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Crimean war in russia
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Kansas Nebraska act
Republican party forms -
Civil war in bleeding kansas
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Harriet beecher Stowe publishes uncle toms cabin
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Lincoln Douglas debates
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Brown raids harpers ferry
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Seven seceding states form confederate states of America
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confederate government formed
lincoln takes office
fort sumter fired on april 12
four upper south states secede
morrill tariff act passed
trent affair
lincoln suspends writ of habeas corpus -
first battle of bull run
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confederacy enacts conscription
homestead act -
Grant takes fort henry and fort donelson
battle of shiloh
mcCellans peninsula campaign
seven days battle
second battle of bull run
Naval battle of merrimack virginia and monitor
battle of atietam
preliminary emancipation proclamation
battle of fredericksburg
northern army seizes new orleans -
alabama raids northern shipping
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union enacts conscription
new york city drafts riots
national banking system established -
final emancipation proclamation
battle of chancellorsville
battle of gettysburg
fall of vicksburg
fall of port hudson -
napolean III installs archduke maximilian as emperor of mexico
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alabama sunk by union warship
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shermans march through georgia
grants wilderness campaign
battle of cold harbor
lincoln defeats mcclellan for presidency -
hampton roads conference
lee surrenders to grant at appomattox
lincoln assasinated
thirteenth ammendment ratified -
reform bill expands british electorate