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Henry Repeating Rifle
Benjamin Henry perfects the Henry rifle which was manufactured by the New Haven Arms Company -
The Pony Express
From St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California the Pony Express could deliver a letter faster than ever before -
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Civil War Timeline
Civil war Timeline -
Cooper Union
Lincoln gave a speech at Cooper Union in New York City. -
Lincoln And Five Points
Abraham Lincoln visited the Five Points, the most notorious slum in America. which lead to his victory as president. -
Annie Oakley
Annie Oakley, sharpshooter who became an entertainment phenomenon, was born in Ohio. -
Abraham Lincoln
Abe is elected president with 40% of popular votes. -
John C. Breckinridge
Breckinridge Came in second in the 1860 election with 72 electoral college votes. -
John Bell
Bell came in third place with 39 electoral college votes and 600,000 popular votes. -
Stephen A. Douglas
Douglas came in last place with 12 electoral college votes but he had over 1.3 million popular votes. -
South Carolina
First state to Secede from the union. -
Mississippi
Mississippi is the second state to Secede. -
Georgia
Georgia Seceded From the union. -
Texas
Texas Seceded from the union on this date. -
Confederate States Of America
The C.S.A ( Confederate States Of America) Are formed. -
Lincoln Becomes President
Lincoln is sworn in to be president. He wins with 180 electoral college votes. -
Fort Sumter
The Attack on Fort Sumter begins. And so does the Civil war. -
Virginia
Virginia Secedes from the Union. -
Arkansas
Arkansas Seceded From the union on this date. -
Battle Of Bull Run
The first Battle of Bull Run happened. Fought in Virginia. -
McClellan As Commander
Lincoln appoints McClellan as the commander replacing McDowell. -
Fort Henry
General Ulysses S. Grant captures fort Henry in in Tennessee. -
Fort Donelson
General Ulysses S. Grant Captures Fort Donelson 10 days after Fort Henry. -
Merrimack And Virginia
Merrimack and Virginia attacked 3 wooden union warships and sunk them -
The Monitor
Monitor shows up & fought each other until the Merrimack backed off -
David Farragut
17 union ships under the command of flag officer David Farragut move up the Mississippi River then take New Orleans. -
Battle Of Seven Pines
Joseph E Johnstons army attacks McClellans troops in front of Richmond and nearly defeats them. -
Seven Days Battles
The series of the Seven days Battles begins -
Old Brains
After four months Lincoln hands over the task to General Henry W Halleck. -
Antietam
The bloodiest battle in U.S history with 26,000 dead or missing in one night. -
Emancipation Proclamation Issued
The Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation was issued by Lincoln. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Freed slaves in states hostile to the south. -
Vicksburg
Grant is placed in order of the west in order to capture Vicksburg. -
The Fall Of Thomas Jackson
The South suffers as Stonewall Jackson dies from his wounds. -
Lee And his 75,000
Lee 75,000 Troops launches his second invasion on the north leading to Gettysburg. -
Gettysburg
The Confederates are defeated at the Battle of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania. -
The Confederates Surrender
The Confederates Surrender 1 week later the Union controls the Mississippi River. -
Lincoln And Frederick.
Lincoln meets with Frederick Douglass and pushes for negro Troops. -
Chickamauga
A Confederate victory by Gen. Braxton Bragg's Army of Tennessee at Chickamauga. -
Grant In Charge
Lincoln appoints Grant to control everything in the western theater -
The Gettysburg Address
Lincoln delivers one of the most historic speeches ever. The Gettysburg Address. -
John Hughes
Death of Archbishop John Hughes, an immigrant priest who became a political force in New York City -
William T. Sherman
President Lincoln appoints Gen. Grant to command all of the armies of the United States. Gen. William T. Sherman succeeds Grant as commander in the west -
First Burial
The first burial took place at Arlington National Cemetery -
Cold Harbor
A costly mistake by Grant results in 7,000 Union casualties in twenty minutes. -
Atlanta
At Atlanta, Sherman's forces battle the Rebels now under the command of Gen. John B. Hood, who replaced Johnston -
George B. McClellan For President
Democrats nominate George B. McClellan for president to run against Republican incumbent Abraham Lincoln -
Atlanta Captured
Atlanta is captured by Sherman's Army -
Shenandoah Valley
A decisive Union victory in the Shenandoah Valley over Jubal Early's troops. -
Lincoln's Second Term
Abraham Lincoln is re elected president, defeating Democrat George B. McClellan. -
62,000 to Sea
After destroying Atlanta's warehouses and railroad facilities, Sherman, with 62,000 men begins a March to the Sea -
13th Amendment
The U.S. Congress approves the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, to abolish slavery -
Alexander Stephens
A peace conference occurs as President Lincoln meets with Confederate Vice President Alexander Stephens -
Richmond
President Lincoln tours Richmond where he enters the Confederate White House -
Appomattox Court House
Gen. Robert E. Lee surrenders his Confederate Army to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at the village of Appomattox Court House in Virginia -
Lincoln was shoot
Lincoln & his wife went to Ford’s Theater And there he was shoot in the back of the head by John Wilkes Booth -
Lincoln Died
The very next day after Lincoln was shoot in the back of the head he died. -
Joseph E. Johnston
Confederate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston surrenders to Sherman near Durham in North Carolina -
John Wilkes Booth
John Wilkes Booth is shot and killed in a tobacco barn in Virginia. -
Oak Ridge Cemetery
Abraham Lincoln is laid to rest in Oak Ridge Cemetery, outside Springfield, Illinois -
13th Amendment Ratified
The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, is finally ratified -
Fisk University
Fisk University opens in Nashville Tennessee -
Metropolitan Board of Health
New York Legislature forms NYC Metropolitan Board of Health -
President Vetos Civil Rights Act
President Johnson vetos the Civil Rights Act of 1866 on the grounds that it was unconstitutional -
Overriding Johnson
Congress overrides President Andrew Johnson's veto of the Civil Rights Act -
Frelighsburg Quebec
1,800 Fenian raiders are repelled back to the United States after they loot and plunder around Saint-Armand and Frelighsburg Quebec -
Grant
Ulysses S. Grant named 1st General of Army -
New Orleans's
New Orleans's Democratic government orders police to raid an integrated Republican Party meeting, killing 40 people and injuring 150 -
Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass is 1st US black delegate to a national convention -
national convention
First national convention of Grand Army of Republic -
14th Amendment Rejected
On the 6th anniversary of secession, South Carolina rejects the 14th Amendment -
Bricklayers
Bricklayers start working 8-hour days -
Peabody Fund
Peabody Fund forms to promote Black education in southern USA -
Alaska
US buys Alaska from Russia for $7,200,000 -
Tuscumbia
Blacks vote in municipal election in Tuscumbia, Alabama -
3rd Reconstruction Act
US Congress passes 3rd Reconstruction Act over President Andrew Johnson's veto -
Barbed Wire
1st barbed wire patented by Lucien B Smith of Ohio -
Edwin Stanton Suspended
US President Andrew Johnson defies Congress suspending Secretary of War Edwin Stanton -
Haarlem
1st girls School opens in Haarlem, The Netherlands -
Impeachment
US Congress commission looks into "impeachment" of President Andrew Johnson -
Midway Islands
United States claims Midway Island, the first territory annexed outside Continental limits
