-
South Carolina secedes from the Union.
-
The rest of the deep south secedes.
-
Fort Sumter is fired upon and surrenders to Confederate forces.
-
Upper South secedes.
-
South wins first battle of Bull run.
-
Grant captures forts Henry and Donelson.
-
Farragut captures New Orleans for Union.
-
South wins second battle bull run.
-
McClellan stops Lee at battle of Antietam.
-
Lee defeats Union army at Federicksburg.
-
Lincoln issues final Emancipation Proclamation.
-
Lee victorious at Chancellorsville.
-
North gains major victories Gettysburg and Vicksburg.
-
Grant defeats Confederate forces at Chattanooga.
-
Congress passes 13th amendment abolishing slavery.
-
Grant and Lee battle northern Virginia.
-
Atlanta falls to Sherman.
-
Lincoln re-elected president, defeating McClellan.
-
Sherman marches through Georgia.
-
Grant captures Peterburg and Richmond; Lee surrenders at Appomattox.
-
Lincoln assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
