Chap 16 By EverythingCounts1 Jun 26, 1826 Seven Days Battle Jul 21, 1861 1st Battle of Bull Riun Dec 24, 1861 Attack on Fort Sumter Dec 24, 1861 Lincoln forms U.S. Sanitary Commission Apr 6, 1862 Battle of Shiloh Aug 24, 1862 Second Battle of Bull Run Sep 17, 1862 Battle of Antietam Dec 24, 1862 Peninsular Campaign Dec 24, 1862 Emancipation Proclamation May 16, 1863 Siege of Vicksburg Jul 1, 1863 Battle of Gettysburg Jul 12, 1863 54th Massachusetts Infantry Nov 19, 1863 Gettysburg Adress Dec 24, 1863 Virginia sets up own state government Dec 24, 1863 African Americans brought into NY city