Civil War Timeline

By b_matthis

  • Lincoln's Election

  • South Carolina secedes followed by 6 other states

  • Lincoln Takes Office

  • Fall of Fort Sumter

  • 1st Battle of Bull Run

  • Antietam

  • Lincoln Issues Emancipation Proclamation

  • Beginning of Battle of Vicksburg

  • Beginning of Battle of Gettysburg

  • End of Battle of Gettysburg

  • End of Battle of Vicksburg

  • Grant Named Supreme Commander

  • Lincoln's Re-Election

  • Beginning of Sherman's March to the Sea

  • End of Sherman's March to the Sea

  • Lee Surrenders to Grant

  • Lincoln Dies from Gunshot Wound

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