american civil war

By kelyan

  • Abraham Lincoln became president

    Abraham Lincoln is sworn in as 16th President of the United States of America.

  • The beginning of the Civil War

    Pierre Beauregard open fire with 50 cannons upon Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina. The Civil War begins.

  • An international crisis

    England was seized by the US navy. And England ask for their realeased.

  • The president Lincoln calling reinforcement from the United States

    President Lincoln issues General War Order No. 1 calling for all United States naval and land forces to begin a general advance by February 22

  • End of slavery in Columbia

    Abraham Lincoln signs into law a bill prohibiting slavery in the District of Columbia.

  • Liberty of slave

    President Lincoln issues the final Emancipation Proclamation freeing all slaves in territories held by Confederates and emphasizes the enlisting of black soldiers in the Union Army. The war to preserve the Union now becomes a revolutionary struggle for the abolition of slavery.

  • The president elections

    Democrats nominate George B. McClellan for president to run against Republican incumbent Abraham Lincoln.

  • The death of Abraham Lincoln

    President Abraham Lincoln dies at 7:22 in the morning. Vice President Andrew Johnson assumes the presidency.