The Civil War

By jnk1097

  • President Lincoln is elected

  • South Carolina first state to secede from Union

  • South Carolina Attacks Fort Johnson

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    Beginning to End of Civil War

  • Confederates Attack Ft. Sumter

  • Emancipation Proclamation Signed

  • Lincoln signs first conscription act

  • Battle at Gettysburg

  • The motto "In God We Trust" first stamped on U.S. coins

  • Lincoln nominated as president for second term

  • Sherman's March to the Sea "in full swing"

  • Lincoln is shot at Ford's Theater

  • Lincoln dies and Andrew Johnson is sworn in as president

  • Sherman and J. Johnston sign armistice

  • 13th Ammendment becomes part of Constitution