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Union
Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, and Louisiana seceded from the Union.
Kansas admitted to the Union.
Getting ready for war. -
The South Creates a Government
The Confederate Constitution.
Jefferson Davis was named provisional president.
President Buchanan refuses to surrender southern federal forts so they are seized by Southern troops. -
Slave States
Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina seceded from the Union.
11 Southern slave states that declared their secession and formed the Confederate States of America.
All 11 are now slave states. -
April-May
April 5-May 4 Inconclusive Battle at Yorktown
April 6-7 Union victory Shiloh - Massive casualties on both sides
April 8 Union victory New Madrid
April 10-11 Union victory Fort Pulaski
April 16-28 Union victory Fort Jackson
Inconclusive Battle at South Mills
April 25–May 1 Union victory New Orleans (the South's greatest seaport)
April 29-June 10 Union victory Corinth
General McClellan's troops left northern Virginia to begin the Peninsular Campaign -
June
June 1 Gen. Robert E. Lee assumes command, replacing the wounded Johnston
June 5 Union Victory at Tranter's Creek
June 6 Union Victory at Memphis
June 7 Union Victory at Chattanooga
Confederate victory Cross Keys
June 9 Confederate victory Port Republic
June 16 Confederate victory Secessionville
June 17 Union victory Saint Charles
June 21 Union victory Simmon's Bluff
June 25 Inconclusive Battle at Oak Grove French's Field
June 26 Union Victory at Beaver Dam Creek
June 27 Confeder -
July
July: Congress passes the Militia Act authorizing Lincoln to use black soldiers but they are paid only half of what the white soldiers are paid
July 11: President Lincoln hands over the task of general-in-chief to Gen. Henry W. (Old Brains) Halleck.
July 13 Confederate Victory at Murfreesboro -
October
October 1-3 Union Victory at St. John's Bluff October 3-4 Union Victory at Corinth
October 4 Union Victory at Galveston
October 5 Union Victory at Hatchie's Bridge
October 8 Union Victory at Perryville
October 22 Union Victory at Old Fort Wayne
October 27 Union Victory at Georgia Landing -
January
The Emancipation Proclamation - The war to preserve the Union now becomes a revolutionary struggle for the abolition of slavery.
January 1 Confederate Victory at Galveston
January 8 Union Victory at Springfield
January 9-11 Confederate Victory at Hartville
January 9-11 Union Victory at Arkansas Post
January 29 Union Victory at Bear River / Massacre at Boa Ogoi -
December
December 14 Confederate Victory at Bean's Station
December 29 Union Victory at Mossy Creek -
May
May 4 Union Victory at Day's Gap
May 5 Inconclusive Battle at Albemarle Sound
May 5-7 Inconclusive Battle at Wilderness
May 6-7 Union Victory at Port Walthall Junction
May 7-13 Union Victory at Battle at Rocky Face Ridge
May 8-21 Inconclusive Battle at Spotsylvania Court House
May 9 Union Victory at Cloyd's Mountain
May 9 Inconclusive Battle at Swift Creek
May 10 Inconclusive Battle at Chester Station
May 10 Inconclusive Battle at Cove Mountain
May 11 Union Victory at Yellow Tavern -
June
June 15: Nine month siege of Petersburg begins
June 5-6 Union Victory at Piedmont
June 6 Union Victory at Old River Lake
June 9-July 3 Union Victory at Marietta
June 9 Confederate Victory at Petersburg
June 10 Confederate Victory at Brices Cross Roads
June 11-12 Confederate Victory at Trevilian Station
June 11-12 Union Victory at Cynthiana
June 15-18 Confederate Victory at Assault on Petersburg
June 17-18 Confederate Victory at Lynchburg
June 21-24 Union Victory at Jerusalem Plank Road -
July
July 9 Confederate Victory at Monocacy
July 14-15 Union Victory at Tupelo
July 17-18 Confederate Victory at Cool Spring
July 20 Union Victory at Peachtree Creek
July 20 Union Victory at Rutherford's Farm
July 22 Union Victory at Atlanta
July 24 Confederate Victory at Kernstown Second
July 27-29 Confederate Victory at Deep Bottom I
July 28 Union Victory at Ezra Church
July 28-29 Union Victory at Killdeer Mountain
July 30 Confederate Victory at Crater -
Feburary
February 3: Peace conference between President Lincoln and Confederate Vice President Alexander Stephens fails
February 3 Union Victory at Rivers' Bridge
February 5-7 Union Victory at Hatcher's Run
February 12-22 Union Victory at Wilmington -
March
March 2 Union Victory at Waynesboro
March 6 Confederate Victory at Natural Bridge
March 7-10 Union Victory at Wyse Fork
March 10 Inconclusive Battle at Monroe's Cross Roads
March 16 Inconclusive Battle at Averasborough
March 19-21 Union Victory at Bentonville
March 25 Union Victory at Fort Stedman
March 27-April 8 Union Victory at Spanish Fort
March 29 Union Victory at Lewis's Farm
March 31 Union gained ground White Oak Road -
April
April 1 Union Victory at Five Forks
April 2 Union Victory at Ebenezer Church
April 2 Union Victory at Hill's Plantation
April 2 Union Victory at Petersburg
April 2 Union Victory at Sutherland's Station
April 3 Inconclusive Battle at Namozine Church
April 5 Inconclusive Battle at Amelia Springs
April 6 Union Victory at Sailor's Creek
April 6 Union Victory at Rice's Station
April 6-7 Inconclusive Battle at High Bridge
April 7 Confederate Victory at Cumberland Church
