Reconstruction of Georgia Timeline

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    Reconstruction in Georgia

  • Confederates Surrender Ending the War

    Confederates Surrender Ending the War
  • Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

    Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
    At Ford's Theatre, John Wilkes Booth shot Abraham Lincoln while he attended a play. Booth fled the theatre and was later caught and killed. Lincoln was the first U.S. President to be assassinated.