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Civil War

By rockstarhannah
  • Abraham Lincoln was elected President

    Abraham Lincoln was elected President

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    Civil War Timespan

  • South Carolina secedes from the union along with Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisianna and Texas

  • Fort Sumter Attack

    The first fight of the Civil War, the fight opened up with open fire with 50 cannons.

  • President Lincoln issues a proclamation calling for 74, 000 Army men

  • Virgina seceds from the union as well as Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina

  • Lincoln issues a proclamation against the Southern ports

  • The congress calls for 500,000 men to serve the Army

  • The first attack on Bull Run

  • Victory for Ulysses S. Grant in Tennessee, for capturing Fort Henry

  • Confederate surprise attack on Ulysses S, Grant's unprepared troops, results with 13,000 killed or magerly wounded. Leaving 10,000 soldiers left.

  • 17 union ships take New Orleans, the biggest seaport, into their hands

  • The battle of Seven Pines takes place in Richmond

  • The seven day battle begins, resulting in heavy losses for both Armies

  • 75, 000 Federals are defeated by 55,000 Confederates at Bull Run

    August 30th is my birthay as well. Haha

  • The bloodiest day in U.S. history, the Confederate Army stoppes at Maryland for the night, by the morning 25,000 soldiers are either killed, wounded, or missing

  • Lincoln issues the proclamation to free the slaves

  • Army of the Potomac suffers a defeat at Fredericksburg, Virgina. With a loss of 12, 653 soldiers.

  • President Lincoln issues the last proclomation to free any slaves held by the Confederate.

  • The Union Army is defeated by the Lee Army at Chancellorsville, Virginia. The Union Army looses 17,000

  • The Confederate goes to invade the North. Heading into Pennsylvania.

  • The Confederates are deafeted at the Battle of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania

  • The battle of Chattanooga

  • Lincoln is re-elected president

  • The U.S. Congress approves of the thirteenth amedment to abolish slavery

  • The last attack for the Lee Army takes place in Petersburg, Virginia

  • The Stars and Stripes ceremony is held for celebration at the Fort Sumter, that night Lincoln was shot in the head at Ford's theater by John Wilkes Booth. That night Lincoln dies.

  • Vice President Andrew Jackson becomes president

  • John Wilkes Booth was shot and killed at a tabacco Barn in Virginia

  • President Lincoln was rested to be in peace in OakRidge Cemetery, in Springfield , llinios

  • The rest of the Confederate surrenders and the war ends