Civil War and Reconstruction Timeline By Gfletch101 Nov 6, 1860 Lincoln Elected President Dec 20, 1860 South Carolina Secedes Feb 1, 1861 The Confederate States of America is formed Mar 4, 1861 Lincoln Inaugurated Period: Apr 12, 1861 to Apr 13, 1861 Battle of Fort Sumter Jul 21, 1861 First Battle of Manassas Feb 19, 1862 Battle of Ft. Henry and Donelson Period: Mar 8, 1862 to Mar 9, 1862 Battle of the Ironclads Mar 19, 1862 Peninsula Campaign Period: Apr 6, 1862 to Apr 7, 1862 Battle of Shiloh Apr 18, 1862 Battle of New Orleans Sep 17, 1862 Battle of Antietam Jan 1, 1863 Emancipation Proclamation May 10, 1863 Stonewall Jackson Killed Period: May 18, 1863 to Jul 4, 1863 Vicksburg Period: May 21, 1863 to Jul 9, 1863 Port Hudson Period: Jul 1, 1863 to Jul 3, 1863 Gettysburg Mar 10, 1864 Grant Given Command of US Period: Mar 19, 1864 to May 19, 1864 Red River Campaign May 19, 1864 Battle of Wilderness and Spotsylvania Sep 2, 1864 Sherman burns Atlanta Mar 3, 1865 Freedman's Bureau Created Apr 9, 1865 Unconditional Surrender at Appomattox Apr 14, 1865 Lincoln Assassinated Apr 19, 1865 Battle of Petersburg Apr 19, 1865 Reconstruction Dec 6, 1865 13th Amendment Dec 24, 1865 Creation of the Klu Klux Klan Period: May 1, 1866 to May 3, 1866 Memphis Race Riot Jul 30, 1866 New Orleans Race Riot Jul 9, 1868 14th Amendment Jul 13, 1868 Oscar Dunn Elected as Lt. Governor of Louisiana Feb 27, 1869 John Menard Elected to US House of Reps Mar 4, 1869 Ulysses S. Grant Elected President Feb 25, 1870 Hiram Revels Elected to US Senate Mar 30, 1870 15th Amendment Feb 19, 1874 Blanche Bruce Elected to US Senate Mar 4, 1877 Ruther B. Hayes Elected President Ending Apr 13, 1896 Plessy vs. Ferguson