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Election of Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln won 180/183 electoral votes in free states. Douglas had the second-highest number of popular votes, but he won in one state. He earned 12 electoral votes. Breckenridge and Bell split electoral votes in other slave state. The election results angered southerners. Lincoln did not campaign in their region and did not carry any southern states, but he became the next president. The election signed that the south was losing its national political power. -
Battle of Fort Sumter
A federal outpost in Charleston, Southern Carolina, that was attacked by confederate troops, beginning the civil war. -
First Battle of Bull Run
First major battle of civil war and confederates victory the battle is also known as First Battle of Mananas. It shattered the Norths hopes of winning the war quickly. -
Second Battle of Bull Run
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
Aka the battle of sharps-burg, was the bloodiest single day battle of the civil war and of U.S. history. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Order to free confederate states. -
Battle of Gettysburg
Key battle that finally turned the tide against the confederates. -
Gettysburg Address
Lincoln passed the braver of union soldiers and renewed his commitment to winning the civil war. -
Surrender of Confederate Forces
Sherman closed in on the last confederate defenders in North Carolina at the same time. Grant finally broke through the confederate defenses at Peters-burg. on April 2, Lee was forced to retreat from Richmond. -
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
President Lincoln and wife attended a play at fords theater in Washington D.C.. During the play John Wrikes Booth, a southerner who opposed Lincolns policies, sneaked into the theater box and shot him.
