Several Confederate veterans formed the Ku Klux Klan in Pulaski, Tennessee.
Slavery abolished in America with adoption of 13th amendment.
Adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
Shaw University, the first historically Black university in the southern United States, was founded.
The United States issued gold certificates to battle counterfeit notes.
The first-ever western shootdown happened in Market Square, Springfield, Missouri, US.
The United States Secret Service was formed.
President Andrew Johnson reorganized the Confederate States.
American boarding house owner Mary Surratt was arrested for taking part in President Lincoln's assassination.
President Abraham Lincoln died.
President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated.
Confederate General Robert E. Lee ended his campaign at The Battle of Appomattox Court House.
The 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is passed.
Nevada became the 36th state to join the United States of America.
Abraham Lincoln declared Thanksgiving Day a national holiday.
President Abraham Lincoln asked for 500,000 volunteers to join the military service.
The USS Kearsarge sank the CSS Alabama off the coast of Cherbourg, France.
The US Congress passed legislation that allowed the 'In God We Trust' inscription on the currency.
Rebecca Lee Crumpler became the first African American female physician.
Saint Francis Xavier Church in Baltimore, Maryland, became the first church exclusively for blacks in the US.
Abraham Lincoln issued his Amnesty Proclamation and plan for the Reconstruction of the South.
One of the greatest speeches of all American history, The Gettysburg Address, was given by Abraham Lincoln.
American president Abraham Lincoln proclaimed the last Thursday of November as Thanksgiving Day.
The first American college outside of the USA was founded in Istanbul, Turkey.
Abraham Lincoln issued an order called 'eye-for-eye,' allowing Union soldiers to one rebel prisoner for every black prisoner the Confederacy shot.
North America's biggest battle, 'The Battle of Gettysburg,' was won by the union.
West Virginia was admitted as the 35th US state during the height of the US Civil War.
The second black regiment (54 Mass) left Boston to fight in US Civil War.
The Battle of Salem Church took place.
The SS Georgiana, the largest ship in the Confederate States Navy, was sunk on her maiden voyage.
The first US fire extinguisher patent was granted to Alanson Crane, Virginia.
US President Abraham Lincoln ordered the hanging of 39 Santee Sioux Indians.
Former President Abraham Lincoln ordered the emancipation of slaves across the US from January 1, 1863.
Battle of Antietam breaks out.
Congress banned polygamy, stating that those who are caught are to be punished.
President Lincoln signed an Act that made slavery illegal in US territories.
The US and Britain signed the Lyons-Seward Treaty.
President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Acts into law.
The US Department of Agriculture was created after being signed into legislation by President Abraham Lincoln.
The US issued first paper money in denominations of $5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $500 and $1000 notes.
US paper money was first introduced into circulation after the passing of the Legal Tender Act to help finance the Civil War.
The Battle of Fort Donelson ended, with nearly 14,000 Confederate soldiers surrendering.
Jefferson Davis elected as president of Confederate States of America.
Flagellation, also known as flogging, whipping, or lashing, was banned by the US Army.
The Battle of Bull Run took place at Manassas Junction, Virginia.
The Battle of Philippi began.
The New Orleans Minting facility closed.
Abraham Lincoln outlawed business with the Confederate States during the Civil War.
The Battle of Fort Sumter in South Carolina between the United States and the Confederate States started the American Civil War.
The Confederate States of America are established.
