1.A group of Southern states secede.
2.The Confederacy attacks Fort Sumter
3.The Union and Confederate armies fight the Battle of Antietam
4.President Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation
5.Abraham Lincoln is elected president
Step-by-step explanation:
By February 1861, seven Southern states had seceded
The Battle of Fort Sumter (April 12–13, 1861) was the bombardment of Fort Sumter near Charleston, South Carolina by the South Carolina militia (the Confederate Army did not yet exist). It ended with the surrender by the United States army.
The Battle of Antietam particularly in the Southern United States, was a battle of the American Civil War fought on September 17, 1862.
On January 1, 1863 President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation
The 1864 United States presidential election, the 20th quadrennial presidential election, was held on Tuesday, November 8, 1864 in which Abraham Lincoln is elected president.