Abraham lincoln o 77 matte collodion print

Civil War

By aweaver007
  • Election of 1860

    Election of 1860

    Abraham Lincoln is elected President of the United States.

  • Battle of Fort Sumter

    First major battle of the Civil War

  • Battle of the Monitor and Merrimack

    First battle between Ironclad warships.

  • Emancipation Proclamation

    A piece of legislation passed by Abraham Lincoln that freed all slaves.

  • Abraham Lincoln Gets Shot

    Lincoln was shot by a disgruntled Confederate while watching a play with his wife. He died from his injury the following day, April 15.

  • End of the Civil War

    Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox Court House to Ulysses S. Grant, ending the Civil War.