Civil War Timeline

  • Lincoln elected president

    Lincoln elected president

    Abraham Lincoln was elected president
  • South Carolina secedes

    South Carolina secedes

    first state to secede from the union
  • Florida secedes

    Florida secedes

    3rd state to secede from the union
  • Missippii secedes

    Missippii secedes

    2nd state to secede from the union
  • Alabama secedes

    Alabama secedes

    4th state to secede from the union
  • Georgia secedes

    Georgia secedes

    5th state to secede from the union
  • Louisiana secedes

    Louisiana secedes

    6th state to secede
  • Texas secedes

    Texas secedes

    7th state to secede from the union
  • Fort Sumter

    Fort Sumter

    confedrates win only 2 casualties
  • Lincoln Calls for 75000 Volunteers

    Lincoln Calls for 75000 Volunteers

  • Virginia secedes

    Virginia secedes

    8th state to secede
  • Lee becomes commander of the confedrate army

    Lee becomes commander of the confedrate army

  • Arkansas joins confedrates

    Arkansas joins confedrates

    9th state to leave the union
  • Tennessee joins confedrates

    Tennessee joins confedrates

    10th state to leave the union
  • John Pope

    John Pope

    becomes commander
  • North carolina joins the confedrates

    North carolina joins the confedrates

    last state to leave the union
  • 1st Manassas

    1st Manassas

    1st major battle of the civil war.
  • McClellan becomes commander

    McClellan becomes commander

    only for a short term
  • Battle of fort Henry

    Battle of fort Henry

    first win for the union
  • Fort donelson

    Fort donelson

    fist major win for the union
  • Merrimac .vs Monitor

    Merrimac .vs Monitor

    Also called the battle of Hampton roads it was a naval battle lasting 2 days.
  • battle of Shiloh

    battle of Shiloh

    fought in the western theater
  • 2nd Manassas

    2nd Manassas

    confedrate wins again
  • Battle of Antietam

    Battle of Antietam

    this was the bloodest battle in American history with 23000 casualties.
  • Burnside becomes commander

    Burnside becomes commander

    Burnside takes over for McClellan
  • Fredricksberg

    Fredricksberg

    Fought in and around Fredricksberg,Virginia between the ANV and AOP.
  • Chancellorsville

    Chancellorsville

    Hooker leads part of AOP across Rappahonick to flank Robert E. Lee.
  • Vicksburg

    Vicksburg

    Grant vs Pemperton great victory for Grant
  • Gettysburg

    Gettysburg

    Robert E. Lee and Mead face of in Gettysburg. Over shoes
  • Atlanta Captured

    Atlanta Captured

    Sherman capturs Atlanta from Confederates
  • Battle of Nashville

    Battle of Nashville

    Hood takes Nashville for Union
  • Siege of Petersburg

    Siege of Petersburg

    Series of battles fought around Petersburg Virginia
  • Lee surrenders

    Lee surrenders

    After four years of the Civil war, Lee surrenders
  • Joseph E. Johnson surrenders

    Joseph E. Johnson surrenders

    Surrenders the remaining Conederate troops to William Sherman
  • 13th Amendement

    13th Amendement

    Officialy aboloshes slavery.