Civil War

Recession to Civil War

Period: May 25, 1855 to Apr 14, 1865

S. Carolina

Dec 20, 1860

South Carolina is the first state to secede.

Sumpter

Apr 12, 1861

Confederate troops opened fire on Union Fort Sumpter.

surrender

Apr 13, 1861

Union troops under Major Anderson surrender the fort.

Sececion.

Apr 26, 1861

Upper south secedes.

Martial Law

Apr 27, 1861

Lincoln declares martial law, enabled military to arrest anyone suspected of helping the enemy.

Battle of Bull Run

Jul 21, 1861

Confederate general Stonewall Jackson defeats the Union at the Battle of Bull Run.

Emancipation

Jan 2, 1862

Lincoln issues the first and second Emancipation Proclamations.

Grant

Feb 26, 1862

Grant captures forts Henry and Donelson.

Battle of Shiloh

Apr 6, 1862

General Ulesses S. Grant defeats the south in one of the bloodiest battles.

McClellan failure

May 26, 1862

McClellan leads an unsuccessful mission to capture Richmond.

2nd Bull Run

Aug 26, 1862

South wins the second Battle of Bull Run

Antietem

Sep 26, 1862

George McClellan stops general Lee from pushing further, result is the bloodiest day in American histiory.

Gettysburg

Jul 26, 1863

turning point of the war.

Vicksburg

Jul 26, 1863

Gave the Union complete control of the Mississippi.

election

Nov 26, 1864

Lincoln beats McClellan in the presidential election.

Sherman

Nov 26, 1864

Sherman marches through Georgia and burns all the cities but Charleston.

13th

Jan 26, 1865

13th amendment passed freeing all slaves.

Assasination

Apr 14, 1865

Abraham Lincoln was assasinated in a theater in Washington by John Wilkes Booth.

grant

Apr 26, 1865

Grant captures Petersburg, and Richmond.

Grant and Lee

Apr 26, 1865

Lee surrenders to Grant at the Appotomax court house.