Civil War Events

By Iwamoto
  • Abraham Lincoln gets inaugurated

    Abraham Lincoln gets inaugurated

  • The Confederate Congress authorizes an army

  • The War Begins

    The War Begins

  • President Lincoln calls for Union troops

  • 1st Battle at Manassas (Bull Run)

    1st Battle at Manassas (Bull Run)

  • Monitor vs Merrimack

    Monitor vs Merrimack

  • Battle of Shiloh

  • Battle of Antietam

    Battle of Antietam

  • Emancipation Proclomation

    Emancipation Proclomation

  • Battle of Chancellorsville

    Battle of Chancellorsville

  • Battle of Gettysburg

  • Gettysburg Adress

    Gettysburg Adress

  • Battle of Cold Harbor

    Battle of Cold Harbor

  • General Sherman's army captures Atlanta

  • Abraham Lincoln is re-elected

    Abraham Lincoln is re-elected

  • Lee surrenders his Confederate Army

    Appomattox Courhouse is where they agreed on the terms of surrender. Confederate soldiers were able to go back home peacefully with their families and horses.
  • President Lincoln's Assassination

    President Lincoln's Assassination

  • The 13th Amendment is ratified

    The 13th Amendment is ratified

    Slavery is abolished

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