Following the assassination of President Lincoln

16th Vice President of the United States In office March 4, 1865 – April 15, 1865 President Abraham Lincoln Preceded by Hannibal Hamlin Succeeded by Schuyler Colfax Military Governor of Tennessee In office March 12, 1862 – March 4, 1865 Appointed by Abraham Lincoln Preceded by Isham G. Harris Succeeded by E. H. East (Acting) United States Senator from Tennessee In office October 8, 1857 – March 4, 1862 March 4, 1875 – July 31, 1875 Preceded by James C. Jones William G. Brownlow Succeeded by David T. Patterson David M. Key 17th Governor of Tennessee In office October 17, 1853 – November 3, 1857 Preceded by William B. Campbell Succeeded by Isham G. Harris Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee's 1st district In office March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1853 Preceded by Thomas D. Arnold Succeeded by Brookins Campbell Born December 29, 1808(1808-12-29) Raleigh, North Carolina Died July 31, 1875 (aged 66) Elizabethton, Tennessee Nationality American Political party Democratic National Union Spouse(s) Eliza McCardle Johnson Children Martha Johnson Charles Johnson Mary Johnson Robert Johnson Andrew Johnson, Jr. Occupation Tailor Religion Christian with no denominational affiliation[1][2] Signature

1.1 Robert Smalls, a slave, commandeers Planter and escapes

USS Planter (1862)

Smalls and his crew are awarded half the value of Planter The United States Senate and House of Representatives passed a private bill on 30 May 1862, granting Robert Smalls and his African-American crew one half of the value of Planter and her cargo as prize money.

United Daughters of the Confederacy

The Confederate States of America (also called the Confederacy, the Confederate States, and the CSA) was an unrecognized state set up from 1861 to 1865 by eleven southern slave states of the United States of America that had declared their secession from the U.S. The CSA's de facto control over its claimed territory varied during the course of the American Civil War, depending on the success of its military in battle.

Confederate States of America ↓ 1861–1865 → Flag Confederate Seal Motto Deo Vindice  (Latin) "With God our Vindicator" Anthem (none official) "God Save the South" (unofficial) "The Bonnie Blue Flag" (popular) "Dixie" (traditional)

Mathew Brady

Mathew B. Brady (May 18, 1822 – January 15, 1896) was one of the most celebrated 19th century American photographers, best known for his portraits of celebrities and the documentation of the American Civil War. He is credited with being the father of photojournalism.[1]

Born May 18, 1822 Warren County, New York, U.S.A.

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) served as the 16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He successfully led his country through its greatest internal crisis, the American Civil War, preserving the Union and ending slavery. Before his election in 1860 as the first Republican president, Lincoln had been a country lawyer, an Illinois state legislator, a member of the United States House of Representatives,

Dred Scott

Dred Scott

Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

The Fugitive Slave Law or Fugitive Slave Act was passed by the United States Congress on September 18, 1850, as part of the Compromise of 1850 between Southern slaveholding interests and Northern Free-Soilers.

Nullification

legal theory

a U.S. State