Cival War Virtual Timeline

  • South Carolina votes to secede from the United States

    South Carolina votes to secede from the United States

    The people in south Carolina were fed up with the talk of expansion of slavery. They acted fast with the convention to secede the votes were 169 to 0.
  • Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address

    Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address

    This showed Lincoln could be a president to all. Its main focus was to show the southern states that hes not going to take their slaves away from them if that's what made them happy.
  • Confederate forces fire on Fort Sumter

    Confederate forces fire on Fort Sumter

    It was the center of the defense for the Charleston Harbor. The Fort allowed the Confederates to blow a hole in the blockade the Union was holding at the Atlantic docks.
  • Lincoln suspends habeas corpus

    Lincoln suspends habeas corpus

    Windfeild Scott was instructed by Lincoln to suspend habeas corpus near railroad tracks that connected Philadelphia to Washington in fear of a rebellion in Maryland.
  • Richmond becomes the capital of the Confederacy

    Richmond becomes the capital of the Confederacy

    Richmond had a strategic importance to the confederates. Virginia was the main industrial hub for the south basically produced as much of all the other confederate states combined.
  • First Battle of Bull Run is fought

    First Battle of Bull Run is fought

    This battle made both sides realize it was going to be a long bloody war. Both close in casualties but the confederate took the victory.
  • Jefferson Davis elected President of the Confederacy

    Jefferson Davis elected President of the Confederacy

    Davis was elected president of all the confederate states that were rebelling against the Union. He was elected to serve a six year term.
  • The Merrimac and the Monitor fight of the Virginia coast

    The Merrimac and the Monitor fight of the Virginia coast

    This battle set a new standard for fighting war at sea. It was the first battle with iron clad warships.
  • Battle of Shiloh

    Battle of Shiloh

    Was an early battle in the western Theater of the american civil war. This battle was also the bloodiest of the civil war.
  • Robert E. Lee is named commander of the Army of Northern Virginia

    Robert E. Lee is named commander of the Army of Northern Virginia

    Winfried Scott one of the highest ranking US generals advised Lincoln to promote Robert E. Lee to second in command. Lincoln thought he could trust him because he turned down a confederate high ranking position.
  • Battle of Antietam

    Battle of Antietam

    It was known as one of the greatest confederate threats to Washington D.C. That halted the confederate invasion of Maryland.
  • Battle of Fredericksburg

    Battle of Fredericksburg

    It was a huge victory for the confederates. They managed to win being largely out numbered. This fueled there pride.
  • Emancipation Proclamation is announced

    Emancipation Proclamation is announced

    Abraham Lincoln created it to try and take advantage of the rebellion that was currently happening in the south. They were rebelling against the north the war is known as the civil war.
  • Battle of Chancellorsville

    Battle of Chancellorsville

    General Robert E. Lee took a huge victory on this battle. Confederate General Thomas 'stonewall' Jackson was mortally wounded.
  • battle of gettysburg

    battle of gettysburg

    This battle involved the largest number of casualties of the entire war. It is described as the turning point of the war due to the Unions decisive victory.
  • Confederates surrender at Vicksburg

    Confederates surrender at Vicksburg

    When general John C. Pemberton surrenders to the union The confederacy is torn into two. The Vicksburg campaign is one of the most successful of the wars.
  • New York City draft riots

    New York City draft riots

    Congress drafted men to fight in the ongoing American Civil War. The riots remain to be the most racial and largest civil riot.
  • Lincoln gives his Gettysburg Address

    Lincoln gives his Gettysburg Address

    Four and a half months after union armies defeated those of the confederacy at the battle of Gettysburg this speech is taking place. It was about how the living can honor the wartime of the dead not with a speech but rather by continuing to fight for their lives.
  • Atlanta is captured

    Atlanta is captured

    Atlanta was the main place of the Confederacy and its capture was a huge loss for the south.Sherman succeeded Grant as commander of the armies of the West.
  • Abraham Lincoln defeats George McClellan to win re-election

    Abraham Lincoln defeats George McClellan to win re-election

    Abraham Lincoln of the National Union party beat the Democratic nominee. General George B, McClellan was defeated by 212-21 in the electoral college. Lincoln had 55% of the popular vote's
  • Sherman begins his March to the Sea

    Sherman begins his March to the Sea

    It began with Sherman's troops leaving the captured city of Atlanta and then ended with the capture of port Savannah. Sherman's forces followed a policy called "Scorch earth" and it destroyed military targets as well as industry infrastructure, and civil property.
  • Congress passes the 13th Amendment

    Congress passes the 13th Amendment

    Lincolns main concern was strictly the preservation of the Union. Granting freedom to the slaves was a secondary concern. He just wanted to do what was best for the Union Abolishing slavery or giving African Americans freedom was not his top priority.
  • Freedmen's Bureau is created

    Freedmen's Bureau is created

    Lincoln signs a bill creating the Bureau of Refugees, abandoned lands, and freedom. This federal agency saw the difficulties of African Americans from slavery to freedom.
  • Richmond falls to the Union Army

    Richmond falls to the Union Army

    General Ulysses S, Grant was unsuccessful to infiltrate the city. The retreating confederates chose to burn all military supplies then let them fall into the unions hands.
  • Robert E. Lee surrenders at Appomattox

    Robert E. Lee surrenders at Appomattox

    He surrenders because he simply ran out of manpower and the few people he had left were starving and barefoot. When he surrenders it was decided that he was unable to return to his estate in Arlington, Virginia.
  • Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address

    Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address

    This speech was about his plans for healing a once divided nation. What he said in the speech is engraved on the north interior wall of the Lincoln memorial.
  • President Lincoln assassinated

    President Lincoln assassinated

    Abraham Lincoln was at Ford's Theatre when he was assassinated by an actor named John Wilkes Booth. John Wilkes Booth wanted to assassinate Lincoln because he was from the south and he didn't want Abraham to abolish slavery. Abraham died the next morning.
  • John Wilkes Booth is killed

    John Wilkes Booth is killed

    John Wilkes Booth is killed 12 days after Abraham's assassination when union soldiers tracked him down to a Virginia farm and killed him. John Wilkes Booth was one of the most famous actors in the country when he shot Abraham.

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