1861-1865
1865-1877
1858
1860
1865
1856
1852
1896
1863
Election to choose a Senator in Illinois.
Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts attacked Senator Andrew Butler.
The Supreme Court ruled that separate facilities were constitutional for blacks and whites.
The Civil War ends. The Reconstruction starts. Lincoln is assassinated.
Reconstruction
Lincoln wins the presidential election.
Emancipation Proclamation. Battle of Gettysburg.
