Events
1861, Mar 4-Abraham Lincoln is sworn into his first term.1861, April 12, Confederates attack Fort Sumter.1861, July 21-Battle of Bull Run.1861, August-Ulysses S. Grant promoted to Brigadier General1862, March 8-9-Merrimack Confederacy) V. Monitor (Union); neither ship could sink the other.1862, April 25-David Farragut captures Southern city New Orleans1863, Jan. 1-Emancipation Proclamation goes into effect.July of 1863-Confederates defeated at Battle of Gettysburg.1863, November 19- Gettysburg Address is performed by Lincoln at Gettysburg.1865, March 4-President Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address is given at his swearing in ceremony.1865, April 15-Abraham Lincoln is brutally assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.1865, May 13-Civil War officially comes to an end.
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