Civil War 1865

  • Congress Approves Thirteenth Amendment

  • Peace Conference Between Lincoln and CS VP Stephens

  • Inauguration Ceremony for Lincoln

  • Lee's Final Offense Against Grant

  • Grant's Forces Break through Lee and Take CS Capital Richmond

  • Lincoln Tours Richmond and Sits at Davis' Desk

  • Lee Surrenders at Appomattox

  • Stars and Stripes Raised at Sumter and Lincoln Shot

  • Andrew Johnson Assumes Presidency

  • Johnston Surrenders

  • John Wilkes Booth Shot and Killed

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    All Other Confederate Troops Surrender

  • 13th Amendment Ratified and Slavery Abolished