Civil War

By Grmetzger

  • The Kansas-Nebraska Act is signed into law

    The Kansas-Nebraska Act is signed into law

  • U.S. Marines storm engine house at Harpers Ferry and capture John Brown

  • Abraham Lincoln elected 16th President of the United States

  • South Carolina adopts an Ordinance of Secession

  • South Carolina troops seize Fort Johnson in Charleston Harbor

  • Jefferson Davis elected provisional Confederate President

    Jefferson Davis elected provisional Confederate President

  • Abraham Lincoln becomes the 16th President of the United States of America

    Abraham Lincoln becomes the 16th President of the United States of America

  • The Confederates in Charleston bombard Fort Sumter

  • President Lincoln declares a blockade of Southern ports

  • Robert E. Lee accepts command of Virginia forces

    Robert E. Lee accepts command of Virginia forces

  • Lincoln calls for volunteers to join the Union Army for a three-year term

    Lincoln calls for volunteers to join the Union Army for a three-year term

  • Zouave leader Elmer Ellsworth killed in Alexandria by James W. Jackson

  • P.G.T. Beauregard takes command of Confederate forces in northern Virginia

    P.G.T. Beauregard takes command of Confederate forces in northern Virginia

  • Engagement at Carthage, Missouri

  • Ulysses S. Grant promoted to brigadier general

  • President Lincoln signs the Revenue Act of 1861 into law, creating the first national income tax in American history

    President Lincoln signs the Revenue Act of 1861 into law, creating the first national income tax in American history

  • Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomattox Court House

  • Abraham Lincoln is shot at Ford's Theatre

    Abraham Lincoln is shot at Ford's Theatre

  • Skirmish at Palmito Ranch, Texas - the last engagement of the Civil War

    Skirmish at Palmito Ranch, Texas - the last engagement of the Civil War

  • War criminal Henry Wirz hanged