Civil War

  • Lincoln becomes President

  • Bombardment of Fort Sumter begins

  • Battle of Wilson's Creek

  • Battle of Bull Run (1st-Virginia)

  • Siege of Lexington begins

  • Siege of Yorktown, Virginia begins

  • end of Siege of Yorktown, Virginia

  • end of the 2nd Battle of Bull Run

  • Battle of 2nd Bull Run begins

  • Battle of Gettysburg begins

  • Battle of Gettysburg ends

  • Fort Sumter bombarded by Union

  • Lincoln re-elected

  • Lincoln shot by John Wilkes Booth