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Southern state secession dates
South Carolina December 20, 1860
Mississippi January 9, 1861
Florida January 10, 1861
Alabama January 11, 1861
Georgia January 19, 1861
Louisiana January 26, 1861
Texas February 1, 1861
Virginia April 17, 1861
Arkansas May 6, 1861
North Carolina May 20, 1861
Tennessee June 8, 1861 -
Battle of Fort Sumter
Battle of Fort Sumter went from April 12-14. Morris Island opened fire on August 12 and continued their bombardment of Fort Sumter and the Charleston defenses. Despite a severe pounding, Fort Sumter’s garrison held out. Siege operations continued against Fort Wagner on Morris Island. -
Battle of Bull Run
The battle of Bull Run was the first major engagement of the Civil War. The Union and Confederate forces met at Manassas, Virginia. Both sides planned to attack the other’s left with the majority of their armies. However, the confederates realized quickly the Union army’s plan and moved forces to meet the attack upon their left flank. At the same time, they were able to build up enough troops on the Union right side to overrun that flank leading to a disorderly retreat to the North. -
Battle of Monitor and Merrimack
The battle of Monitor and Merrimack was also called the Battle of Hampton Roads. It was a battle of the American Civil War, famous for being the first fight between two ironclads, the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia in Virginia. -
Battle of Shiloh
The battle of Shiloh was a day long to be remembered. There was not a commanding general on the field who did not rely on Sherman and looked to him as a chief,There is no question that Sherman the army would have been destroyed. He rode from place to place, directing his men througout the battle. Union General Ulysses S. Grant's forces are surprised at the town of Shiloh in Tennessee. The battle results in 13,000 Union and 10,000 Confederate deaths, more than in all previous battles. -
Antietam
Antietam is the bloodiest day in US military history. There were nearly 3,000 deaths. The armies of Lee and McClellan marchedon the way to Antietam. On the western wall of the valley the battle of South Mountain was fought and after that battle the town of Middletown was filled with wounded soldiers. -
The Battle of Fredericksburg
The Battle of Fredericksburg was fought in and around Fredericksburg, Virginia. It was fought from December 11 to December 15, 1862. It was between General Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and the Union Army with commanded by Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside. It is remembered as one of the most one-sided battles of the American Civil War. The Union Army suffered terrible deaths in vain frontal assaults on December 13 against. -
Emancipation Proclamation
President Abraham Lincoln introduced The Emancipation Proclamation on December 31, 1862, giving all slaves in areas not held by Union troops, and in the Confederate States, freedom. Before the Proclamation, the Civil War had been a war fought to preserve the Union, to prevent the secession of the Confederate States. -
Battle of Chancellorsville
April 30 to May 6, 1863 the Battle of Chancellorsville, the first battle they fought. The greatest number it would experience in any battle. It was known to have lost 156 men out of 450 in about half an hour of the battle. -
Stonewall Jackson Killed
Stonewall Jackson was killed by accident in May, 1863, at the battle of Chancellorsville, in which he had defeated the Unionists; he was shot by his own men, who had mistaken him, in the moonlight, for a Yankee. -
Battle of Vicksburg
The Battle of Vicksburg went from May 18 to July 4. The Battle of Vicksburg in was the most consequential fight of the Civil War. The Vicksburg Siege split the Confederacy in two, brought Ulysses S. Grant to the fore, and sealed the fate of the South. -
The Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg began on July 1, 1863. It took place on a field in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. This battle is thought to be the turning point of the Civil War. At Gettysburg, the Union Army stopped the Confederate Army from advancing farther into the Northern states. The Battle of Gettysburg lasted for three days, july 1 to july 3rd, Over 6000 soldiers, including Union and Confederate, were killed in the fight. -
Little Round Top
Commander of the 20th Maine, after finding out his men had run out of ammuniton for their rifle/muskets, ordered a charge. It was into a wall of advancing Confederate troops marching up to take the hill and drive into the extreme flank of the Union Army. -
West Virginia Becomes a State
June 20, 1863 is when West Virginia becomes a state. In 1863, Arizona and Idaho become US territories, West Virginia becomes a state after seceding from Virginia. -
Gettysburg Address
Gettysburg adress was a speech that Abraham Lincoln gave about the civil war. President Abraham Lincoln dedicated a national cemetery at the site of the Civil War battlefield in Pennsylvania. -
Grant Takes Command
Lincoln makes Ulysses S. Grant commander of all Union armies. It ends his long search for a decent general to command northern forces. General William T. Sherman takes over as commander in the West. -
13th Amendment
The 13th amendment was passed by the Senate on April 8 1864. The 13th Amendment means that you can not put anyone into slavery. Basically, it did away with slavery for African-Americans. It was giving African-Americans their freedom. -
Lincoln Gets Reelected
Lincoln was reelected for a second term in November 8, 1864. He carried 54 percent of the popular vote and all but three northern states: New Jersey, Delaware, and Kentucky. -
Sherman's March to the Sea
Sherman’s March to the Sea was an effort of the Union army troops under General William Tecumseh Sherman from Atlanta, Georgia, to the Georgia seacoast, with the motive of destroying Confederate goods. The march began after Sherman captured, evacuated, and burned Atlanta in the fall of 1864. He had about 60,000 men that destroyed railroads, factories, houses, livestock, and anything else that might be useful to the South in the war. -
Battle of Appomattox Court House
Battle of Appomattox Court House was fought on the morning of April 9, 1865. It was the final meeting of the confederate states. Army General Robert Lee’s Army from Northern Virginia fought General Ulysses S. Grant for the Union. It was one of the last battles of the civil war. Lee abandoned the court house after he launched the attack to break the union. When he realizes he had no help, he was forced to surrender. -
Lincolns Assassination
The assassination of Abraham Lincoln was one of the last major events in the time span of one of the Civil War. Abraham was shot on Friday, April 14, 1865 at 10:00 P.M. He was shot while attending a performance of Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre with his wife and two guests. Lincoln died the next day on April 15, 1865 at William Petersen’s house. The killer was John Wilkes Booth.
