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The Civil War in Indiana
| December 11, 1816 | Indiana admitted to the United States (Free State) | Indiana |
| December 18, 1816 | [circa] Abraham Lincoln's family completes their move to Indiana (near Vincennes, where the Wabash River forms the border of Indiana and Illinois) | Indiana Kentucky |
| Abraham Lincoln | ||
| March 15, 1830 | Abraham Lincoln moves to Macon County, Illinois, about 10 miles south of Decatur | Indiana Illinois |
| Abraham Lincoln | ||
| March 4, 1855 | With the state legislature divided (the northern part of the state was abolitionist while the southern half was pro-slavery) Indiana begins an almost 2 year period without a U. S. Sentator | Indiana |
| July 30, 1862 | The term Copperhead is used for the first time in writing by the Cincinnati Gazette. It was used to indicate people who would not admit they were Southern sympathizers, and "peace at any price" Democrats. People who did admit Southern sympathies were called "dough-heads." The paper used the term when refering to members of the Indiana Democratic Convention | Ohio Indiana |
| copperhead | ||
| July 8, 1863 July 9, 1863 |
After crossing the Ohio River on captured steamboats, Morgan and his men loot Mauckport and Corydon | Indiana |
| John Hunt Morgan | ||
| September 28, 1863 | Repercussions from Chickamauga: US Generals Crittenden, Alexander McDowell and McCook are relieved of duty and ordered to Indianapolis to face a court of inquiry. | Indiana |
| Battle of Chickamauga | ||
| October 17, 1863 | As Ulysses S. Grant travels to Louisville, KY, Secretary of War Edwin Stanton boards the train in Indianapolis, IN with orders for him to assume command of the Military Division of the Mississippi. | Indiana |
| Ulysses S. Grant | ||
| Edwin Stanton | ||
| January 23, 1867 | Indiana ratifies the 14th Amendment | Indiana |
| 14th Amendment |
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