More than 550,000 Americans died fighting the Civil War, including these men who fell during the bloody Battle of Antietam.

This section of the timeline of United States history concerns events from 1860 to 1899.

1860s

Presidency of James Buchanan

U.S. territorial extent in 1860

Presidency of Abraham Lincoln

Presidency of Andrew Johnson

Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant

1870s

U.S. territorial extent in 1870

Presidency of Rutherford B. Hayes

1880s

U.S. territorial extent in 1880

Presidency of James A. Garfield

  • 1881 – Garfield becomes the 20th president
  • 1881 – President Garfield is shot by a deranged gunman on a train platform.

Presidency of Chester A. Arthur

First presidency of Grover Cleveland

Presidency of Benjamin Harrison

  • 1889 – Harrison becomes the 23rd president and Morton becomes the 22nd vice president
  • 1889 – Oklahoma Land Rush (April 22, 1889)
  • 1889 – Centennial of the Constitution celebrated.
  • 1889 – North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington become states
  • 1889 – Johnstown Flood in Pennsylvania
  • 1889 – Jane Addams founds Hull House
  • December 6, 1889 – Former Confederate president Jefferson Davis dies.
  • 1889 - During a speech given by Benjamin Harrison, he becomes the first U.S. president in history to have a voice recording.

1890s

Second presidency of Grover Cleveland

Presidency of William McKinley

  • 1897 – McKinley becomes the 25th president; and Hobart becomes the 24th vice president
Wreckage of the USS Maine

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