1861: Civil War began

1861:General Irvin Mc.Dowell suffers defeat at the battle of Bull Run

1862:General Ulysses S. Grant won a victory by capturing Fort Henry in Tennessee

1863:Lincoln issued that freeing black slaves held by,Confederates Emphasizes to place black solders in the Union Army

1863:Battle of Gettysburg takes place

1863:The Union Army takes Vicksburg

1864:Lincoln appoints General Grant to command all of the armies of the U S

1865:Civil War ends

1865:Congress passes the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution