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American Civil War began on Friday, April 12, 1861
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It was the bloodiest single-day battle in American history with 22,717 dead wounded and missing on both sides combined.
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It proclaimed the freedom of slaves in the ten states that were still in rebellion.
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The battle involved the largest number of casualties of the entire war,and is often described as the war's turning point. Ending Lee's invasion of the North.
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The dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, four and a half months after the Union armies defeated those of the Confederacy at the Battle of Gettysburg.
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On April 14 President Lincoln was watching a performance of "Our American Cousin" at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C. He was shot by John Wilkes Booth, He's Maryland obsessed with avenging the Confederate defeat. Lincoln died the next morning.
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Confederate troops were defeated between the end of April and the end of May. Jefferson Davis was captured in Georgia on May 10. An the conferate quit.
