Civil War timeline

Timeline created by rjbennett in History

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Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
11/06/1860	Lincoln elected President	Abraham Lincoln wins the Presidential election.
12/20/1860	South Carolina secedes from the Union	South Carolina is the first state to secede from the Union followed within two months by Georgia, Mississippi, Florida, Texas, Alabama, and Louisiana.
02/09/1861	Confederate States of America formed	The Confederate States of America are formed with Jefferson Davis being named President. He was a West Pointe graduate, and former officer in the US Army.
04/12/1861	Fort Sumter attacked	Confederates open fire upon Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina. The Civil War begins.
04/17/1861	Virginia secedes from the Union	Virginia secedes from the Union followed within weeks by North Carolina and Tennessee. This finalizes the 11 state Confederacy.
07/21/1861	First Bull Run	The Union suffers a defreat at Bull Run, 25 miles southwest of Washington. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson earns his nickname for holding his ground and resisting Union forces.
04/06/1862	Shiloh	23,000 men are wounded or killed at Shiloh along the Tennesse River.
04/24/1862	Union takes New Orleans	17 Union ships move in and capture New Orleans, the south's greatest port city.
08/29/1862	Second Battle of Bull Run	75,000 Federals are defeated by 55,000 Confederates led by Stonewall Jackson. This forces the Union to retreat back towards Washington, D.C.
09/17/1862	Antietam	The single bloodiest day in U.S. military history as 26,000 men are dead, wounded, or missing by nightfall. General Robert E. Lee is forced to retreat with his Confederate soldiers back towards Virginia
09/22/1862	Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation	The Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation is issued by President Lincoln, freeing slaves.
07/03/1863	Gettysburg	The tide of the war turns against the South as they are defeated at the Battle of Gettysburg in Pennslyvania.
07/04/1863	Vicksburg	The Confederates last strong hold in the south, Vicksburg, is taking by General Grant and the union forces.
09/02/1864	Sherman's March	The city of Atlanta is taking by Union forces led by General William Sherman.
12/21/1864	Sherman's March Ends	General William Sherman's blood march through the south ends in Savannah, Georgia. Behind him he has left a 300 mile path of destruction.
04/09/1865	Lee Surrenders	General Robert E. Lee surrenders his Confederate Army to General Ulysses S. Grant at the village of Appomattox Court House in Virginia. Grant allows Rebel officers to keep their sidearms and permits soldiers to keep horses and mules.
04/15/1865	Lincoln dies	President Abraham Lincoln dies from a gunshot wound to the head. He was killed by John Wilkes Booth.
05/05/1865	Full Surrender	All remaining Confederate forces surrender. This ends the war completely. In the end, over 620,000 Americans died. Disease killed twice that many and another 50,000 returned home as amputees.
12/06/1865	13th Amendment ratified	The 13th Amendment is officially ratified into the Constitution. This Amendment officially ends slavery.
Timespan Dates:	Timespan Title:	Timespan Description:
11/06/1860 to 12/06/1865	Civil War