The president appoints Gen. Grant to command all operations in the western theater.
President Lincoln delivers a two minute Gettysburg Address at a ceremony dedicating the Battlefield as a National Cemetery.
Sherman takes over Savannah
President Lincoln appoints Gen. Grant to command all of the armies of the United States. Gen. William T. Sherman succeeds Grant as commander in the west
The Wilderness Campaign weakens Lee's forces in Virginia
A costly mistake by Grant results in 7,000 Union casualties in twenty minutes during an offensive against fortified Rebels at Cold Harbor in Virginia.
Sherman takes over Atlanta
After destroying Atlanta's warehouses and railroad facilities, Sherman, with 62,000 men begins a March to the Sea. President Lincoln on advice from Grant approved the idea. "I can make Georgia howl!" Sherman boasts.
Surrender at Apotmattox
Abraham Lincoln is laid to rest in Oak Ridge Cemetery, outside Springfield, Illinois.
Lee Surrenders
Lincoln Shot
Confederate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston surrenders to Sherman near Durham in North Carolina.
John Wilkes Booth is shot and killed in a tobacco barn in Virginia.
