1860-1869

By Llg0116

  • Pony Express

    Pony Express
    Pony Express mail service begins

  • Electrion 1860

    Electrion 1860
    Abraham Linolcn is elected president

  • Resign 1861

    Resign 1861
    Robert E. Lee resigns from Union army

  • 1st income tax 1862

    1st income tax 1862
    The first income tax 3% of income is $600 5% income is $10,000

  • 1863

    1863
    Abraham signs Emancipation Procalmation

  • 1864

    1864
    Confederate loses an important battle in South Carolina

  • 1865

    1865
    Civil War ended Union won/ 13th amedment to abolish slavery/Abraham lincoln was assainated

  • 1866

    New Orleans's Democratic government orders police to raid an integrated Republican Party meeting, killing 40 people and injuring 150

  • 1867

    African American men granted the right to vote in Washington, D.C.

  • 1688

    1688
    House of Reps vote 126 to 47, to impeach President Andrew Johnson

  • 1869

    1869
    First transcontinental railroad is completed at Promontory Point, Utah, providing continuous railroad transportation across the entire United States.