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Abraham Lincoln was elected president
He was president during the Civil War -
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Old Yeller
Website used to fing information for the timelineOld Yeller took place in the 1860s. -
Attack on Fort Sumter
Off the coast of Charleston first battle of the Civil War -
First Battle of Bull Run
Nicknamed "Stonewall' -
Homestead Act
Signed by Abraham Lincoln -
The Emancipation Proclamation is signed
Abraham Lincoln signed it -
Abraham Lincoln signs the first national Conscription Act
Requires males from ages 20-45 to register for service in the army. The act allows males to purchase substitutes to take their place for $300. -
Thirteenth Amendment
Abolishment of slavery -
Abraham Lincoln dies
Killed by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's theater while watching Our Ameriacn Cousin -
First apperence of the 5 cent coin
Later called the nickel -
Union Pacific - Central Pacific Trans Continental Railroad finished
They meet in Promontory Point, Utah