Civil War Continues

Point of Divergence
On April 14, 1865, conspirators including John Wilkes Booth kill President Abraham Lincoln, Vice President Andrew Johnson, and Secretary of War William Seward. President pro tempore of the Senate Lafayette S. Foster became the 17th President of the United States, and the United States claimed that the Confederacy was responsible for the assassinations. Therefore, the United States disregarded the peace agreement and sent troops into Virginia, starting another part to the War.

1865
April 14, 1865-Conspirators attack Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, and William Seward. Johnson dies that night.

April 15, 1865-Abraham Lincoln and William Seward die

April 19, 1865-Lafayette S. Foster is sworn in as President

April 24, 1865-Ulysses S. Grant's forces first cross into Virginia

April 30, 1865-Confederate forces regather and lose the Third Battle of Bull Run

May 3, 1865-Confederacy declares war on Union

May 7, 1865-France, upset at the Union, sends reinforcements to the Confederacy.

May 8, 1865-Britain declares war on the Union.

May 13, 1865-France Declares War on the Union.

May 14, 1865-Spain Declares war on the Union.

May 17, 1865-Spanish, British, and Confederate ships begin to regain control of the Mississippi River.

May 17-20, 1865-Robert E. Lee's Soldiers manage to defend Nokesville, causing a Union retreat and retaining control of the Orange and Alexandria Railway.

May 27, 1865-Missouri formally secedes from the Union.

May 28, 1865-Third Battle of Lexington (Missouri), Union Victory

May 28-30, 1865-As Lee chases Ulysses S. Grant, they meet at the battle of Centreville. In the first major battle, with about 9,000 total casualties. It results in a Union retreat, though they head North.

May 29, 1865-French ships overcome American blockade of Norfolk.

May 30, 1865-Large amount of French reinforcements arrive at the port of Norfolk, Virginia.

June 1, 1865-William T. Sherman begins his campaign in Kentucky.

June 1, 1865-Grant's forces capture Leesburg, a formerly Confederate town.