Civil War - Cook - 3rd

Battle of Bull Run

Jul 21, 1861

Second Confederacy victory

Battle of Shiloh

Apr 6, 1862

Union gained control of the northern mississippi

Emancipation Proclimation Issued

Jan 1, 1863

-Abraham Licoln stated "Anyone person(slave) living in the rebelious states are free.
-Made south mad

Battle of Gettysburg begins

Jul 1, 1863

Battle of Gettysburg ends

Jul 4, 1863

-Gettysburg Address
-Turning point of war

Grant takes over all of Union armies

Mar 10, 1864

-Abraham lincoln recommended

13th amendment abolishes slavery

Apr 8, 1865

-No more slavery anywhere
-South is mad

Lee surrenders at Appomattox

Apr 9, 1865

-War is over
-Lee final surrendured

Lincoln is assassinated

Apr 15, 1865

-At a play
-Worst thing to happen after war

Andrew Johnson becomes president

Apr 15, 1865

-Became president right after lincoln's assassination

Civil Rights Act is passed

Apr 9, 1866

-Protected civil rights of black people

14th Amendment

Jul 9, 1868

-Extended full citizenship to black people

15th amendment

Feb 3, 1870

Guaranteed voting rights to blacks