Civil war

attack on fort sumter

Apr 12, 1861

Confederates under Gen. Pierre Beauregard open fire marking the start of the Civil War

West virginia

Jun 1, 1861

west virginia becomes a state

Gen. ambrose

Nov 7, 1862

President Lincoln replaces McClellan with Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside as the new Commander of the Army of the Potomac

March

Jun 3, 1863

General Robert E Lee marches North towards Pennsylvania (a journey which leads to Gettysburg)

Gettysburg

Jul 3, 1863

Battle of Gettysburg - major Union victory but massive casualties

president meets with "negro" soldiers

Aug 10, 1863

The president meets with abolitionist Frederick Douglass regarding equality for Union 'Negro troops.'

gettysburg

Nov 19, 1863

President Abraham Lincoln dedicates a portion of the Gettysburg battlefield as a national cemetery, and delivered the "Gettysburg Address."

Surrender

Apr 9, 1865

General Robert E. Lee surrenders his Confederate Army to General Ulysses S. Grant at the village of Appomattox Court House in Virginia

assasination of abraham lincoln

Apr 14, 1865

Abraham Lincoln and his wife Mary go to Ford's Theater to see the play "Our American Cousin" . During the third act of the play John Wilkes Booth shoots the president in the head at approx 10:13 p.m.

lincoln dies

Apr 15, 1865

Abraham Lincoln and his wife Mary go to Ford's Theater to see the play "Our American Cousin" . During the third act of the play John Wilkes Booth shoots the president in the head at approx 10:13 p.m.

surrender2

Apr 18, 1865

General Joseph E. Johnston surrenders to General Sherman near Durham in North Carolina.

burial

May 4, 1865

Abraham Lincoln is laid to rest in Oak Ridge Cemetery, outside Springfield, Illinois