Create a timeline placing at least 7 events on the line. Each event needs to have a connection to the Civil War. Each event should have an image with a short description of the event. The timeline needs to be correctly spaced. You may use events before and after the Civil War that were effects of the war, as well as events during the Civil War. months and day
April 12, 1861 - Fort Sumter is attacked
The Civil War officially begins with the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina.
July 1-3, 1863 - Battle of Gettysburg
One of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War is fought in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, resulting in a Union victory and a turning point in the war.
April 9, 1865 - General Robert E. Lee surrenders at Appomattox Court House
Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrenders to Union General Ulysses S. Grant, effectively ending the Civil War.
December 6, 1865 - 13th Amendment is ratified
The 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution is officially ratified, abolishing slavery in the United States.
April 14, 1865 - President Abraham Lincoln is assassinated
President Abraham Lincoln is shot and killed by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., just days after the end of the Civil War.
July 9, 1868 - 14th Amendment is ratified
The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution is officially ratified, granting citizenship and equal protection under the law to all people born or naturalized in the United States.
March 30, 1870 - 15th Amendment is ratified
The 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution is officially ratified, granting African American men the right to vote.