Civil War

  • Confederacy is formed

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  • Lincoln is elected 16th President

    Lincoln is elected 16th President
  • Fort Sumter

    Fort Sumter
  • Lee becomes commander of Confederate army

  • First Battle of Bull Run

  • Merrimeck battles the Monitor

    Merrimeck battles the Monitor
  • Military Draft

  • New Orleans Falls

  • Antietam

    Antietam
  • Battle of Fredricksburg

  • Emancipation Proclamation

    Emancipation Proclamation
  • Battle of Chancelorsville

  • Battle of Vicksburg

  • Battle of Gettysburg

    Battle of Gettysburg
  • Fort Wagner

  • Quantrill burns Lawrence

  • Gettysburg Adress

    Gettysburg Adress
  • Grant becomes Union Commander

    Grant becomes Union Commander
  • Battle of Cold Harbor

  • Lincoln wins Re-election

  • Shermans March

  • Sherman reaches the sea

  • Lincoln 2nd Inaugural Speech

  • Richmond Falls to the Union

  • Appomattox Court House

    Appomattox Court House
  • Assassination of Lincoln

  • 13th Amendment ratified