Civil War

  • Abraham Lincoln becomes President

    Abraham Lincoln becomes President
  • Seven Southern States Secede

  • The South attacks Ft. Sumter beginning the Civil War

  • Jackson dominates the Union troops at the Batte of Bull Run

  • The bloodiest battle of the Civil War: The Battle of Antietam

  • President Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation

  • Lee surrenders to Grant ending the Civil War at the Battle of Gettysburg

  • Lincoln deliveries the Gettysburg Address

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