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Republican Party Formed
A political party that began in 1854 and is today one of the two major political parties in the United States. Originally was composed mainly of northerners from both major parties of the time. -
Uncle Tom's cabin is published
Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly, is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. Published in 1852, the novel "helped lay the groundwork for the Civil War" -
Kansas- Nebraska Act passed
It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders. -
Dred scott v. sandford decision is rendered
this opinion declared that slaves were not citizens of the United States and could not sue in Federal courts. -
John Browns raid on Harper's Ferry
John Browns raid on Harper's Ferry was an effort by armed abolitionist John Brown to initiate an armed slave revolt in 1859 by taking over a United states arsenal at Harper's Ferry Virginia -
John Brown is Hung
He was an American abolitionist who believed in and advocated armed insurrection was the only way to overthrow slavery in the United States. -
Abraham Lincoln elected President
In 1860, Lincoln won the party's presidential nomination. In the November 1860 election, Lincoln again faced Douglas, who represented the Northern faction of a heavily divided Democratic Party, as well as Breckinridge and Bell. -
South Carolina votes to secede from the United States
The convention then adjourned to Charleston to draft an ordinance of secession. When the ordinance was adopted on December 20, 1860, South Carolina became the first slave state in the south to declare that it had seceded from the United States. -
Confederate forces fire on Fort Sumter
Confederate batteries opened fire on the fort, which was unable to reply effectively -
Lincoln Suspends Habeas Corpus
President Lincoln suspended the Habeas Corpus in effort to protect public safety and to possibly reduce rebellion.. -
Richmond becomes the Capital of the Confederacy
VA was chosen as the new capital, because they convinced the state of Virginia to join the CSA -
First Battle of Bull run is fought
The battle was fought between the Union (Federal) and the Confederate (Rebel) armies -
Jefferson Davis elected president of the confederacy
Jefferson Davis who had been elected President and Alexander H.Stephans who had been elected Vice president under the provisional Confederate states constitution were elected to six year terms as first permanent President and Vice President of the Confederate States. -
The Merrimac and the Monitor fight of Virginia coast
Also called Battle of Hampton Roads, during American Civil War. First duel between ironclad warships and beginning of era naval warships. -
Battle of Shiloh
Over 23,000 Union and Confederate soldiers had fallen as casualties at Shiloh in just two days, a large toll. Union forces held the field, making the battle a Union victory. -
Robert E. Lee is named commander of the army of Northern Virginia
Robert E. Lee was assigned to command the troops which he named "The Army of Northern Virginia". -
Battle of Antietam
The Battle of Antietam,also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg,particularly in the Southern United States,was fought on September 17,1862,between Confederate General Robert E.Lee's Army and Union General George B.McClellan's army -
Emancipation proclamation is announced
Lincoln actually issued the Emancipation Proclamation twice. Abraham Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation on September 22nd, 1862. -
Battle of Fredricksburg
The Battle of Fredricksburg was fought December 11-15 1862, in and around Fredricksburg,Virginia,between General Robert E.Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and the Union Army -
Battle of Chancellorsville
Resulted in a Confederate victory that stopped an attempted flanking movement by Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker's Army of the Potomac against the left of Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. -
Confederates surrender at Vicksburg
Confederacy is torn between two sides during time period, General John C. Pemberton surrenders to Union General Ulysses S. Grant at Vicksburg, Mississippi. -
Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg, fought from July 1 to July 3, 1863, is considered the most important engagement of the American Civil War. After a great victory over Union forces at Chancellorsville, General Robert E. Lee marched his Army of Northern Virginia into Pennsylvania in late June 1863. -
New York City draft riots
Mostly of the working-class. There were new laws passed by Congress that year to draft men to fight in the ongoing American Civil War. -
Lincoln gives his Gettysburg Address
It was delivered by Lincoln during the American Civil War at the dedication of the Soldiers' -
Atlanta is Captured
During the civil war, union general William Tecumseh Sherman captured Atlanta on his raid through Georgia -
Abraham Lincoln Defeats George McClellan to win re election
In the midst of the American Civil War,incumbent President Abraham Lincoln of the National Union Party defeated the Democratic nominee,former General George B.McCellan...Lincolns re-election ensured that he would preside over the successful conclusion of the Civil War -
Sherman Begins His march to the sea
Was a military campaign of the American Civil War conducted through Georgia -
Freedmans Bureau is Created
Was established in the War Department by an act of March 3, 1865. The Bureau supervised all relief and educational activities relating to refugees. -
Lincoln gives his second inaugural address
Abraham Lincoln's second inaugural address was delivered during the final days of the Civil War and only a month before he was assassinated. -
Richmond Falls to the Union Army
This showed that the confederacy was coming to its final days -
Robert E. Lee surrenders at Appomattox
Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrenders his 28,000 troops to Union General Ulysses S. Grant, effectively ending the American Civil War. -
President Lincoln assassinated
Abraham Lincoln,the 16th president of the United States was assassinated by a well known stage actor named John Wilkes Booth while he was attending the play Our American Cousin at Ford's theater -
Congress passes the 13th Amendment
finally abolished slavery
