Chapter 15 Timeline

  • The Crittenden Compromise is proposed

    The Crittenden Compromise is proposed
  • South Carolina secedes

    South Carolina secedes
  • Lincoln becomes president

    Lincoln becomes president
  • The rest of the Deep South secedes

    The rest of the Deep South secedes
  • The south forms the Confederacy

  • Ships sail to resupply Fort Sumter

    Ships sail to resupply Fort Sumter
  • Bombardment begins on Fort Sumter

    Bombardment begins on Fort Sumter
  • Union Navy takes lower Mississippi River

  • Lincoln declares martial law

    Lincoln declares martial law
  • First battle of Bull Run

    First battle of Bull Run
  • Grant takes Fort Henry and Fort Donelson

    Grant takes Fort Henry and Fort Donelson
  • Monitor v. Merrimac

    Monitor v. Merrimac
  • Confederacy passes Conscription Law

  • Battle of Shiloh

  • Yorktown falls to the Union

    Yorktown falls to the Union
  • Battle of Antietam

    Battle of Antietam
  • Emancipation Proclamation issued

    Emancipation Proclamation issued
  • Battle of Fredricksburg

    Battle of Fredricksburg
  • Seige of Vicksburg

    Seige of Vicksburg
  • Battle of Gettysburg

    Battle of Gettysburg
  • 13th Ammendment passed

    13th Ammendment passed
  • Lee surrenders

    Lee surrenders
  • Lincoln is assasinated

    Lincoln is assasinated