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Lincoln elected president
While the civil war was inevitable due to the questionable ethics of slavery and deep cultural divides between the North and the South, Lincoln winning the presidency easily set off the powder keg that was the United States. Being an abolishionist and demanding the unity of the country he soon triggered the Civil War. -
Anaconda Plan
The Anaconda Plan is the name applied to an outline strategy for suppressing the Confederacy at the beginning of the American Civil War. -
Confederacy formed
Seven southern states formed the this union, in which had its own constitution. This group seeked an independent nation of their own. -
Lincoln Inaugurated
Lincoln giving speech in which he promised to not interfere with the institution of slavery, and pledged to suspend the forces of the federal government within hostile areas. -
Start of the Civil War
In 1861 South Carolina demanded that the Union retreat from its facilities in Charleston harbor. The Union not only didn't listen, they moved to a more easily defendable fort; Fort Sumter. After Lincoln decided to send ressupply boats a ultimatum was set; the Union was to leave or the Confederates would take it by force. -
Bull Run Battle
Was the first major battle of the American Civil War. Located in Prince William County, Virginia, near the city of Manassas, not far from the city of Washington, D.C. -
Ulysses Grant is promoted to Brigadier General
Being promoted from Colonel by being somewhat close to Lincoln Grant soon proved his Militairy prowess as he was not afraid to lose men; a trait that proved handy when the Union outnumbered the Confederates by more than 2-1. -
Evolution of the Grenade
This was the first patent of the Ketchum grenades by Buffalo Mayor William Ketchum. These grenades were some of the first effective grenades in history, with a dart like design that ensured the grenade would land and explode. -
First American Iron Clad sees battle.
The confederates make thhe first American Ironclad for war. They soon demolish wooden boats, and prove that the time of the wooden navies was over. -
Peninsula Campaign
The Peninsula Campaign of the American Civil War was a major Union operation launched in southeastern Virginia from March through July 1862, the first large-scale offensive in the Eastern Theater -
Battle of Shiloh
The Battle of Shiloh, also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing, was a major battle in the Western Theater of the American Civil War, fought April 6–7, 1862, in southwestern Tennessee. -
Seven Days battle
The Seven Days Battles were a series of six major battles over the seven days from June 25 to July 1, 1862, near Richmond, Virginia, during the American Civil War. -
Seven Days Battles
The Seven Days Battles were a series of six major battles over the seven days from June 25 to July 1, 1862, near Richmond, Virginia, during the American Civil War. -
Second Battle of Bull Run
Was fought in Prince William County, Virginia, as part of the American Civil War -
Battle of Antietam
The bloodiest single day in American military history ended in a draw, but the Confederate retreat gave Abraham Lincoln the “victory” he desired before issuing the Emancipation Proclamation. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Lincoln announced that for the next year, 1-1-1863 would be the first day in which all slaves would be free. -
Battle of Fredricksburg
Union generals C. Feger Jackson and George Bayard, and Confederate generals Thomas R.R. Cobb and Maxey Gregg were killed. On December 15, Burnside called off the offensive and recrossed the river, ending the campaign. -
Thomas "Stone Wall" Jackson
In the battle of Chancellorville, Thomas Jackson, who was a war hero and general, was fatally wounded by friendly fire and died at the age of 39. -
Battle of Chancellorsville
The Battle of Chancellorsville was a major battle of the American Civil War, and the principal engagement of the Chancellorsville Campaign. -
Siege of Vicksburg
The Siege of Vicksburg was the final major military action in the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War. -
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. -
Defeat of Vicksburg
Vicksburg surrenders to Grant. All of the mississippi river is under union control. -
Gettysburg Adress
Lincoln adresses the Union and reinterated the 13th ammendment and how America was to undergo a "new birth of freedom". Lincoln gave this after a major victory to r -
Atlanta to Savannah
General Sherman brings destruction to Atlanta, and then sends his men on a 300 hundred mile march to the sea, destroying everything along the way there. Railroads, houses, and crops were seized to strike fear and break the will of the south. -
Fall of Richmond
Richmond, Virginia, served as the capital of the Confederate States of America for almost the whole of the American Civil War -
Battle of Appomattox Court House
The Battle of Appomattox Court House, fought on the morning of April 9, 1865, was one of the last battles of the American Civil War. -
Lincoln Was Shot
John Wilkes Booth, a famous actor and Confederate sympathizer, fatally shot President Abraham Lincoln at a play at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. -
The end of the Civil War
Therefore, Lincoln's election was the event that truly set off the civil war. Divisions between the North and South had existed forever, and war was inevitable. Lincoln's abolitionism and goal to keep the union together caused the war to begin under his presidency.
