Civil War Timeline By lexnamy Apr 12, 1861 Fort Sumter Apr 14, 1861 Lincoln calls 75,000 volunteers for 90 days Apr 20, 1861 Robert E. Lee resigns for U.S. Army May 1, 1861 CSA moves capital from Montgomery, AL, to Richmond, VA (most powerful Southern state) May 13, 1861 Britain declares its neutrality Jul 21, 1861 First Battle of Bull Run/ Manassas Jul 24, 1861 Lincoln calls in 500,000 troops Jul 27, 1861 Lincoln appoints George B. McClellan top general Feb 21, 1862 Grant victories in Tennessee Fort Henry, Fort Donelson Mar 6, 1862 Ironclads - Monitor vs. Merrimack (Virginia) - Naval warfare changed forever Apr 6, 1862 Battle of Shiloh Apr 7, 1862 Battle of Shiloh Apr 25, 1862 Fall of New Orleans, largest Confederate city, control of lower Mississippi Jun 22, 1862 Lee takes command of Army of Northern VA Jul 1, 1862 Seven Days' Battle (UNION WINS) Aug 28, 1862 Second Bull Run Aug 30, 1862 Second Bull Run - ENDS Sep 17, 1862 Battle of Antietam, MD, Sep 22, 1862 Lincoln announces his intention of Emancipation Proclamation Nov 1, 1862 Lincoln fires McClellan, hired Burnside Dec 13, 1862 Battle of Fredericksburg, VA Jan 1, 1863 Emancipation Proclamation Jun 29, 1863 Lees army enters Pennskey Ivnia Jul 1, 1863 Battle of Gettysburg Jul 3, 1863 Battle of Gettysburg- ENDS Jul 3, 1863 Pickets charge did not succeeded Union won Jul 4, 1863 Siege of Vicksburg General Grant succeeds Jul 11, 1863 Draft Law Riots Jul 18, 1863 5th Regiment attacks Fort Wagner Jul 18, 1863 Fort Wagner Mass 54th Nov 19, 1863 Gettysburg Adress Mar 1, 1864 Lincoln appoints Grant as head of Union Army Apr 3, 1864 Union Army marched into Richmond Apr 9, 1864 Lee surrender at the Appomattox court house May 6, 1864 Battle of Wilderness May 31, 1864 Cold Harbor Sep 18, 1864 Sherman toke Atlanta Sep 19, 1864 Death of Peter Vredenburgh JR. Nov 8, 1864 Lincoln Re-elected Nov 26, 1864 Sherman Burns Atlanta Jan 1, 1865 13th amendment -ending all slavery Apr 14, 1865 Lincolns Assassination