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Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln makes a speech at Cooper. -
Pony Express
The first pony express reaches Sacromento California. -
Pony Express arrives
The Pony Express rider arrives in San Fransico from St Joseph, Mo. -
Republican Party
Republican party nominated Abraham Lincoln for president. -
National Democratic Convention
Southern delegates hold a National Democratic Convention in Richmond, Virginia. -
Silver Mill
The US's first successful silver mill is created in Virginia City,Nev. -
Abraham Lincoln is elected president
Licoln is elected president.Tension between the North and the South start with conflict over how much power the government should have. -
The Vote
The South Carolina convention votes 159-0 to secede. -
South Carolina
South Carolina secedes from the Union. This is the beginning of the Confederates. -
Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman arrives un Auburn NY, for her last attempt at freeing the slaves. She then runs from being captured on the Underground railroad for 8 years. -
Mississippi
Mississippi is the second state to secede from the Union. -
Seceded States
zthe Seceded States adopts a consitution forming the Confederate Sates of America. -
Confederate President
The Confederate States appoint Jefferson Davis as President. -
Officially in office
Abraham Lincoln was sworn into office as the 16th president. -
The Civil War beggins
Fort Sumter was attacted under gen.Pierre Beauregard. -
Confederates grow
Virginia secedes from the Union. Followed by Arkansas,Tenesse and North Carolina. -
Blockade
Lincoln issues a Blockade to keep the South from getting supplies. -
Bull Run
The Union suffers a defeat at Bull Run. -
McDowell
McClellan replaces McDowell as Commander of the Department of the Potomac. -
McClellan
Abraham Lincoln appoints Mclellan as general-in-chief of the union army. -
Ft.Donelson
The battle at Fort Donelson. Victory for the Union. -
Pea Ridge
The Battle at Pea Ridge was a victory for the Union. -
Shiloh
This battle was located at a small church in Tennessee. It was a victory for the confederates. -
New Orleans
The Union takes New Orleans which is one of the Souths biggest seaports. -
The Battle of Seven Pines
Gen. Joseph E. Johnston's army attack McCllelan's troop and almost won till Johnston got badly injured. -
Gen. Robert E. Lee
Gen. Robert E. Lee replaces Johnston after his injury. -
The Seven Day battle
This was the start of the Seven day battle. Both sides loss many men and McClellan began to withdraw back to Washington. -
General- in-Chief
President Lincoln assigns Henry W. Halleck as General-in-chief. -
Secon Bull Run
The Second Battle at Bull Run and the Union retreas to Washington. -
Antietam
The bloodiest battle in U.S History 26,000 men dead or injured by night time. Finally Lee had withdrawn to Virginia. -
Emancipation Proclamation
The emancipation prroclamation goes into affect. -
Joseph Hooker
Lincoln appoints Joseph Hooker as Commander of the army of the Potomac. -
Gen.Grant
Gen. Grant is placed in command of the Army of the West, with orders to capture Vicksburg. -
The Draft
The U.S. Congress enacts a draft, affecting male citizens aged 20 to 45, but also exempts those who pay $300 or provide a substitute. -
Chancellorsville
The Union Army beats the Confederates much smaller army, but not by much. -
Stonewall
The South suffers with the death of Stonewall Jackson. -
Invasion of the North
Robert E. Lee charges into the north heading into Pennsylvania. -
Gen. George G. Meade
President Lincoln appoints Gen. George G. Meade as commander of the Army of the Potomac, replacing Hooker. -
Battle of Gettysburg
Confederates are defeated at the Battle of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania. -
Vicksburg
Vicksburg Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi River, surrenders to Gen. Grant and the Army of the West after a six week siege. -
Chickamuga
Confederate victory by Gen. Braxton Bragg's Army of Tennessee at Chickamauga leaves Gen. William S. Rosecrans' Union Army trapped in Chattanooga, Tennessee under Confederate siege. -
Gettysburg Address
