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Election of Abraham Lincoln
In the Election of 1860 A lot of of Southern States left the Union to create their own Confederation. -
Battle of Fort Sumter
Battle of Fort Sumter was the first battle of the Civil war it started when the Confederate Army attacked Fort Sumter and took over the place it was a Ambush on The Union. -
First Battle of Bullrun
The First Battle of Bullrun was the first major battle of all of the Civil War. The Confederate Army won this battle. -
Second Battle of Bullrun
It was the second battle fought there, although it was a much larger battle than the first one. The battle took place on August 28 - August 30, 1862. The Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, led by General Robert E. Lee, defeated the Union's Major General John Pope and his Army of Virginia. -
Battle of Antietam
The Battle of Antietam also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg, it was the bloodiest battle of all of the Civil War and of all of U.S. History. -
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." -
Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg was the Battle that finally turned the tides against the Confederates. -
Gettysburg Address
The Gettysburg Address is a speech by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, one of the best-known in American history.[4] It was delivered by Lincoln during the American Civil War, on the afternoon of Thursday, November 19, 1863, at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, four and a half months after the Union armies defeated those of the Confederacy at the Battle of Gettysburg. -
Surrender of Confederate Forces
Sherman a Union General closed in on the last Confederate defenses on April 12th ,1864 which ended the Civil War. -
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
On April 15th, 1865 President Lincoln was shot dead by John Wilkes a Confederate Sympathizer. After that a new President was elected.
