-
Period: to
Civil War and Reconstruction
the dates and events in America between 1861 and 1877. -
Confederates formed
With Jefferson Davis, an old U.S. army officer, selected as presedient the South becomes the Conederate States of America. -
16th President
Abraham Lincoln is sworn in as president of the America. -
Fort Sumter
Early in the morning the Confederates under General Pierre Beauregard opened fire on Fort Sumter in Charleston, Soth Carolina. The official beginning to the Civil War. -
Fort Sumter Captured
Fort Sumter was now ruined by the bombardment of over 3,000 shells and was flying the rebel flag after a two day fight. -
Proclaimation
President Lincoln issued of proclaimation that called for militiamen and a session of congress on July 4th. -
Leaving the Union
Virginia secedes from the union, also five weeks later Arkansas, Tennesse, and North Carolina followed. The Confederate now had eleven states with about a 9 million population and the Union with 21 states with about a 20 million population. -
Blockades
President Lincoln issues of blockade on the Southern ports, to cut off supplies to the rural South. -
First Bull Run
Union Army loses battle at Bull Run 25 miles Southwest of Washington, "Stonewall" Jackson pushed the Union Army back to washington. -
General War Order
Lincoln issued U.S. Naval and Land forces to advance by February 22nd. -
Shiloh
The Confederate attacked General Ulysses S. Grant's troops at Shiloh on the Tennesse River,ending with 13,000 Union deaths and 10,000 Conderate deaths. -
Antietam
General Robert E. Lee lead the confederate Army to Antietam, Maryland were they were stopped by McClellan and the Union forces, ending up with around 26,000 dead or wounded men by night. -
Emancipation Proclamation
President Lincoln issued the emancipation proclamation freeing slaves. -
Fredericksburg
The Army of the Potomic falls at Fredericksburg in Virginia, with 12,653 Union losses and 5,309 Confederate losses. -
Final Emancipation Proclamation
President Lincoln issues the final Emancipation Proclamation freeing all slaves in territories held by Confederates and emphasizes the enlisting of black soldiers in the Union Army. -
Chancellorsville
The Union Army under General Hooker is defeated by Lee's much smaller forces at the Battle of Chancellorsville in Virginia. Confederate General Stonewall Jackson is mortally wounded by his own soldiers eventually dieing on May 10th. 17,000 Union losses and 13,000 Confederate losses. -
Gettysburg
The Confederates are defeated at the Battle of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania, the turning point of the war. -
Vicksburg
te last Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi River, surrenders to the Army of the West after a six week siege. With the Union now in control of the Mississippi. -
Chickamauga
A decisive Confederate victory by Gen. Braxton Bragg's Army of Tennessee at Chickamauga leaves Gen. William S. Rosecrans' Union Army of the Cumberland trapped in Chattanooga, Tennessee under Confederate. -
Gettysburg Address
President Lincoln delivers a two minute Gettysburg Address at a ceremony dedicating the Battlefield as a National Cemetery. -
Chattanooga
During the battle, one of the most dramatic moments of the war occurs. Yelling "Chickamauga! Chickamauga!" Union troops avenge their previous defeat at Chickamauga by storming up the face of Missionary Ridge without orders and sweep the Rebels from what had been though to be an impregnable position. -
Cold Harbor
Union suffers a defeat at Cold Harbor in Virginia with a loss of 7,000. -
Atlanta
Atlanta is captured by Sherman's Army. "Atlanta is ours, and fairly won," Sherman telegraphs Lincoln. The victory greatly helps President Lincoln's bid for re-election. -
Re-election
Abraham Lincoln is re-elected president, defeating Democrat George B. McClellan. Lincoln carries all but three states with 55 percent of the popular vote and 212 of 233 electoral votes. -
March to the Sea
After destroying Atlanta's warehouses and railroad facilities, Sherman, with 62,000 men begins a March to the Sea. President Lincoln on advice from Grant approved the idea. -
Thirteenth Amendment
The U.S. Congress approves the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, to abolish slavery. -
Freedmen's Bureau
