Civil War and Reconstrction By Gabrielle Alexandria Nov 19, 1860 Lincoln Elected President Dec 22, 1860 South Carolina Secedes Feb 22, 1861 the Confederate States of America is formed Mar 22, 1861 Lincoln Inaugurated Apr 1, 1861 Battle of Fort Sumter Jul 22, 1861 First Battle of Manassas Nov 1, 1861 Grant Given Command of U.S Feb 1, 1862 Battles of Ft. Henry and Donelson Mar 1, 1862 Battle of the Iron Clads Apr 17, 1862 Battle of Shiloh Apr 22, 1862 Battle Of New Orleans Period: Jun 25, 1862 to Jul 1, 1862 Peninsula Campaign Sep 1, 1862 Emancipation Proclamation Sep 17, 1862 Battle of Antietam May 23, 1863 Stonewall Jackson Killed Jul 1, 1863 Gettysburg Jul 4, 1863 Vicksburg Jul 9, 1863 Port Hudson Period: Mar 10, 1864 to May 22, 1864 Red River Campaign Period: May 5, 1864 to May 7, 1864 Battle of Wilderness and Spotsylvania Jun 9, 1864 Battle of Petersburg Nov 15, 1864 Sherman burns Atlanta Mar 1, 1865 Freeman's Bureau Created Apr 9, 1865 Unconditional Surrender at Appomattox Apr 14, 1865 Lincoln Assassinated May 1, 1865 Plessey v. Ferguson Dec 1, 1865 Creation of the Ku Klux Klan Dec 6, 1865 13th Amendment May 1, 1866 Memphis Race Riot Jun 1, 1868 Oscar Dunn Elected as Lt. Governor of Louisiana Jul 9, 1868 14th Amendment Sep 1, 1868 New Orleans Race Riot Jan 1, 1869 Ulysses S. Grant Elected President Feb 1, 1869 John Menard Elected to U.S House of Rep. Feb 1, 1870 Hiram Revels Elected to U.S Senate Feb 3, 1870 15th Amendment Feb 1, 1874 Blamche Bruce Elected to U.S Senate Jan 1, 1876 Rutherford B Haynes Elected President Ending Reconstruction
