Chapter 15, The Civil War

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Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
12/26/1860	Secession begins	South Carolina becomes the first state to secede from the Union
04/12/1861	Fort Sumter assault	The Sothern army in Charleston opens fire on Ft. Sumter when Lincoln tried to send supplies to the soldiers. First attack of the Civil War and it formally begins the war after the Union soldiers were forced to surrender
07/21/1861	Bull Run	The SOuthwins their first battle of the Civil War after being led by Stonewall Jackson
02/15/1862	Capture of fort Henry and Donelson	Ulysses S. Grant took control of forts Henry and Donelson
04/26/1862	New Orleans	Farragut captures New Orleans after he fought and won a battle against the South
08/28/1862	Bull Run 2	The South wins another decisive battle at Bull Run against the Union army
09/17/1862	Antietam	McClellan defeats Lee at battle of Antietam, which was known as the single bloodiest day in the entire war
12/11/1862	Fredericksburg	Lee defeats the Union army at Fredericksburg which became one of there main wins in the war, however, they would eventually lose the war
01/01/1863	Lincoln issues the final Emancipation Proclamation	The emancipation proclamation issued that any SOuthern area that was captured by the Union would release all the slaves and they would then become free, many had joined the Union army though
07/15/1863	Gettysburg and Vicksburg	These battles are considered the turning points of the war because the North sent the South back to Virginia and took over the Mississippi River
11/25/1863	Chatanooga	Grant defeats Confederate forces at Chatanooga, further giving the North theability to win the war
09/26/1864	Atlanta falls	Sherman begins his march to the Sea and on the way, he takes over and burns Atlanta to the grounds
11/05/1864	1864 election	Lincol is reelected and defeats his former general, Mcclellan
01/31/1865	13th amendment	Cogress passes the 13th amendment in which slavery is formally abolished in the entire United States
04/14/1865	Lincoln assassinated	While Lincoln was in a theater, John Wilkws Booth came up from behind him and shot him,while Booth died just days later
04/15/1865	Petersburg and Richmond	After Grant captured Petersburg and the capital, Richmond, Lee surrendered all forces to the Union at Appomattox
Timespan Dates:	Timespan Title:	Timespan Description:
01/25/1860 to 12/25/1865	Secession and The Civil War
01/01/1861 to 02/28/1861	Deep South secedes	the rest of the Deep SOuth follows in South Carolina's fotsteps and decides to secede
04/01/1861 to 05/31/1861	Upper South Secedes	A majority of the Upper South decides to secede from the Union and join the Confederate war for independence
05/10/1864 to 06/25/1864	Northern Virginia battles	Grant and Lee fight numerous times in Northern Virginia with Grant winning and pushing Lee and his forces further back into the South
11/14/1864 to 12/28/1864	Sherman march	Sherman marches to the Sea through Georgia, burning everything in his path except for Savannah
04/15/1865 to 05/30/1865	Remaining forces surrender	All remaining COnfederate forces surrender to the Union and the war officially has come to a close