Congress passed an act to establish the Freedmen's Bureau, which organized to provide relief and assistance to the former slaves, including health services, educational services, and abandoned land services. -
End of the Civil War
The union defeated the confederate finally at ... -
Surrender
Gen. Robert E. Lee surrenders his Confederate Army to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at the village of Appomattox Court House in Virginia. Grant allows Rebel officers to keep their sidearms and permits soldiers to keep horses and mules. -
Abolishment
The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, is finally ratified. Slavery is abolished. -
Thriteenth Amendment
The abolishment of slavery offically in America. -
Civil Rights Bill
Congress pass the bill after Johnson vetos it. -
Tennesse
The first state to officaly come back into the union. -
New Orleans Riots
40 people killed after white mob attacks radical Republicans and blacks at a convention in New Orleans. -
Ku Klux Klan
The beginning of the first racsist organizations formed in Pulaski, Tennessee. -
Black Men Vote in DC
Congress grants black male citizens in the District of Columbia the right to vote. -
The First Reconstrution Act
This act created five military districts in the south, during the new elections elections blacks got the right to vote, and to help rebuild the south. -
Second Reconstruction Act
Military commanders in each southern district are to register all qualified adult males to vote. -
Alaska
The U.S. buys Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million. -
Third Reconstruction Act
Registrars are directed to go beyond the loyalty oath by determining the eligibility of each person who wants to take it. -
Houses Impeaches Johnson
The House of Representatives votes to impeach the president. Eleven articles of impeachment are drawn up for the trial, with the Senate presiding. -
Johnson Avoids Removal
President Andrew Johnson avoids removal from office by one vote in the Senate -
Arksansas
Arksansas Returns to Union. -
Readmittion to the Union
Louisiana, Florida, North Carolina and South Carolina are readmitted to the Union. -
Alabama
Alabama is readmitted to the Union. -
Fourteenth Amendment
It revokes the three-fifths compromise in the Constitution and creates a new federal category of citizenship. It is quite possibly the most important constitutional amendment ever ratified. -
1868 Election
Election of Ulysses S. Grant, Republican, to the presidency. -
Texas v. White
Texas v. White decision, the U.S. Supreme Court declares Radical Reconstruction constitutional, stating that secession from the Union is illegal. -
Virginia
Virginia is readmitted to the Union. -
Mississippi
Mississippi is readmitted to the Union. -
Fifteenth Amendment
The Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution is ratified: universal male suffrage is now the law of the land. -
Texas
Texas is readmitted to the Union -
Georgia
Georgia is the last former Confederate state to be readmitted to the Union. -
Ku Klux Klan Act
This is the first time that specific crimes committed by individuals are deemed punishable by federal law. -
Election of 1872
Reelection of Ulysses S. Grant with a landslide victory. Grant invites black people to the inaugural ball for the first time in American history. -
Panic of 1870
Of the country's 364 railroads, 89 will go bankrupt. Some 18,000 businesses will fail in the next two years. -
Johnson Serves in Senate
Andrew Johnson becomes the first and only former president to serve in the Senate -
South Carolina Riots
A summer of race riots and terrorism directed at blacks commences in South Carolina. President Grant sends federal troops to restore order. -
Election of 1876
In the presidential election, the outcome in the Electoral College appears too close to be conclusive in the campaign of Samuel Tilden (versus Rutherford B. Hayes .
Rutherford B. Hayes becomes president later on. -
MLA Works Cited
Reconstruction Era: 1865 - 1877. Library System. Howard University, may 1 2013. http://www.howard.edu/library/reference/guides/reconstructionera/default.htm
A Nation Divided. The History Place. 1996. may 1 2013. http://www.historyplace.com/civilwar/
Reconstruction. Shmoop. 2013. may 1 2013.
http://www.shmoop.com/reconstruction/timeline.html
