Cw versus

Civil War

  • Abraham Lincoln Elected

    Abraham Lincoln Elected

  • First state (South Carolina) secedes from Union

  • Confedrate States of America formed as Jefferson Davis as its President

    Confedrate States of America formed as Jefferson Davis as its President

  • Fort Sumter is attacked: Civil War officially begins

    Fort Sumter is attacked: Civil War officially begins

  • Robert E. Lee offered Union command...he declines

  • Lee resigns his U.S. Army commission

  • Battle of Hampton Roads (The Ironclads)

    Battle of Hampton Roads (The Ironclads)

  • Battle of Antietam: Bloodiest day in U.S. military history

  • Battle of Gettysburg

    Battle of Gettysburg

  • "Glory" based on this unit and attack on Fort Wagner

    "Glory" based on this unit and attack on Fort Wagner

  • Grant appointed to lead all of Union army

    Grant appointed to lead all of Union army

  • Sherman captures Atlanta

  • Congress passes 13th Amendment

  • Confederate capitol (Richmond, VA) captured

  • Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomatox Court House

  • Lincoln is Assasinated in Ford Theater

  • 13th Amendment ratified