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Texas, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana secede from the Union forming the Confederacy
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Lincoln is inaugurated into presidency.
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First battle of the Civil War
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Lincoln blocks ports from South Carolina to Texas.
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Western counties of Virginia didn't want to secceed with the rest of the state.
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Rebels win as the Union Army flees back to Washington.
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Although unprepared and unorganized, the Confederacy still finished on top giving them a good stance.
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First significant win by the Union.
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Short in ammunition, the Confederates fell short leaving Missouri in the hands of the Union.
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One of the bloodiest battles ever fought with a total of almost 24,000 casualties in two days, the Union took the win.
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Another bloody battle with nearly 23,000 casualties, the Union Army was able to run the Confederates out of Maryland paving a smooth runway for Lincoln's Emancipation Proclomation.
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Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation declaring all slaves in the rebellious states free.
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Perhaps the most significant battle of the war, there was a total of 51,000 casualties ending in a Union victory.
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The Confederates surrender to the Union Army with about 30,000 casualties.
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Lincoln wished to recognize those who perished in the Gettysburg battle during the dedication of the cemetery. This is one of the most talked about speeches.
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Abraham Lincoln is re-elected into office.
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From Atlanta, Georgia, Union army troops traveled along Gen. Sherman to Savannah destroying everything in their path.
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13th Amendment is passed which abolished slavery.
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Confederacy is defdeated as Robert E. Lee surrenders to General Grant at Appomottox Court House
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President Abraham Lincoln is shot in the head at the Petersen House by John Wilkes Booth and is replaced by Vice President Andrew Johnson.
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President Johnson presents ideas for reconstruction.
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This, and later three related acts, divided most of the South into five Military districts.
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Congress removes from the Supreme Court the power to review cases under the Habeas Corpus Act of the previous year
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Louisiana, Florida, North Carolina and South Carolina are readmitted to the Union.
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Granted citizenship to anyone born in the United States and secured their civil rights.
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First African American to be elected into the House of Representatives.
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Former Union General Grant is elected President of the United States.
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First colored person to be elected into the U.S. senate.
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15th Amendment is added to the U.S.Constitution allowing all men to vote.
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Joseph H. Rainey, first black member sworn in as member of U. S. House of Representatives.
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Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback becomes the first black man to serve as an acting state governor in Louisiana
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Also known as the Enforcement Act, recognized that all men are equal before the law but was later ruled unconstitutional.
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Rutherford Hayes is elected president.
