1864
Lincoln's reelection year
1864 is the year of the American Civil War's bloodiest campaigns, Sherman's March to the Sea, and Lincoln's reelection.
In historical contexts, it marks a turning point toward Union victory.
The number appears in addresses, model numbers, and dates without special significance: The building at 1864 Main Street.
Pennsylvania battle site
- Antietam1862 Maryland engagement
- AppomattoxWar-ending Virginia town
- battlefieldCombat engagement area
- UnionNamed political entity
Confederacy · secession · rebellion · Robert E. Lee · Ulysses S. Grant · Jefferson Davis · Sherman · cavalry
Formal discontinuation of practice
- slaveryOwnership of people
- LincolnMidwestern state capital
- freedomAbsence of constraint
- proclamationFormal public announcement
Thirteenth Amendment · liberation · bondage · manumission · Freedmen's Bureau · Underground Railroad · fugitive · plantation
Strict Reconstruction-era congressional bloc
- carpetbaggersOutsiders exploiting local turmoil
- scalawagsPlayful troublemakers
- freedmenPeople released from slavery
- suffrageRight to cast ballots
civil rights · equality · amnesty · reconciliation · occupation
Era of mechanized production
- steam engineThermal vapor motor
- telegraphElectrical message system
- gaslightDistort someone's reality
- penny-farthingAntique bicycle, giant front wheel
corset · top hat · frock coat · horse-drawn carriage · paddle steamer · telegram · Charles Dickens · colonialism
Gettysburg
Pennsylvania battle site
- Antietam1862 Maryland engagement
- AppomattoxWar-ending Virginia town
- battlefieldCombat engagement area
Union · Confederacy · secession · rebellion · Robert E. Lee · Ulysses S. Grant · Jefferson Davis · Sherman · cavalry · infantry
abolition
Formal discontinuation of practice
proclamation · Thirteenth Amendment · liberation · bondage · manumission · Freedmen's Bureau · Underground Railroad · fugitive · plantation · enfranchisement
Radical Republicans
Strict Reconstruction-era congressional bloc
- carpetbaggersOutsiders exploiting local turmoil
- scalawagsPlayful troublemakers
- freedmenPeople released from slavery
suffrage · civil rights · equality · amnesty · reconciliation · occupation
Industrial Revolution
Era of mechanized production
- steam engineThermal vapor motor
- telegraphElectrical message system
- gaslightDistort someone's reality
penny-farthing · corset · top hat · frock coat · horse-drawn carriage · paddle steamer · telegram · Charles Dickens · colonialism · imperialism