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Confederate states formed with Jefferson Davis as president of them.
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Confederate forces fire on fort Sumter, first battle of war
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Bloodiest day in U.S military history.
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President Lincoln frees slaves.
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General Hooker is defeated by Lee.
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North beats the South in Pennsylvania
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The democrats nominate McClellan to run against Abraham Lincoln.
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Abraham Lincoln is re-elected as president defeating McClellan.
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Lee surrenders his Confederate Army at Appomattox to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant.
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Lincoln gets shot by John Wilkes Booth while him and his wife are at a play at Ford's Theater.