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Jefferson Davis.
Jefferson Davis comes out in favor of secession for the first time -
Deomocratic National Convention
The 1860 Democratic National Convention was one of the crucial events in the lead-up to the American Civil War. The Convention was held in South Carolina Institute Hall in Charlestown, South Carolina. It happened from April 23rd-May 3rd. It was a nominee for Presidents. -
The Constituion Union Party
The Constitution Union Party meets in Baltimore.
Selects John Bell for president of Tennessee and Edward Everertt from Massachusets for Vice President. It represents southern Whigs and Know-nothings. Sometimes called the Bell-Union Party -
Republican National Convention
The National Republican Convention was held in Chicago, Illinois. This was only the second national nominating convention for the Republican Party. -
Abraham Lincoln elected for President
First Republican. From Illinois. He receieved 180 of 303 possible electoral votes and 40 percent of the popular vote. -
John C. Breckinridge
Southern Democrats hold a convention in Richmond, Virginia. Although it was a struggle who to nominee for President, they selected John C. Breckinridge. -
Replaced!
Lieutenant Colonel William Hardee is replaced by Major John F. Reynolds as commander of cadets at West Point. William Hardy was born in Little Satilla Neck, Camden County, Georgia. -
Fort Summer is Being Threatned!
Major Robert Anderson reports that Fort Summer is being threatned in Charleston, South Carolina as improvement starts in Fort Moultrie and Fort Sumter in the harbor by federal forces. -
Secession
South Carolina responds to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President by being the first southern state to secede from the Union.South Carolina had been on the edge of secession for several decades. Ab won the election without popular support. -
Crittenden Compromise
Lincoln's opposition to a section of the Crittenden Compromise becomes public, ending the proposal's potential as a possible solution. The Crittenden Compromise was an unsuccessful proposal introduced by Kentucky Senator John J. Crittenden. It aimed to resolve the U.S. secession crisis of 1860–1861 by addressing the problems that led the slave states of the United States to consider secession from the United States. -
The South Secedes
When Abraham Lincoln was elected for President, the South Carolina legislature thought of it as a threat. The delegates decided to remove South Carolina from the Union and 6 more states after that. -
The South Creats A Governemt
In Montgomery, Alabama the seven seceding states created the Confederate Consitution. It was similar to the U.S. Constitution but had way more stress on each state. Jefferson Davis was named president of the Confederacy. -
The South Seizes Federal Forts
President Buchanan refused to surrender southern federal forts to the seceding states, southern state troops seized them. At Fort Summer , South Carolina troops drove back a supply ship trying to reach federal forces based in the fort. The ship was forced to return to New York, and the supplies were undelivered. -
Lincolns Inaguration
Lincoln said he had no plans to end slavery in the states where it already exists. He also said he would not accept secession, he wanted to resolve the national crisis without warfare. -
Attack on Fort Sumter
The Confederate bombardment of Fort Summer became the opening engagement of the Civil War -
A blockade of The South.
The Union Navy maintained a very hard working effort on the Atlantic and Confederate States of America designed to prevent the passage of trade goods, supplies, and arms to and from the Confederacy. President Lincoln proclaimed the blockade. The South responded by building small, fast ships. -
Four Slave States Stay In The Union
Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri did not join the Confederacy despite their acceptance of slavery. Union Military kept these states from seceding. -
Battle of Bull Run
The first Battle of Bullrun occured in Virginia. Also known as First Manassas. First major battle of the American Civil War. Just months after the start of the war at Fort Sumter, the Northern public clamored for a march against the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia, which they expected to bring an early end to the "rebellion". -
General McDowell Is Replaced.
Lincoln replaced McDowell with General George B. McClellan. McDowell was a career American army officer, he is know for his defeat in the First Battle of Bull Run. -
Port Royal, South Carolina
Captain Samuel F. Dupont's warships silenced Confederate guns in Fort Walker and Fort Beauregard. This victory enabled General Thomas W. Sherman's troops to occupy first Port Royal and then all the famous Sea Islands of South Carolina. -
Ab Lincoln Takes Action
President Lincoln declares war on the South. General McClellan ignored the order. -
McClellan Loses Command.
