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  network of safehouses
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  expanded slave holders rights
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  Abe Lincoln becomes president
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  first state to leave union
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  first shots at ft sumter
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  Jefferson Davis is elected
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  confederates look to tough to be beat
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  General Stonewall Jackson dies
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  Union wins. Turning point in war
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  Union takes control of Mississippi river
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  licoln issues this after battle Gettys
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  union destroys the major city
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  Robert E. Lee surrenders to the union
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  Abolished slavery
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  John wilkes booth kills abe lincoln at fords theatre