west of the Mississippi River. -
Ulysses S. Grant apointed Commander
Lincoln appoints Ulysses S. Grant as commander of all Union armies. -
Savannah, Georgia, is Captured
Union General Sherman captures Savannah, Georgia, and offers it to President Lincoln as a gift. -
Lee Surenders
General Robert E. Lee surenders to General Ulysses S. Grant in a farmhouse which marks the end of the civil war.