President Lincoln was inpatient with McClellan's inactivity. He organized the Army of Virginia and let McClrllan off for being in the supreme command. -
Battle of the "Monitor" and "Merrimac"
This was a naval battle of the Civil War.
The first time in military history that iron boats were used instead of wooden boats in battle. -
Battle of Shiloh
Confederate forces attacked Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant at Shiloh, Tennessee. By the end of the day, tthe federal troops were practically defeated. It was a major battle of the Civil War, and one of the bloodiest battles. Many Confederate and Union soldiers were killed. -
The Peninsular Campaign.
In April, General McClellan's troops left northern Virginia to begin the Peninsular Campaign. By May 4, they occupied Yorktown, Virginia. Confederates prevented McClellan from meeting the main part of the Confederate Army, he gathered his troops and waited. -
Defeats Union Forces
Confederate General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson, commanding forces in the Shenandoah Valley, attacked Union forces in March,he forced them to retreat across the Potomac River. As a result, Union troops were rushed to protect Washington, D.C. -
The Seven Days Battle.
This was a series of six major battles over the time period of seven days from June 25 to July 1, 1862. This occured in Richmond Virginia. -
A New Commander of the Union Army.
Major-General Henry Halleck was named general-in-chief of the Union army. Henry Halleck was a senior commander in the Union army during the American Civil War when he fought in the ‘Western Theatre’. By the end of the Civil War, he became Chief of Staff for the army. -
Battle of Antietam
This battle was also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg. This battle proved to be the bloodiest day of the war, 2,108 Union soldiers were killed and 9,549 wounded . 2,700 Confederates were killed and 9,029 wounded. There was no proven winner of this battle. -
The Battle of Fredericksburg
This battle was fought from December 11–15 in Fredericksburg, Virginia.The battle was between General Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and the Union Army of the Potomac, commanded by Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside. -
Emancipation Proclamation
President Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclomation. It proclaimed the freedom of slaves throughout the United States and declared it illegual. The proclimation was written after the Union's victory at Antietam. It also called for recruitment and establishment of black military units among the Union forces. -
The First Conscription Act
Recruiting difficulties took place, so an act was passed, making all men between the ages of 20 and 45 liable to be called for military service. -
The Battle of Chancellorsville.
The Battle of Chancellorsville was a major battle of the Civil War. It was fought in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. Union General Hooker crossed the Rappahannock River to attack General Lee's forces. Lee split his army, attacking a surprised Union army in three places and almost completely defeating them. Hooker withdrew across the Rappahannock River, giving the South a victory, but it was the Confederates' most costly victory in terms of casualties. -
The Vicksburg Campaign.
Union General Grant won several victories around Vicksburg. The Vicksburg Campaign was a series of maneuvers and battles in the Western Theater of the American Civil War directed against Vicksburg, Mississippi, -
West Virginia Is Born
This section of Virginia was admitted into the Union as the state of West Virginia on June 20, 1863. -
West Virginia.
West Virginia becomes the 35th state to enter the United States. It broke away from Confederate Virginia during the Civil War. The terms "free" and "slave" no longer mattered to them. -
The Gettysburg Campaign.
The Gettysburg Campaign was a series of battles fought in June and July 1863, during the Civil War. Confederate General Lee decided to take the war to the enemy. On June 13, he defeated Union forces at Winchester, Virginia, and continued north to Pennsylvania. -
The Battle of Gettysburg
The battle was in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The battle with the largest number of casualties in the Civil War, also it is often described as the war's turning point. -
The Battle of Chickamauga.
On September 19, Union and Confederate forces met on the Tennessee-Georgia border, near Chickamauga Creek. After the battle, Union forces retreated to Chattanooga, and the Confederacy maintained control of the battlefield. The battle was the most significant Union defeat in the Western Theater of the Civil War and involved the second highest number of casualties in the war following the Battle of Gettysburg. -
The Battle of Chattanooga.
