CHRONOLOGY

• – Vicksburg falls to Union forces.
• – Lee is defeated at battle of Gettysburg.

• – Grant is appointed Union general in chief.
• – Wilderness campaign.
• – Atlanta falls to Union forces.
• – Lincoln is reelected.

• – Richmond falls to Union forces.
• – Lee surrenders at Appomattox Court House.
• – Lincoln is assassinated.
• – Andrew Johnson becomes president.