1. American Civil War Time Line
By: Matt Clark

2. Abraham Lincoln Become the 16th President of the United States.
Abraham Lincoln was against slavery in the United Stats.
This was one of the leading cases of the American Civil was because the southern stat relied on slavery as a major sores of income.

3. Fort Sumter Attack
Apr 12, 1861 the Confederates opened fire one Fort Sumter.
This was the first attack that started Civil war.

4. First Bull Run
The Union Amy under the command of Irvin McDowell suffered a defeat at Bull Run.
This was the first major ground battle of the civil war.

5. Shiloh
Apr 6/7 1862
Surprise attack by the Confederates on General Ulysses S. Grant
The death count of this battle was greater that all previous American battle combined.

6. Second Battle of Bull Run
Aug 29/30, 1862
75, 000 Federals are defeated by 55, 000 Confederate.
Once more the Union army retreats to Washington.

7. Emancipation Proclamation
Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, declaring that all slaves in areas still in rebellion were, in the eyes of the federal government, free.

8. Gettysburg
July 1-3, The tide of war turns against the South as the Confederates are defeated at the Battle of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania

9. Lee Surrenders
April 9, Gen. Robert E. Lee surrenders his Confederate Army to Ulysses S. Grant.

10. Lincoln Shot
During the third act of the play “Our American Cousin” Abraham Lincoln was shot in the back of his head by John Wilkes Booth.
Lincoln died the next morning at 7:22
Vice President Andrew Johnson assumes the presidency.

11. End of Civil War
May 4, Abraham Lincoln is laid to rest in Oak Ridge Cemetery, outside Springfield, Illinois
Remaining Confederate forces surrender.
Dec 6, The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, is finally ratified. Slavery is abolished.