Union forces pushed Confederates away from Chattanooga. This battle was fought in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The victory was great for General Sherman's Atlanta Campaign. -
Battle of Olustree
Also known as the Battle Pond, It was fought in Baker County, Florida. It was the largest battle fought in Florida during the Civil War. -
Grant appointed Commander-in-Chief
President Lincoln appointed Grand as Commander in Chief of the North. Grant then appointed General William T. Sherman to command the Western armies -
Battle of the Wilderness
First battle in the woods of Chancellorsville, Virginia. The area of the battle was about 50 miles, fires trapped Confederates and Union soldiers. They lost much of their casulaities. -
Election of Lincoln
Lincoln was re-elected for a second term. Most people loved how he ran everything and how real he was to his people. -
Siege of Petersburg
Grant left for Petersburg, The Union didn't attack just yet. It was the beginning of a nine month seige. Petersburg did not fall untill the end of the Civil War. -
Vicksburg
Confederate stronghold of Vicksburg surrenders after a seige. Confederate forces from the region, began a seige to starve Vicksburg and its 32,000 defenders into surrender. After six weeks of bombardment, the Confederates surrendered. Grant's bold campaign had given the Union control of the Mississippi River. -
Mobile Bay
Farragut attacked a smaller Confederate fleet. Farragut won the Battle of Mobile Bay, and because of this, it closed the last Confederate Gulf port. -
Shenandoah Valley.
Sheridan led his troops on a rampage of destruction in the Shenandoah Valley. -
Sherman's march to the Sea
William Sherman left 10,000 troops in Tenessee. Sherman marched all the way to Atlanta Georgia, and during that long trip, his troops burned everything.. -
Battle of Nashville
The Battle of Nashville was a two-day battle in the Franklin-Nashville Campaign. It was fought at Nashville, Tennessee. It was between the Confederate Army of Tennessee and Federal forces.. It was one of the largest victories achieved by the Union Army during the war. -
River Queen
On the River Queen, five men discuss peace terms at the Hampton Roads Conference near Fort Monroe. The conference was a failure. The River Queen was a sidewheel steamboat. -
Battle of Waynesborough, Virginia
This was a minor battle in Virginia that ended Confederate resistance in the Shenandoah Valley. The Shenandoh force leader is George Custer. -
Lincoln's Second Inaugural Speech
This was an outline Lincoln wrote during his second presedential term. It was directed to the Confederate people. -
Battle of Averasborough
This battle occured in Harnett County and Cumberland County. William Sherman 's army marched into NC in two great wings. Slocum's infantry ran into Hardee's blocking force in the town of Averasborough. -
Siege of Petersburg
The campaign was nine months of warfare, Union forces commanded by Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant assaulted Petersburg unsuccessfully and then constructed trench lines that eventually extended over 30 miles from the eastern parts of Richmond, Virginia, to the eastern and southern parts of Petersburg. -
Battle of Five Forks
This battle was fought southwest of Petersburg, Virginia. The battle is sometimes referred to as the "Waterloo of the Confederacy," This was the last major battle of the Petersburg Campaign during the American Civil War. -
Fallen Richmond.
