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The battle of Chancellorsville
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The president appoints Gen. Grant to command all operations in the western theater.
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President Lincoln delivers a two minute Gettysburg Address at a ceremony dedicating the Battlefield as a National Cemetery.
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Sherman takes over Savannah
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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
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The Wilderness Campaign weakens Lee's forces in Virginia
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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.
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Sherman takes over Atlanta
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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.
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Surrender at Apotmattox
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Abraham Lincoln is laid to rest in Oak Ridge Cemetery, outside Springfield, Illinois.
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Lee Surrenders
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Lincoln Shot
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Confederate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston surrenders to Sherman near Durham in North Carolina.
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John Wilkes Booth is shot and killed in a tobacco barn in Virginia.
