Civil War TImeline Kaelin# 21

Evansville

Jan 1, 1860

Evansville becomes the states second largest city

Presidential Election

Nov 1, 1860

Abraham Lincoln is elected president

Successful Secedes

Dec 1, 1860

South Carolina becomes the first state to secede

Another Couple Secedes

Jan 1, 1861

January- February six other states secede: Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisana, and Texas.

Forming of Confederacy

Feb 1, 1861

Confederate State of America is made

The Shooting of a War

Apr 1, 1861

The first shot of the Civil War is fired.

The Battle at Phillipi, Virginia

Apr 3, 1861

Hoosier soldiers first go to battle at Phillipi, Virginia

Fort Donelson

Feb 1, 1862

Battle for Fort Donelson begins

Bull Run

Aug 1, 1862

Second battle of Bull Run

Oh, Morgan

Jul 8, 1863

John Hunt Morgan raids southern Indiana

Finally

Apr 9, 1865

The Civil War finally ends

Changing

Jan 1, 1870

In the 1870s Indiana went through MANY changes