Civil War Time Line

By aboy98
  • South Carolina Secedes

    South Carolina was the first to secede. South Carolina seceded because Lincoln wanted to get rid of slavery
  • Election of 1860

    Lincoln won the election. No one in the south voted for Lincoln.
  • Attack on Fort Sumter

    The confederates started this fight. It was not the first official fight in the civil war.
  • Battle of Ball Run/Manassas

    The battle ball run was the first official battle in the civil war. The confederates won this battle
  • Battle of Antietam

    The bloodiest one day battle of the civil war. The union won that fight.
  • Battle of Fredericksburg

    The fighting took place in the houses and streets of Fredericksburg. General Robert E Lee won the fight.
  • Emancipation Proclamation

    It declared that all persons held as slaves.
  • Battle of Vicksburg

    It was a great victory for the Union. The Union got control of the Mississippi river.
  • Battle of Gettysburg

    Robert E Lee failed his plan on this attack. The Union won this fight.
  • 54th Massachusetts Fight at Fort Wagner

    It was the battle when more African Americans enlisted. The confederates won this battle
  • Gettysburg Address

    President Lincoln went to the South to speech. It affected many of the Southerners.
  • Sherman’s March to the Sea

    Shermans army marched 285 miles to surrender.
  • 13th Amendment Passed

    Abolished Slavery in the US. It passed the senate and the white house.
  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

    General Robert E Lee surrendered in northern Virginia. General Ulysses S Grant Won that fight

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