Timeline

Below is a timeline of events in the Civil War. Only a couple of spaces are filled in; the rest are blank. See if you can fill them in with the following events of Civil War weaponry. The answers are on the page called "answers".

- Lead bullets were made with copper jackets
- The 3-inch Ordinance Rifle was manufactured
- The Colt Revolver was invented
- The 44 Henry Rifle was invented

1860 - Abraham Lincoln is elected president of the United States, South Carolina secedes from the Union

1860 - ________________

1861 - Fort Sumter is attacked, the Civil War begins

1861 - ________________

1862 - ________________

1863 - The Union wins at Gettysburg

1865 - Abraham Lincoln is shot and killed at Ford's Theater

1890 - ________________