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Civil War Time Span
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Jefferson Davis officaly states he is in favor of Seccesion
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Abraham Lincoln speaks at the Cooper Institute in New York City.
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Southern delegates hold a National Democratic convention in Richmond. Party leaders urge a "wait and see" approach.
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John C. Breckinridge as nominee for southern President
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Lieutenant Colonel William Hardee is replaced by Major John F. Reynolds as commander of cadets at West Point
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Governor William Henry Gist warns other southern states about South Carolina considering secession
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Abraham Lincoln wins the 1860 Presidential election.
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Southerner James Chesnut Resigns from his senator position
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Georgia calls for a convention with southern states, and the idea of forming there own, independent Nation.
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South offically Secedes from the Union and becomes a free state
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A pro Union meeting is held in Parkersburg.
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The Seceded States form the Confederate States of America
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Texas becomes part of the Confederate States of America
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Confederate batteries along the shore of Charleston Harbor fire on Fort Sumter under the command of Major Robert Anderson.
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Robert E. Lee orders Stonewall Jackson to remove the weapons and equipment from the arsenal at Harpers Ferry
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The first wheeling convtion is held
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the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad from Point of Rocks to Cumberland
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First confrontation between Union and Confederate states
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First major battle of the Civil War
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Winfield Scott is relieved from his duty as Commander
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Battle of Ft. Donelson takes place
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Battle of Pea Ridge takes place
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Battle of Elkhorn Tavern takes place
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Battle of Hampton Roads takes place
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Battle of Pittsburg Landing takes place
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Battle of Shiloh takes place
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Battle of Seven Pines takes place
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Battle of Fair Oaks
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Jefferson Davis replaces wounded Army of Northern Virginia commander Joseph E. Johnston with Robert E. Lee
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Battle of Fredericksburg takes place
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The Emancipation Proclamation goes in affect
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Abraham Lincoln relieves General Ambrose Burnside from command of the Army of the Potomac, replacing him with General Joseph Hooker.
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Battle of Chancellorsville takes place
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General "Fighting Joe" Hooker's Army of the Potomac is defeated by Robert E. Lee's Army
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West Virginia becomes the 35th state to enter the United States
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Battle of Gettysburg starts
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General Robert E. Lee advances into Pennsylvania where he meets George Meade.
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Battle of Chickamauga takes place
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At the dedication of the National Cemetery in Gettysburg President Lincoln delivers a two-minute speech.
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Battle of Missionary Ridge takes place
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109 Union officers led by Colonel Thomas Rose escape from Libby Prison on the banks of the James River in Richmond.
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Battle of the Wilderness takes place
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Army of the James under General Benjamin Butler lands at Bermuda Hundred and City Point, east of Petersburg.
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Ulysses S. Grant is badly beaten on the field by Robert E. Lee but rather than retreat, Grant advances to Spotsylvania Court House.
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Battle of Spotsylvania Court House takes place
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Battle of Picketts Mill takes place
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Battle of Cold Harbor tales place
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Robert E. Lee defeats General Ulysses S. Grant and General George Meade.
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18 Union ships sail past the entrance to Mobile Bay.
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Battle of Nashville takes place
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Francis P. Blair arrives in Richmond, Virginia with a proposal for a peace conference.
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Attack on Fort Fisher took place
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The 13th Amendment is passed by the U. S. House
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Battle of Hatchers Run takes place
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John C. Breckinridge becomes Confederate Secretary of War
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Battle of Fort Stedman takes place
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Battle of Five Forks takes place
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After attempting to break-out of the Union envelopment, Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia to Ulysess S. Grant
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United States President Abraham Lincoln is assassinated on Good Friday by John Wilkes Booth in Ford's Theatre
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The 13th Amendment, which abolishes slavery except as a form of punishment, is proclaimed
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Virginia rejects the 14th Amendment
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The first formal observation of President Lincoln's birthday is held in Washington, D. C.
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New Freedman's Bureau bill passed by Congress.
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Texas repeals the actions of the Secessionist Convention
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President Johnson vetos the Civil Rights Act of 1866 on the grounds that it was unconstitutional
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Congress appropriates $100,000 to buy Ford's Theater.
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Congress overrides President Andrew Johnson's veto of the Civil Rights Act
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Cholera epidemic begins in New York when an infected passenger arrives in New York
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Winfield Scott dies
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New Jersey ratifies the 14th Amendment
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North Carolina rejects the 14th Amendment
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Ohio ratifies the 14th Amendment
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Kentucky rejects the 14th Amendment
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Blacks in Washington D. C. gain the right to vote in a bill passed over President Andrew Johnson's veto
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Delaware rejects the 14th Amendment
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Nebraska ratifies the 14th Amendment
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House Select Committee on Reconstruction is appointed
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President Andrew Johnson demands the resignation of Edwin Stanton, Secretary of War.
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Edwin Stanton suspended by President Andrew Johnson
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Russia turns over Alaska to the United States
