Civilwar

The Civil War

By jillianl
  • Lincoln wins Presidential Election

    Lincoln wins Presidential Election

    Lincoln wins the vast majority of electoral vote and 40% of the popular vote
  • South Carolina Secedes from the Union

    South Carolina Secedes from the Union

    South Carolina secedes followed by Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Texas.
  • Kansas becomes a state

    Kansas becomes a state

    Kansas becomes the 34th state in the United States
  • The Confederate States of America

    The Confederate States of America

    The Confederate States of America is formed with Jefferson Davis as president.
  • Fort Sumter

    Fort Sumter

    Confederate Army opens fire on Fort Sumter, South Carolina. Tjis marks the beginning of the Civil War.
  • Emancipation Proclamation

    Emancipation Proclamation

    President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. This article states the freedom of slaves in ten rebellious states
  • Battle of Gettysburg

    Battle of Gettysburg

    Battle takes place in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. It was the bloodiest battle of the entire Civil War. It had the most casualties. Between 46,000 and 51,000
  • The Gettysburg Address

    The Gettysburg Address

    President Lincoln delivers Gettysburg adress
  • Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction

    Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction

    President Lincoln declares that all Confederates who give their allegiance to the Union, will be pardoned and have all their property restored (except for slaves).

  • Freedmen's Bureau

    Created to protect freed slaves, especially in the South
  • Lincoln Assassinated

    Lincoln Assassinated

    Re-elected President Lincoln shot in Ford's theater
  • Lincoln Dies

    Lincoln Dies

    President Lincoln dies due to injuries

  • Jefferson Davis captured

    Confederate President Jefferson Davis is captured in Georgia
  • the 13th Ammendment

    the 13th Ammendment

    Slavery is officially abolished in the United States
  • The Klu Klux Klan

    The Klu Klux Klan

    The Klu Klux Klan is created in Tennessee
  • The 14th Amendment

    The 14th Amendment

    Passed in 1868, gives all people born in the US, the right to citizenship and all protected rights of a US citizen.
  • Redadmission of States

    Redadmission of States

    Louisiana, Florida, North Carolina and South Carolina are readmitted to the Union.
  • Ulysses S. Grant wins election

    Ulysses S. Grant wins election

    Former Union general, Ulysses S. Grant becomes president.
  • Hiram Revels is elected

    Hiram Revels is elected

    Hiram Revels becomes senator of Mississippi. He is the first black senator in the United States
  • Mississppi goes back to the Union

    Mississppi goes back to the Union

    Mississippi is readmitted to the Union.
  • Texas rejoins the Union

    Texas rejoins the Union

    Texas is readmitted to the Union.
  • Georgia is readmitted

    Georgia is readmitted

    Georgia is the last former Confederate state to be readmitted to the Union.
  • Freedmen's Bureau abolished

    Freedmen's Bureau abolished

    Freedmen's Bureau disbanded by President Ulysses S. Grant
  • The Colfax Massacre

    The Colfax Massacre

    The White League, a group focused on securing White rule, went up against Louisiana's nearly all-black state militia. Almost 100 blacks died, and nearly half were killied in cold blood after they surrendered
  • Civil Rights Act

    Civil Rights Act

    Civil Rights Act enacted by Congress. Gives Blacks equal rights in public places
  • Rutherford B Hayes gains presidency

    Rutherford B Hayes gains presidency

    Republican Rutherford B. Hayes win presidency against Democrat Samuel Tilden