Electronic Timeline By 1987dick Nov 6, 1860 Lincoln Gets Elected Period: Nov 6, 1860 to May 26, 1865 Civil War Dec 20, 1860 South Carolina Secedes Jan 29, 1861 Kansas admitted as 34th state Apr 12, 1861 Confederates fire on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor Apr 6, 1862 Battle of Shiloh Sep 22, 1862 Lincoln issues preliminary Emancipation Proclamation Jan 1, 1863 Emancipation Proclomation takes effect Jul 3, 1863 Battle of Gettysburg Nov 19, 1863 Lincoln delivers Gettsburg adress Nov 8, 1864 Lincoln elected for second term Nov 15, 1864 Sherman begins his march to the sea Apr 14, 1865 Linoln is shot at Ford's Theater Apr 26, 1865 Lincoln's assassin (Booth) trapped and killed
