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Confederate States Formed
Confederate states formed with Jefferson Davis as president of them. -
First battle of Bull Run
Confederate forces fire on fort Sumter, first battle of war -
Battle of Antietam
Bloodiest day in U.S military history. -
Emancipation Proclamation
President Lincoln frees slaves. -
Battle of Chancellorsville
General Hooker is defeated by Lee. -
Battle of Gettysburg
North beats the South in Pennsylvania -
George B. McClellan
The democrats nominate McClellan to run against Abraham Lincoln. -
Lincoln wins
Abraham Lincoln is re-elected as president defeating McClellan. -
It is over
Lee surrenders his Confederate Army at Appomattox to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. -
Lincoln shot
Lincoln gets shot by John Wilkes Booth while him and his wife are at a play at Ford's Theater.
