End of the Civil War to Reconstruction of the South By charlymartin16 Jul 1, 1863 Battle of Gettysburg Fact: Jul 4, 1863 Battle of Vicksburg Fact: Nov 19, 1863 Gettysburg Address Fact: May 15, 1864 General Sherman Begins March Through the South May 20, 1864 U.S. Grant VS R.E. Lee Begins: Total War Jul 30, 1864 Wade-Davis Bill Vetoed Nov 8, 1864 Lincoln Reelected Fact: Nov 15, 1864 Sherman Captures Atlanta Fact: Jan 31, 1865 Thirteen Amendment Ratified Fact: Mar 5, 1865 Union Closing In Apr 3, 1865 Richmond Captured! Fact: Apr 9, 1865 Lee Surrenders; Civil War Ends Fact: Apr 14, 1865 Lincoln Assassinated! Fact: Apr 15, 1865 Andrew Johnson Sworn in as President Fact: Apr 9, 1866 Civil Rights Act Passed Fact: Mar 2, 1867 Reconstruction Act Passed Fact: Feb 24, 1868 President Johnson Impeached Fact: May 16, 1868 Johnson Acquitted Jul 9, 1868 Fourteenth Amendment Ratified Fact: Feb 3, 1870 Fifteenth Amendment Ratified Fact: Nov 8, 1876 Compromise of 1877; Reconstruction Ends Fact:
