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On November 6, 1860, Abraham Lincoln was elected with more than one million votes -
On December 20, 1860, South Carolina became the first state to secede from the Union -
On February 8, 1861, 11 states of America seceded from the United States following the election of Abraham Lincoln. -
On April 12-13, 1861 there was an attack on Fort Sumter which was the starting point of the Civil War -
On July 21, 1861, the battle of Bull Run marked the first major land battle of the American Civil War -
On February 6, 1862, the battle of fort henry, helped the Union regain western and middle Tennessee as well as most of Kentucky -
On February 16, 1862, the battle of fort Donelson marked one of the Union's first Major victories -
The Peninsula campaign was a major Union operation launched in southeastern Virginia from May to June 1862 -
On April 25, 1862, New Orleans was captured making a turning point in the war, which precipitated the capture of the Mississippi River. -
On September 17, 1862, the Union victory at Antietam provided President Abraham Lincoln the opportunity he had wanted to announce the Emancipation Proclamation -
On July 4, 1863, Vicksburg's strategic location on the Mississippi River made it a critical win for both the Union and the Confederacy -
On July 1-4, 1863 The battle of Gettysburg ended with a crushing defeat on the confederacy -
On August 1864, Atlanta got captured. Atlanta being captured proved to be a blow from which the Confederacy never recovered -
On November 8, 1864, Abraham Lincoln was re-elected and Northern voters overwhelmingly endorse the leadership and policies of President Abraham Lincoln -
on April 9, 1865, Robert E. Lee surrenders his 28,000 Confederate troops to Union General Ulysses S. Grant, effectively ending the American Civil War. -
On July 14, 1865, President Lincoln is assassinated while giving a speech leaving a big impact on the United States -
On July 15, 1865, Due to President Lincoln's death Vice president Andrew Johnson is sworn in as President of the United States of America -
On April 26, 1865, General Joseph Johnston signs the surrender document for the Confederate Army of the Tennessee and miscellaneous Confederate troops attached to his command at Bennett's Place near Durham, North Carolina. -
On May 4, 1865, General Richard Taylor surrenders Confederate forces in the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana. -
On May 10, 1865, Confederate President Jefferson Davis is captured near Irwinville, Georgia -
On May 12, 1865, The final battle of the Civil War takes place at Palmito Ranch, Texas ending in a confederate victory