The Civil War and Reconstruction

By Jgavin
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    The Civil War and Reconstruction

  • South Carolina Secedes

    South Carolina is the first southern state to secede from the Union.

  • The Confederate States of America is Formed

  • Lincoln Inaugurated

  • Lincoln Elected President

  • Battle of Fort Sumter

  • First Battle of Manassas

    The first battle of the Civil war. Many pedistrians came and watched the battle like it was a sporting event. Many thought THIS was going to be the begining/end of the Civil war.

  • Battles of Ft. Henry and Donelson

  • Battle of The Iron Clads

  • Peninsula Campaign Began

  • Battle Of Shiloh

  • Battle/Capture of New Orleans

  • Peninsula Campaign Ended

  • Battle of Antietam

  • Emancipation Proclamation Issued

  • Stonewall Jackson Dies

  • Battle Of Gettysburg

  • Siege of Vicksburg

  • Siege of Port Hudson

  • Grant Given Command of US Army

  • Red River Campaign

    March-May 1864

  • Battle of Wilderness and Spotslyvania

  • Battle of Petersburg

  • Sherman burns Atlanta

  • Freedman's Bureau Created

  • Surrender at Appomattox

  • Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

  • 13th Amendment Adopted

  • Creation of Klu Klux Klan

  • Memphis Race Riot

  • New Orleans Race Riot

  • Dunn Elected Lt. Governor of Louisiana

  • Menard Gets Elected to US Senate

  • Grant Elected President

  • 14th Amendment Adopted

  • 15th Amendment Ratified

  • Hiram Revels Elected to US Senate

  • Blanche Bruce Elected to US Senate

  • Rutherford Hayes Elected President Ending Reconstruction

  • Plessy V.Ferguson