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Abraham Lincoln
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Confederacy is formed
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Lee becomes commander of the army of Northern virginia
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Richmond falls to the union army
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1st Battle of Bull Run
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The MONITOR battles the MERRIMACK
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New orleans falls to the union
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battle of antietam
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Battle of Fredericksburg
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signing of the emancipation proclamation
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Military draft-the draft is enacted for the first time in history
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Battle of chanceellorville
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battle of gettysburg
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battle of gettysburg
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battle of vicksburg
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Attack on ft wagner (the movie GLORY is based upon)
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Quantrill burns lawerence
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Lincoln Delivered the Gettysburg Address
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Grant takes supreme command of the Union Army
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Battle of Cold Harbor
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lincoln wins re election
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Sherman burns Atlanta
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Sherman reaches the sea (Savannah) dividing the south
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Lincoln 2nd Inaugural Speech
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Appomatttox Court House
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Lincoln Is Assassinated
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the 13th amendment ratified abolishing slavery
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Theodore Roosevelt