1862, April 28, New Orleans evacuated.
1862, June 6, capture of Memphis, Tennessee.
1862, September 15, General Stonewall Jackson captured Harper's Ferry.
1862, September 17, Battle of Antietam.
1863, January 1, President Lincoln issued the Proclamation of Emancipation.
1863, February 25, passage of the National Bank Act.
1863, July 1 to 3, Battle of Gettysburg.
1863, September 19, Battle of Chickmauga.
1864, March 6 to 8, Battle of the Wilderness.