1. President Lincoln issues Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation

2. Battle of Fredericksburg

3. President Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation

4. The U.S. Congress passes a bill authorizing a draft

5. A bread riot in Richmond, Virginia, occurs

6. Battle of Chancellorsville

7. Battle of Gettysburg

8. U.S. Grant captures Vicksburg, Mississippi

9. The New York City Draft Riots occur

10. 54 th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment attacks Ft. Wagner, South Carolina

11. William C. Quantrill and his followers raid the town of Lawrence, Kansas

12. Battle of Chickamauga occurs

13. President Lincoln appoints U.S. Grant the commander of all operations in the Western Theater

14. Abraham Lincoln delivers a short address at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

15. The Battles for Chattanooga occur