Civil War Timeline

By Cailindownie

  • Republican Party was set up

    Opponents of slavery (abolitionists) set up Republican Party

  • Lincoln Elected President

  • Confederate states formed

    11 pro-slavery states succeeded from the Union

  • Emancipation Proclamation

    Lincoln set slaves free

  • Slavery Abolished

    13th Amendment

  • Lincoln Assassinated

    Shot at Ford's Theatre by John Wilkes Booth