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Civil War Timeline

By caitlindowning
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    United States Civil War

  • Southern Democrats hold a convention in Richmond where they select John C. Breckinridge as their nominee for President

    Southern Democrats hold a convention in Richmond where they select John C. Breckinridge as their nominee for President

  • Abraham Lincoln becomes 16th President

    Abraham Lincoln becomes 16th President

    Abraham Lincoln wins the election of 1860 against Stephan Douglas. Licoln was a republican and recieved 1,865,593 popular votes.
  • South Carolina secedes from the union

    South Carolina secedes from the union

    South Carolina becomes the first state to leave the union and become its own state. The election of Abraham Lincoln as president is a major cause of why southerners seceded.
  • Mississippi secedes from the union

    Mississippi secedes from the union

    Following South carolina, Mississippi is the second state to join the confederacy.
  • Kansas becomes a slave free state

    Kansas becomes a slave free state

    34th state in the United states and it is a fre state meaning no slavery was allowed.
  • The Conderate States of america is formed

    The Conderate States of america is formed

  • Lincolns Inauguration

    Lincolns Inauguration

    Lincoln Officially became president of the United States
  • Fort Sumter

    Fort Sumter

    Fort sumter became the opening act of the civil war
  • Anderson surrenders to southern troops at fort Sumter

    Anderson surrenders to southern troops at fort Sumter

  • Richmond becomes the capital of the confederacy

    Richmond becomes the capital of the confederacy

  • Lincoln requests more men be sent into the army

    Lincoln requests more men be sent into the army

  • First income tax is issued

    First income tax is issued

    Issued to help pay for war
  • Mclellan becomes commander of union army

    Mclellan becomes commander of union army

    Appointed by president Lincoln
  • Jefferson Davis is elected president of the Confederate States of America

    Jefferson Davis is elected president of the Confederate States of America

    The confederate states of america was a governement from 1861-1865 declaring that certain states had seceded from the union,
  • Mclellan ignores orders

    Mclellan ignores orders

    Mclellan ignores an order to attack the south issued by president lincoln.
  • The battle of Shiloh takes place

    The battle of Shiloh takes place

  • Battle of Seven Pines

    Battle of Seven Pines

    South attacks union
  • Henry Halleck is named general in cheif of union army

    Henry Halleck is named general in cheif of union army

  • Harpers Ferry

    Harpers Ferry

  • Antietam

    Antietam

  • Lincoln issues preliminary Emancipation Proclomation

    Lincoln issues preliminary Emancipation Proclomation

  • Battle of Perryville

    Battle of Perryville

  • Lincoln Replaces Mclellan

    Lincoln Replaces Mclellan

  • Battle of Fredricksburg

    Battle of Fredricksburg

  • Finalized emancipation proclamation is issued by Lincoln

    Finalized emancipation proclamation is issued by Lincoln

  • Battle of Chancellorsville

    Battle of Chancellorsville

    General hookers attack on Geral Lee
  • Vicksburg Campaign

    Vicksburg Campaign

  • General Lee takes command

    General Lee takes command

  • Gettysbug Campaign

    Gettysbug Campaign

  • West Virginia is formed

    West Virginia is formed

    A section of Virginia was admitted into the union as West Virginia
  • Battle of Gettsburg begins

    Battle of Gettsburg begins

  • Draft Riots

    Draft Riots

  • Battle of Chickamuaga

    Battle of Chickamuaga

  • Battle of Chattanooga

    Battle of Chattanooga

    Union Victory
  • Lincoln appoints Grant to command all armies of the United States

    Lincoln appoints Grant to command all armies of the United States

  • Battle of the wilderness

    Battle of the wilderness

    Involved 1800 union troops
  • Battle of cold harbor in Virginia

    Battle of cold harbor in Virginia

    over 7000 causualties caused by a mistake by grant
  • Grants forces surrender to Lee

    Grants forces surrender to Lee

  • First battle including John B. Hood who replaced Johnston

    First battle including John B. Hood who replaced Johnston

  • Mclellan is nominated to run against president lincoln

    Mclellan is nominated to run against president lincoln

  • Abraham Lincoln is re-elected as president

    Abraham Lincoln is re-elected as president

  • Shermans march to sea

    Shermans march to sea

  • Battle of Franklin

    Battle of Franklin

    Had over 8,000 casualties
  • Sherman reaches savannah georgia

    Sherman reaches savannah georgia

  • The thirteenth amendment is apporived by congress

    The thirteenth amendment is apporived by congress

    Abolishing slavery
  • president lincoln has a meeting with the confederacy president

    president lincoln has a meeting with the confederacy president

  • Grants forces try to break through Lees and Petersburg

    Grants forces try to break through Lees and Petersburg

  • President Lincoln tours Richmond

    President Lincoln tours Richmond

  • Lincolns assassination

    Lincolns assassination

  • President Lincoln dies at 7:22am

    President Lincoln dies at 7:22am

    Killed by John wilkes booth
  • Confederates surrender to Sherman near Durham NC

    Confederates surrender to Sherman near Durham NC

  • john wilkes booth is shot and killed

    john wilkes booth is shot and killed

  • Lincolns birthday observation

    Lincolns birthday observation

  • New Freedman's Bureau bill passed by Congress

    New Freedman's Bureau bill passed by Congress

  • Texas repeals the actions of the Secessionist Convention

  • Jonson vetos the civil rights act

    Jonson vetos the civil rights act

  • Connecticut approves the 14th amendment

    Connecticut approves the 14th amendment

  • new hampshire ratifies the 14th amendment

    new hampshire ratifies the 14th amendment

  • Blacks in D.C gain the right to vote

    Blacks in D.C gain the right to vote

  • Virginia rejects the 14th amendment

    Virginia rejects the 14th amendment

  • New York ratifies the 14th amendment

    New York ratifies the 14th amendment

  • Delaware rejects the 14th amendment

    Delaware rejects the 14th amendment

  • Nebraska becomes a state

    Nebraska becomes a state

  • 2nd Recontstruction act

    2nd Recontstruction act

  • Johnston demands Edwin Stanton to resign

    Johnston demands Edwin Stanton to resign

  • russia gives alaska to the united states

    russia gives alaska to the united states

  • Mississippi rejects 14th amendment

    Mississippi rejects 14th amendment

  • U.S house votes to impeach Andrew Johnson

    U.S house votes to impeach Andrew Johnson

  • Iowa ratifies the 14th amendment

    Iowa ratifies the 14th amendment

  • Arkansas ratifies the 14th amendment

    Arkansas ratifies the 14th amendment

  • Florida Ratifies the 14th amendment

    Florida Ratifies the 14th amendment

  • Democrats nominate Horatio Seymour for president

    Democrats nominate Horatio Seymour for president

  • Louisianna ratifies the 14th amendment

    Louisianna ratifies the 14th amendment

  • third reconstruction act is passed

    third reconstruction act is passed

  • Georgia ratifies the 14th amendment

    Georgia ratifies the 14th amendment

  • Ulysses S Grant is elected president of the united states

    Ulysses S Grant is elected president of the united states