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Abraham Lincoln - U.S. President | Mini Bio | BIO

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August 21-23, 1831

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Nat Turner

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A slave rebellion led by Nat Turner, involving more than fifty rebelling slaves. The killed nearly sixty whites, and all they rebels where killed.

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September 18, 1850

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Henry Clay

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The Fugitive Slave laws stated that citizens assist capturing the runaway slaves, and return them to the South.

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October 16-18, 1859

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John Brown

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John Brown led 18 men to the small town of Harpers Ferry, Virginia for an effort to initiate an armed slave revolt in 1859 by taking over a United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia.

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Abraham Lincoln

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March 4, 1861 - April 15,1865

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Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States of America, the leader who successfully ended the Civil War to preserve the nation. He played in key role in passage of the Thirteenth Amendment, which ended slavery in America.

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April 12-13, 1861

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General Pierre Beauregard

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The bombardment and ultimate surrender of Fort Sumter by General P.G.T Beauregard was the official start of the Civil War.

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July 21, 1861

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Abraham Lincoln and General Irvin McDowell

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First Battle of Bull Run, also known as Battle of First Manassas, the first major battle of the American Civil War, fought at a small stream and tributary of the Potomac River It was a chaotic encounter fought by volunteers short of training and organization and poorly equipped. It ended in victory for the Confederates.The defeat shocked the Union into mobilizing resources for a long war.

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July 1-3 , 1863

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4:22 - 4:38

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Battles of the Civil War: Crash Course US History #19

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Robert E. Lee and General George G. Meade

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December 20, 1860

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Southern states (Confederate)

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Due to the election of Abraham Lincoln , several states seceded from the Union because of the the abolishment og slavery.

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Confederates clashed with the Union's Army of the Potomac by General George G. Meade, at the crossroads town of Gettysburg.

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January 1, 1863

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Abraham Lincoln

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The Emancipation Proclamation let more than 3.5 million enslaved African Americans in the designated areas of the South from slaves to be free.

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April 9, 1865

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Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant

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Robert E. Lee surrendered his Army of Northern Virginia to Union General Ulysses S. Grant. This led to the end of the Civil War.

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April 14, 1865

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Abraham Lincoln and John Wilkes Booth

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At Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C., John Wilkes Booth a well know stage actor assassinated Abraham Lincoln by shooting him in the head.