Abraham Lincoln is elected President of the United States of America.

South Carolina secedes rather than submit to “Black Republican” rule for four years. “The Union is Dissolved!”

Delegates from 7 seceded states form the Confederate States of America. The CSA begins to amass troops.

Confederates in Charleston fire on U.S. Fort Sumter to prevent resupply of food and medicine. The Union soldiers at Fort Sumter surrender after a day and a half . War begins.

The First Battle of Bull Run. Confederate victory.

The Second Battle of Bull Run results in a victory for Confederate General Robert E. Lee and the Confederacy.

General Lee invades Maryland. The worst day of bloodshed in American History occurs at the Battle of Antietam.

President Lincoln announces an Emancipation Proclamation for January and authorizes the enlisting of Black Troops.

Union debacle at Lee’s hands at Fredericksburg, 15,000 Union casualties to 6,000 CSA.

Emancipation Proclamation

Many Union Soldiers are granted furloughs home to raise morale

Union General Ulysses S. Grant begins the siege of Vicksburg, MS

General Lee is defeated by George Meade at Gettysburg and retreats South

Vicksburg falls to Union General Grant, the Mississippi River is now fully controlled by the Union, splitting the CSA in half.

With the draft moving forward in most Union states, $300 will allow draftees to opt out if he can find a “substitute”