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April 15, 1865 – President Lincoln assassinated; Vice President Johnson becomes the 17th president; April–June 1865 – American Civil War ends as the last elements of the Confederacy surrender; 1865 – Ku Klux Klan founded; 1865 – Slavery abolished by the Thirteenth Amendment. 1866 – Civil Rights Act of 1866
In the many decades between the Revolutionary War and the Civil War, such divisions became increasingly irreconcilable and contentious. [1] Events in the 1850s culminated with the election of the anti-slavery Republican Abraham Lincoln as president on November 6, 1860.
The Civil War has been commemorated in many capacities, ranging from the reenactment of battles to statues and memorial halls erected, films, stamps and coins with Civil War themes being issued, all of which helped to shape public memory. These commemorations occurred in greater numbers on the 100th and 150th anniversaries of the war. [308]
Battles of the American Civil War were fought between April 12, 1861, and May 12–13, 1865 in 19 states, mostly Confederate (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia [A]), the District of Columbia, and six territories (Arizona ...
1860 1862 Colombian Civil War (1860–62) Granadine Confederation: Federal State of Cauca: 1860 1890 Barasa–Ubaidat War: Ubaidat Tribe Barasa Tribe 1861 1883 Occupation of Araucanía Chile: Araucanía: 1861 1865 American Civil War: United States of America Confederate States of America: 1861 1867 French intervention in Mexico Also known as ...
Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War; Troop engagements of the American Civil War, 1861; Troop engagements of the American Civil War, 1862; Troop engagements of the American Civil War, 1863; Troop engagements of the American Civil War, 1864; Troop engagements of the American Civil War, 1865
May 6 – The Paiute War begins as Northern Paiutes raided Williams Station in Utah Territory. May 9 – The U.S. Constitutional Union Party holds its convention and nominates John Bell for President of the United States. May 12 – Paiute War – First Battle of Pyramid Lake: American vigilantes seek out the Paiutes and are soundly defeated ...
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