Chapter 16-The First Years of the Civil War

Lincoln is Elected President

Jan 22, 1860

The War Begins

Period: Jan 22, 1860 to Oct 22, 1862

South Carolina Secedes

Dec 20, 1860

Shots Fired on Fort Sumter

Apr 12, 1861

Result: Confederate Win

Battle of Bull Run, Part I

Jul 21, 1861

North/Union General Irvin McDowell South/Confederate General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson Result: Confederate win

Union/Grant captures Fort Henry

Feb 22, 1862

Result: Union win

Union/Grant captures Fort Donelson

Feb 24, 1862

Result: Union win

Battle of Shiloh

Apr 6, 1862

Union/Grant/Sherman Confederacy/Johnston/Beauregard Result: Union Win

New Orleans

May 22, 1862

Union/Admiral Farragut Result: Union Win

Seven Days' Battles

Jun 26, 1862

Union/McClellan (the snail) Confederacy: Lee Result: Confederate Win

Bull Run, the Sequel

Aug 22, 1862

Union/McClellan Confedaracy/Lee Result: Confederate Win

Battle of Antietam/Bloodiest Day in American History

Sep 17, 1862

Union/McClellan Confederacy/Lee Result: Technically Union Win