Ch. 15 Secession and the war By copperhead2295 Dec 10, 1860 South Carolina secedes from the Union Jan 10, 1861 Rest of Deep South secedes Confederacy is founded Apr 10, 1861 Fort Sumter is fired upon Surrenders to Confederates May 10, 1861 Upper South secedes Jun 10, 1861 South wins first battle of Bull Run Battle of Bull Run Feb 10, 1862 Grant captures forts Henry and Donelson Apr 10, 1862 Farragut captures New Orleans for the Union Jul 10, 1862 McClellan leads unsuccessful campaign on the penninsula southeast of Richmond Aug 10, 1862 South wins second battle of Bull Run Sep 10, 1862 McClellan stops Lee at battle of Antietam Sep 10, 1862 Lincoln issues preliminary Emancipation Proclamation Dec 10, 1862 Lee defeats Union army at Fredricksburg Jan 10, 1863 Lincoln issues final Emancipation Proclamation May 10, 1863 Lee is victorious at Chancellorsville Jul 10, 1863 North fains major victories at Gettysburg adn Vicksburg Nov 10, 1863 Grant defeats Confederate forces at Chattanooga May 10, 1864 Grant adn Lee battle in northern Virginia Sep 10, 1864 Atlanta falls to Sherman Nov 10, 1864 Lincoln is re-elected president defeating McClellan Dec 10, 1864 Sherman marches through Georgia