1856 ⟶ Guerrilla Warfare Erupts in Kansas: President Supports Proslavery Regime
Guerrilla warfare broke out within the two Kansas government...
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⚔️ Guerrilla Warfare Erupts in Kansas: President Supports Proslavery Regime
Guerrilla warfare broke out within the two Kansas governments; President Pierce allied with the proslavery regime.⟶
American Civil WarGuerrilla WarfareAbolitionismPolitical ViolenceSectionalism
United States⚔️ John Brown's Attack on Harpers Ferry
John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry.⟶
American Civil WarAbolitionismSlaveryRebellionSectionalismAntebellum EraViolenceRadicalism
United States⚔️ American Civil War Begins
1861–1865: American Civil War between the Union and seceding Confederacy.⟶
Civil WarSecessionWarfareAmerican HistorySlaveryUnionAbraham Lincoln
United States🏳️ Lee's Surrender at Appomattox
April 9: Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia (26,765 troops) to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia, effectively ending the American Civil War.⟶
American Civil WarReconstruction Era
United States🔪 Assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln
April 14: United States President Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by actor and Confederate sympathiser John Wilkes Booth, while attending a performance at Ford's Theater, Washington, D.C. He dies approximately nine hours after being shot on April 15, 1865.⟶
AssassinationAmerican Civil WarReconstruction EraAbraham LincolnPolitical Violence
United States⚔️ Battle of Little Bighorn: Custer's Defeat
Battle of the Little Bighorn leads to the death of General Custer and victory for the alliance of Lakota, Cheyenne and Arapaho.⟶
American WestNative American HistoryLakotaBattle
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