President Lincoln gives a two minute Gettysburg Address at a ceremony dedicating the Battlefield as a National Cemetery. -
Chattanooga
The Rebel siege of Chattanooga ends as Union forces under Grant defeat the siege army of Gen. Braxton Bragg. -
. William T. Sherman
Gen. William T. Sherman succeeds Grant as commander in the west. -
Atlanta
In the west, Sherman, with 100,000 men begins an advance toward Atlanta to engage Joseph E. Johnston's 60,000 strong Army -
Union forces miss an opportunity
Union forces miss an opportunity to capture Petersburg and cut off the Confederate rail lines -
Gen. John B. Hood
Gen. John B. Hood, who replaced Johnston. -
George B. McClellan for president
Democrats nominate George B. McClellan for president to run against Republican incumbent Abraham Lincoln. -
Atlanta is captured
Atlanta is captured by Sherman's Army. -
Philip H. Sheridan
Union victory by Cavalry Gen. Philip H. Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley. -
Abraham Lincoln is re-elected president
Abraham Lincoln is re-elected president, defeating Democrat George B. McClellan -
destroying warehouses and railroad facilities
After destroying Atlanta's warehouses and railroad facilities, Sherman, with 62,000 men begins a March to the Sea. -
Hood's Rebel Army
Hood's Rebel Army of 23,000 is crushed at Nashville. -
Thirteenth Amendment
The U.S. Congress approves the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, to abolish slavery. -
peace conference occurs
President Lincoln meets with Confederate Vice President Alexander Stephens at Hampton Roads in Virginia, but the meeting ends in failure -
Inauguration
Inauguration ceremonies for President Lincoln in Washington -
Lee's Army of Northern Virginia
- The last offensive for Lee's Army of Northern Virginia begins with an attack on the center of Grant's forces at Petersburg.
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Ambrose P. Hill
Confederate Gen. Ambrose P. Hill is killed. -
Confederate White House
President Lincoln tours Richmond where he enters the Confederate White House. -
Lee surrenders
Robert E. Lee surrenders to Gen. Grant -
End of the war
Remaining Confederate forces surrender. -
John Wilkes Booth
John Wilkes Booth shot Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theature. -
Abraham Lincoln's Death
President Abraham Lincoln dies at 7:22 in the morning. Vice President Andrew Johnson assumes the presidency. -
John Wilkes Booth's death
John Wilkes Booth was shot in a barn located in Virginia. -
Freedman's Bureau bill
New Freedman's Bureau bill passed by Congress. President Andrew Johnson vetoes the bill. -
Texas
Texas repeals the actions of the Secessionist Convention -
Civil Rights Act of 1866
President Johnson vetos the Civil Rights Act of 1866 on the grounds that it was unconstitutional. -
state of peace
The United States declares a state peace with Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. -
overridding the veto
Congress overrides President Andrew Johnson's veto of the Civil Rights Act. -
Winfield Scott
Winfield Scott dies, West Point, NY. -
14th Amendment
Thirty-ninth Congress approves the 14th Amendment to the Constitution. -
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The U. S. Secret Service begins an investigation into the Ku Klux Klan -
peace with Texas
A proclaimation of peace with Texas is issued by United States President Andrew Johnson -
anniversary of secession
On the 6th anniversary of secession. -
right to vote
Blacks in Washington D. C. gain the right to vote. -
Nebraska
Nebrska becomes a state. -
Mississippi
Federal army restores military rule to Mississippi. -
rejecting thousand of votes
Virginia rejects thousand of votes cast by blacks. -
2nd Reconstruction Act
Congress passes the 2nd Reconstruction Act over Andrew Johnson's veto -
House Select Committee
admission into the Union
July 3, 1867 House Select Committee on Reconstruction is appointed. -
Edwin Stanton
President Andrew Johnson demands the resignation of Edwin Stanton, Secretary of War. -
interim Secretary of War
Ulysses S. Grant. becomes ad interim Secretary of War -
Edwin Stanton suspended
Edwin Stanton suspended by President Andrew Johnson -
Alaska
Russia turns over Alaska to the United States
