Civil war soldiers

Civil War & Reconstruction

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    Civil War and Reconstruction

  • Abraham Lincoln becomes president

    Abraham Lincoln becomes president

  • Secession of South Carolina

    Secession of South Carolina

  • Confederate government organized

    Confederate government organized

  • Fall of Fort Sumter

    Fall of Fort Sumter

  • First Battle of Bull Run

    First Battle of Bull Run

  • Duel between the Monitor and the Merrimac

    Duel between the Monitor and the Merrimac

  • Battle of Shiloh

    Battle of Shiloh

  • Second Battle of Bull Run

    Second Battle of Bull Run

  • Battle of Antietam

    Battle of Antietam

  • Battle of Fredericksburg

    Battle of Fredericksburg

  • Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation

    Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation

  • Battle of Chancellorsville

    Battle of Chancellorsville

  • Surrender of Vicksburg

    Surrender of Vicksburg

  • Battle of Gettysburg

    Battle of Gettysburg

  • Lincoln's address at Gettysburg

    Lincoln's address at Gettysburg

  • Battle of the Wilderness

    Battle of the Wilderness

  • Sherman captures Atlanta

    Sherman captures Atlanta

  • Sherman begins his march to the sea

    Sherman begins his march to the sea

  • Surrender of Lee at Appomattox

    Surrender of Lee at Appomattox

  • Assassination of Lincoln

    Assassination of Lincoln

  • Andrew Johnson becomes president

    Andrew Johnson becomes president

  • Thirteenth Amendment ratified

    Thirteenth Amendment ratified

  • Purchase of Alaska from Russia

    Purchase of Alaska from Russia

  • Reconstruction bill passed over veto

    Reconstruction bill passed over veto

  • President Johnson impeached by the House

    President Johnson impeached by the House

  • Fourteenth Amendment adopted

    Fourteenth Amendment adopted

  • Inauguration of U. S. Grant

    Inauguration of U. S. Grant

  • Pacific Railroad completed

    Pacific Railroad completed

  • Fifteenth Amendment ratified

    Fifteenth Amendment ratified

  • Great fire in Chicago

    Great fire in Chicago

  • The financial panic of 1873

    The financial panic of 1873

  • Invention of the telephone

    Invention of the telephone

  • Custer's army destroyed by the Indians

    Custer's army destroyed by the Indians

  • R. B. Hayes becomes president

    R. B. Hayes becomes president

  • Great railroad strike

    Great railroad strike