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lincoln sworn in as president
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Confederacy formed
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Period: to
civil war
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fort sumpter attacked
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Lee takes command
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first battle of bull run
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Monitor battles the Merrimack
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Grant takes command of all Union armies
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New Orleans falls to union
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Battle of cold harbor
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Battle of Antietam
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Emancipation Proclamation
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battle of Fredericksburg
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Battle of Chancellorsville
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military draft enacted
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siege of vicksburg
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Battle of Gettysburg
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Ft. Wagner attacked
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Quantrill burns Lawrence
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Lincoln delivers Gettysburg address
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Lincoln re-elected
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Sherman burns Atlanta
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Sherman reaches the sea
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Lincolns second inaugral speech
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Richmond falls
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appomotox court house
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lincolns assassination
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13th amendment ratified abolishing slavery