General Lee attacked General Grant's forces by Petersburg, he was defeated, and lost again. Lee evacuated Richmond, and headed west to join with other forces. -
Battle of Appomattox
One of the last battles of the American Civil War. On the morning of April 8, the famished troops marched toward Appomattox Court House and the boxcars of rations at nearby Appomattox Station. -
Surrender At Appomattox
Robert E. Lee and his men were finally exhausted, he had no more choice but to finally throw up his hands and surrender. They decided to meet at the Appomattox Courthouse. This meeting took a couple hours but it ended the conflict for good. -
Assasination Of Abraham Lincoln
On a relaxing day for Lincoln, he wa shot by John Wilkes Booth. Lincoln died the next morning. Booth escaped, but 11 days later, he was shot by a Union Soldier. 9 others were involved with the assasination. -
Battle of Fort Stedman
This battle was fought during the final days of the Civil War. Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's army was trapped. Having very short supplies of food, clothes, and shelter, Lee's soldiers had suffered through a miserable winter. Lee needed to break the federal's hold on things, and he's known for fighting, so he decided to attack. -
14th Amendment
Thirty-ninth Congress approves the 14th Amendment to the Constitution. "The 14th Amendment granted citizenship to all people born in the united states. Which was former slaves recently free. It did not make states from denying any person life, liberty or property. By directly mentioning the role of the states. The 14th amendment was liked by many but hated by a lot of americans." -
Ku Klux Klan
This group was a very racist movement that acted upon great violence to achieve its goals of racial segregation. This group was founded on May 25th 1866. -
Lincoln's Birthday
On this date, President Lincolns birthday was celebrated for the first time. He was now being respected for being the great president he was before he was killed. We now even look up to him today as one of our best presidents of our country. -
Sewing Needles
Excelsior Needle Company of Wolcottville, Connecticut, started making sewing machine needles, this was the 1st United States company to make sewing needles. -
Ends War
President Johnson ended war in Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Florida. -
Declares Peace
On this date, the United States declares peace in the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina , Tennessee and Virginia. -
Civil Rights Act
Civil Rights Act was passed. It was over the veto of President Andrew Jackson. "The act declared that all persons born in the United States were now citizens, without regard to race, color, or previous condition." -
Race Riots!
Bloody race riots erupt in Memphis and New Orleans. There was a total of nearly 100 blacks, and about half dozen whites killed. Readmission of Tennessee into the Union as the first Southern state, this occurred despite the Memphis riot of 2 1/2 months earlier. -
Veto of the Freedmen's Bureau Bill of 1866
The bill was made in 1865 during the Lincoln administration, by an act of Congress. This bill was passed for the aid former slaves through food and housing, oversight, education, health care, and employment contracts with private landowners. The bill was vetoed by Andrew Johnson. -
Declares peace!
The United States declares peace with Texas.This, gave notice of the resumption of civil government in the States which had seceded. -
New Jersey ratifies the 14th Amendment
This amenment grants citizenship to everyone born in the US and subject to its jurisdiction and protects civil and political rights -
Given the right to Vote
African American males are given the right to vote in Washington D.C. Congress came over Andrew Johnsons veto and allowed them to vote.This was the first law in United States. history that allowed the ballot to African-American men. -
37th U.S. state
Nebraska becomes 37th U.S. state because of a spike in population. It is a state of the central United States in the Great Plains. -
First Reconstruction Act
This Act sets up five military districts in the South, each one is under the control of a military commander. This was an act to provide for the more active Government of the Rebel States. -
Alaska is purchased!
William H. Seward was an American politician, an antislavery activist in the Whig and Republican parties before the American Civil War. He was responsible for the purchase of Alaska in 1867. -
The Third Reconstruction Act
Johnson vetoes the 3rd Reconstruction Act which spells out election procedures in the South and brings forward congressional control over the Reconstruction. The Congress overrides Johnsons' veto. -
Becomes ad Interim
Ulysses S. Grant becomes ad interim Secretary of War when Andrew Johnson suspended Secretary Stanton. -
Alaska is turned over!
Russia turns over Alaska to the United States. The US finally takes possesion of Alaska from Russia.It cost $7.2 million. -
Impeachment
Congress started thinking about the impeachment of Andrew Johnson, he wasn't putting in as much effort into precidency as he should of. He had lack of effectiveness and unwillingness to follow through with reconstruction. -
Grange
Former Minnesota farmer Oliver Hudson Kelley founds the Grange, which became a powerful political force among western farmers. -
Robery!
Jesse James robs a bank in Savannah,Missouri. The attempt failed with one casualty. The man who captured the rober would be payed a large amount of money.
