Civilwar

Civil War Timeline

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  • Battle of Bull Run (1st)

    Battle of Bull Run (1st)
    Bull Run
    The first major battle of the Civil War,
    Union General- McDowell
    Confederate Ganeral- Beauregard.
    Confederate Win

  • Battle Hampton Roads

    Battle Hampton Roads
    Hampton Roads
    First Confedrate iron clad went down the Elizabteh River, to attack union lines
    Union General: Worden
    Confederate General: Buchanan
    Result: Inconclusive.

  • Battle Shiloh

    Battle Shiloh
    ShilohUnion
    General- Grant,
    Confederate General- Johnston
    Union Win

  • Battle of Bull Run (2nd)

    Battle of Bull Run (2nd)
    2nd Bull run
    Conferate General- Pope
    Union General- Lee
    Confederate Win

  • Battle of Antietam

    Battle of Antietam
    Antietam"
    Bloodiest Battle"
    Union General- McClellan
    Confederate General- Lee
    TIE

  • Battle of Freadricksburg

    Battle of Freadricksburg
    Freadricksburg
    Confederate General- Burnside
    Union General- Lee
    Confederate Win

  • Emancipation Proclamation

    Emancipation Proclamation
    Emancipation Proclamation
    President Lincoln stated; All slave owners of the Condfederate states, must set their slaves free.

  • Fort Sumter

    Fort Sumter
    Fort Sumter
    Union General- Anderson
    Confederate General- Beauregard
    Confederate Win

  • Battle of Chancellorsville

    Battle of Chancellorsville
    Chancellorsville
    Union General- Hooker
    Confederate General- Lee
    Confederate Win

  • Battle of Gettysburg

    Battle of Gettysburg
    Gettysburg
    Union General- Meade
    Confederate General- Lee
    Union Win

  • Siege of Vicksburg

    Siege of Vicksburg
    Vicksburg
    Union General- Grant
    Confederate General- Pemberton
    Union Win

  • Siege of Atlanta

    Siege of Atlanta
    Atlanta
    Union General- Sherman
    Confederate General- Hood
    Union Win

  • Surrender of Appomattox Courthouse

    Surrender of Appomattox Courthouse
    Surrender
    General Lee of the Confederate army surrender at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia to the Union Army in 1865

  • Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

    Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
    Assassination of Lincoln
    Five days after the surrender at Appomattox, John Wilkes Booth Assassinated President Lincoln, while he was at the Ford Theatre attending the performance of "Our American Cousin". Booth shot him in the back,

  • Ratification of the 13th Amendment

    Ratification of the 13th Amendment
    13th Amendment
    Proposed by President Lincoln, this amendment ended all slave trades and owning slaves