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The Pony Express begins, delivering mail from Missouri to California.
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The 8th US census is taken, about 31 million civilians are counted.
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Abraham Lincoln wins the Presidential Election against opponent Stephen Douglas.
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The Crittenden Compromise was proposed, introduced by Kentucky Senator John J. Crittendn. It was unsuccessful.
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South Carolina secedes from the Union followed by Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas.
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Jefferson Davis is named President of the rebel states.
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Abraham Lincoln is sworn in as President of the United States.
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The Confederates open fire at Union troops in Fort Sumter, South Carolina.
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President Lincoln calls for 75,000 militiamen and a Congressional meeting on July 4th.
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The Union is defeated by the Confederates at Bull Run.
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President Lincoln issues General War Order No. 1 calling for the United States Naval and Land forces to advance.
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Grant wins at Tennesee, capturing Fort Henry, and earning the nickname "Unconditional Surrender".
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Confederates attack Grant and his troops at Shiloh on the Tennsee river.
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The Union is defeated by Stonewall Jackson, James Longstreet, and their troops in Northern Virginia.
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The bloodiest single day battle happens at Antietam in Maryland. Union troops force General Lee to retreat.
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LIncoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation declaring all slaves are free.
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The Union wins the Battle of Gettysburg by forcing Lee to retreat South.
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The Union wins at Vicksburg securing the Mississippi river for them.
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LIncoln delivers his most famous speech 4 months after the actual Battle happened, due to the overwhelming amount of bodies left unburied after the Battle.
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The Union wins at Chattanooga, Tennessee enabling further Union advancement into the rebel states.
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Ulysses Grant is promoted to lieutenant General giving him the power to control all of the armies of the United States.
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The Battle of Cold Harbor takes place resulting in many Union casualties. Grant prepares for a seige at Petersburg.
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Lincoln repeals the Fugitive slave laws.
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Lincoln is reelected with Andrew Johnson as vice-president
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Sherman leaves Atlanta to begin his "March to the Sea", destroying most of the South in an attempt to quicken the South's surrender.
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Congress passes the 13th Amendment, abolishing slavery eveywhere in the US.
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Lincoln is inaugurated for his second term as President.
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Union troops achieve their goal of occupying the Capital.
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The Confederacy surrenders at Appomattox, the Union wins the war.
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Lincoln is shot in Ford's Theatre by actor John WIlkes Booth. He dies the next day.
