Chronology: key events of the civil war.1860 Nov. 6: Abraham Lincoln is elected President. He gets no support from Southern states Southern States U.S. Confederacy government of 11 Southern states that left the Union in 1860. [Am. Hist.: EB, III: 73] Dixie popular name for Southern states in U.S. and for song. [Am. Hist. because he opposes slavery. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Dec. 20: South Carolina South Carolina, state of the SE United States. It is bordered by North Carolina (N), the Atlantic Ocean (SE), and Georgia (SW). Facts and Figures Area, 31,055 sq mi (80,432 sq km). Pop. (2000) 4,012,012, a 15. secedes from the Union. Ten other Southern states soon follow, forming the Confederate States of America Confederate States of America: see Confederacy. Confederate States of America or Confederacy Government of the 11 Southern states that seceded from the Union in 1860–61 until its defeat in the American Civil War in 1865. . 1861-early 1863 The first shots of the war are fired at Fort Sumter, South Carolina, on April 12, 1861, at dawn. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Confederacy Confederacy, name commonly given to the Confederate States of America (1861–65), the government established by the Southern states of the United States after their secession from the Union. enjoys several key victories. Many Northerners want to end the war, allowing the Confederate states to remain split from the U.S. 1863 Jan. 1: Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation Emancipation Proclamation, in U.S. history, the executive order abolishing slavery in the Confederate States of America. Desire for Such a Proclamation declares freedom for slaves in the Confederate states. July: Key Union victories at Gettysburg and Vicksburg turn the tide of the war. 1864 Sept. 2: Union General William Tecumseh Sherman captures. Atlanta, Georgia, the South's most important city. This ensures Lincoln's re-election two months later. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 1865 Apr. 9: General Ulysses S. Grant accepts General Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox, Virginia. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Apr. 14: Lincoln is shot and dies the next day. Vice President Andrew Johnson (right) becomes President and launches Reconstruction programs. |
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