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Abraham Lincoln is elected president.
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South Carolina secedes from the Union.
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The Confederate States of America is formed with Jefferson Davis.
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Abraham Lincoln is sworn in as 16th President of the United States of America.
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Fort Sumter after its capture, showing damage from the Rebel bombardment of over 3000 shells and now flying the Rebel "Stars and Bars" - April 14, 1861.
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Virginia secedes from the Union, followed within five weeks by Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina, thus forming an eleven state Confederacy.
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President Lincoln appoints George B. McClellan as Commander of the Department of the Potomac, replacing McDowell.
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Victory for Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in Tennessee
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Antietam, the bloodiest day in U.S. military history
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Army of the Potomac under Gen. Burnside suffers a costly defeat at Fredericksburg.
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The tide of war turns against the South as the Confederates are defeated at the Battle of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania.
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A costly mistake by Grant results in 7,000 Union casualties in twenty minutes during an offensive against fortified Rebels at Cold Harbor in Virginia.
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After destroying Atlanta's warehouses and railroad facilities, Sherman, with 62,000 men begins a March to the Sea.
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Gen. Robert E. Lee surrenders his Confederate Army to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant
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Lincoln Shot
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The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, is finally ratified. Slavery is abolished.
