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1861 - Southern States Secede and Form Confederacy
Southern states, afraid that their rights would not respected and slavery, on which they were built on, would be done away with, seceded from the Union. They created the Confederacy. (Photo courtesy of Miranda Pederson) -
1861 - Civil War Begins - Battle of Fort Sumter
Confederate forces fired first on the Union's, starting one of the bloodiest wars in American history. (Photo Courtesy of Harper's Weekly.) -
1863 - Emancipation Proclamation
When Lincoln announced the Emancipation Proclamation, about 3.1 million slaves in unconquered seceded states out of all 4 million slaves were freed. This made the war a war for the establishment of slavery and allowed for freed blacks to fight for their freedom. (Photo courtesy of W. Roberts) -
1865 - President Abraham Lincoln
At a play, President Abraham Lincoln is shot by Southerner John Wilkes Booth, and died in the early morning of the next day. (Photo courtesy of the White House) -
1865 - The Civil War Ends
Confederate states surrender, and the Civil War ends. (Photo courtesy of Texas Military Forces Museum, Camp Mabry, Austin, TX)
