Graphic Decade
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1861 CV Fort Sumter: April UV Booneville: June CV 1st Bull Run July |
| 1862 UV Fort Henry: February UV Fort Donelson: February UV Shiloh: April UV New Orleans: April UV Yorktown: May CV 7 Days Battle: June CV 2nd Bull Run: August UV Antitiem: September CV Perryville: October CV Fredericksburg: December |
1863 CV Chacellorsville: May UV Vicksburg: May-July UV Port Hudson: July UV Battle of Gettysburg in southern Pennsylvania in July, Union forces led by Gen. George C. Meade turned back Gen. Robert E. Lee and the Confederate army. Lee retreated to Virginia, marking a major turning point in the war. UV Mobile Bay: August CV Chickamauga: September UV Chattanooga: November |
| 1864 CV Wilderness: May CV Spottsylvania: May CV Cold Harbor: June UV Petersburg: June- April 1865 UV Atlanta: July-Sept The advancing Union army of Gen. William T. Sherman captured Atlanta on September 2. Sherman continued his "March to the Sea," taking Savannah in December. UV Shenandoah Valley Sept-Oct Nashville: December |
1865 Durham Station: April Five Forks: April On April 9, Gen. Robert E. Lee and Gen. Ulysses S. Grant signed term of Confederate surrender at Appomattox, Virginia. On March 29, issued Amnesty Proclamation, pardoning all Confederates except those with property in excess of $20,000 and certain Confederate leaders. The 13th amendment, officially abolishing slavery, was ratified. |
| 1866 Engaged in an ongoing dispute with Congress over Reconstruction and the power of the president in Southern states. |
1867 Over Johnson's continual vetoes, Congress passed its own series of Reconstruction laws, enforcing African-American suffrage and making ratification of the 14th amendment (granting citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States) a condition for readmission to the Union. On March 30, the United States signed a treaty with Russia for the purchase of Alaska for $7.2 million. |
| 1868 Ignoring the 1867 Tenure of Office Act, Johnson ordered the removal of Edwin M. Stanton as secretary of war in March. He later became the only president to be impeached by the House, but on March 26 was acquitted in the Senate by a one-vote margin. The 14th amendment was ratified on July 28. |
1869  Ulysses Grant 1st
Lady: JuliaThe first transcontinental railroad was completed. |
1860s
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