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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 American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union [e] ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union.
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
1849–1865 Civil War Era: ... 1954–1968 Vietnam War: 1964–1975: 1980–1991 ... Timeline of civil marriage in the United States;
American Civil War – civil war in the United States of America that lasted from 1861 to 1865. Eleven Southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America , also known as "the Confederacy."
1861–1865: American Civil War, April 12, 1861–May 26, 1865, United States 1861 – Baltimore Riot of 1861 , April 19, (a.k.a. the Pratt Street Riot), Baltimore, Maryland 1861 – Camp Jackson Affair , May 10, Union forces clash with Confederate sympathizers on the streets of St. Louis, 28 dead, 100 injured, St. Louis, Missouri
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
January 27 – American Civil War: Troop-transport steamship Eclipse explodes, killing 38. [1] January 31 – American Civil War: Confederate General Robert E. Lee becomes general-in-chief. February 17 – American Civil War: Columbia, South Carolina burns as Confederate forces flee from advancing Union forces.