US History Timeline

Fort Sumter

Apr 12, 1861

April 12-14; first battle

Civil War

Period: Apr 12, 1861 to May 9, 1865

http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/civil-war-overview/overview.html?referrer=https://www.google.com/

Emancipation Proclamation

Jan 1, 1863

https://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured_documents/emancipation_proclamation/

Battle of Gettysburg

Jul 1, 1863

http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/battle-of-gettysburg

Thirteenth Amendment

Jan 31, 1865

banning slavery in US

Lee Surrenders

Apr 9, 1865

Lee surrendered to Grant

Lincoln Assasinated

Apr 15, 1865

Ford's theater

Military Reconstruction Act

Mar 2, 1867

http://study.com/academy/lesson/military-reconstruction-act-history-summary-quiz.html

Fourteenth Amendment

Jul 9, 1868

Granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States and declared that no state could deprive any person of life, liberty, or property

Fifteenth Amendment

Feb 3, 1870

Declared the right to vote "shall not be denied, on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.