American Civil War · TURNING POINT · 1860

Lincoln elected (1860)

6 Nov 1860 — Lincoln wins 40% of the popular vote and carries no Southern state. The population of the free states has made a purely sectional victory possible. South Carolina responds within days by summoning a convention.

When: 6 Nov 1860
Type: Turning point
Chapter: Causes of the American Civil War (chapter 2 of American Civil War)
Atlas: The American Civil War, 1840–1877

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These maps are reconstructed from published sources · US Military Academy: Principal Campaigns of the War · US Military Academy: Grant’s Plan for the 1864 Campaign · US Military Academy: Principal Federal Movements, November 1864 – April 1865 · Cliopatria v 0.2.1 · Newberry Atlas of Historical County Boundaries: historical states and territories · Maps of History: Civil War source decisions

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US Military Academy Department of History; selected geographic facts reconstructed independently, original chart retained outside distributed files.. Geographic evidence only. Source atlas index requests reprint permission; original artwork not redistributed.
US Military Academy Department of History; selected geographic facts reconstructed independently, original chart retained outside distributed files.. Geographic evidence only. Source atlas index requests reprint permission; original artwork not redistributed.
US Military Academy Department of History; selected geographic facts reconstructed independently, original chart retained outside distributed files.. Geographic evidence only. Source atlas index requests reprint permission; original artwork not redistributed.
Cliopatria contributors / Seshat Global History Databank. Selected, combined, reprojected and corrected by Maps of History as described per layer.. CC BY4.0
The Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. State/territory records unioned for the displayed date; disputed/joint territories excluded from exclusive US sovereignty.. Publisher permits commercial and noncommercial lawful reuse without fees; current terms supersede obsolete NC notice in archive
Source-native legal boundaries, annual military control and independently reconstructed campaign sectors are kept separate. Region connectors and corridor widths are interpretive.. Original historical reconstruction with attributed evidence

Legal US boundaries come from dated Newberry records. Secession and military control use separate source layers, while campaign corridors are educational geographic reconstructions rather than surveyed continuous fronts.

reconstruction: 1845 · reconstruction: 1861 · reconstruction: 1861-04-13 · vector: 1860 state-interface reference · vector: us-e24e487b916d

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