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The supreme court of the U.S rules that African Americans are not citizens and cannot sue for freedom.
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Abraham Lincoln accepts the Republican Party nomination for a seat in the US Senate, and delivers his "House Divided" speech.
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The First Lincoln-Douglas debates begin.
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Dred Scott dies from Tuberculosis.
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John Brown raids the Harpers Ferry Armory in Virginia to spark slave rebellion.
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John Brown is hung for his raid on Harpers Ferry Virginia.
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The Pony Express begins.
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Abraham Lincoln is selected as a presidental candidate.
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Abraham beats John C. Breckinridge, Stephen A. Douglas, and John Bell and is elected the 16th president of the United States.
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South Carolina becomes the first state to seced from the Union.
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Mississippi seceds from the union.
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Florida seceds from the Union.
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Alabama secedes from the union.
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Georgia secedes from the Union.
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Louisiana secedes from the Union.
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Texas secedes from the Union.
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Abraham Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation, abolishing slavery.
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The battle of Gettysburg begins and ends on the 3rd of July with the North victorious and the south losing over 28,000 men and the north losing 23,000 men.
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Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, ending the Civil War.
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Abraham Lincoln is shot and killed by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theatre in Washinton D.C.
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John Wilkes Booth is shot dead by Boston Corbett in a barn.
