Civil War and Reconstruction By marygreen13 Nov 6, 1860 Lincoln Elected President Dec 20, 1860 South Carolina Secedes Feb 4, 1861 The Confederate States of America is Formed Mar 4, 1861 Lincoln Inaugurated Apr 12, 1861 Battle of Fort Sumter Jul 21, 1861 First Battle of Manassas Feb 6, 1862 Battle of Fort Henry Feb 11, 1862 Battle of Fort Donelson Mar 9, 1862 Battle of the Iron Clads Period: Apr 4, 1862 to Jul 1, 1862 Peninsula Campaign Apr 6, 1862 Battle of Shiloh Period: Apr 25, 1862 to May 1, 1862 Battle of New Orleans Sep 17, 1862 Battle of Antietam Sep 22, 1862 Emancipation Proclamation Jan 1, 1863 Reconstruction May 10, 1863 Stonewall Jackson Killed May 18, 1863 Battle of Vicksburg May 21, 1863 Battle of Port Hudson Jul 1, 1863 Battle of Gettysburg Oct 28, 1863 Grant Given Command of US Period: Mar 23, 1864 to May 3, 1864 Red River Campaign May 5, 1864 Battle of Wilderness May 8, 1864 Battle of Spotsylvania Jun 9, 1864 Battle of Petersburg Sep 2, 1864 Sherman Burns Atlanta Mar 3, 1865 Freedman's Bureau Created Apr 14, 1865 Lincoln Assassinated Dec 6, 1865 13th Amendment Dec 24, 1865 Creation of Ku Klux Klan May 1, 1866 Memphis Race Riot Jul 30, 1866 New Orleans Race Riot Jun 13, 1868 Oscar Dunn Elected as Lt. Governor of Louisiana Jul 9, 1868 14th Amendment Feb 27, 1869 John Menard Elected to US House of Representatives Mar 4, 1869 Ulysses S. Grant Elected President Feb 25, 1870 Hiram Revels Elected to US Senate Mar 30, 1870 15th Amendment Mar 4, 1875 Blanche Bruce Elected to US Senate Mar 4, 1877 Rutherford B Hayes Elected President Ending Jun 16, 1880 Unconditional Surrender at Appomattox Apr 13, 1896 Plessey v. Ferguson