Answer Key to
A Civil War Diary
| November 1860 | Abraham Lincoln |
| December 20, 1860 | South Carolina |
| February 1861 | Confederate States of America Jefferson Davis |
| April 12, 1861 | Fort Sumter |
| July 21, 1861 | Bull Run |
| June 1, 1862 | Robert E. Lee |
| January 1, 1863 | Emancipation Proclamation |
| May 4, 1863 | Chancellorsville, Virginia |
| July 4, 1863 | Vicksburg and Gettysburg |
| April 9, 1865 | Appomattox Court House |
| April 15, 1865 | shot John Wilkes Booth |