Civil War Timeline

By Hmandernach
  • South Carolina Secedes

    South Carolina Secedes

    South Carolina is tired of the Union and wants to form a new country. One that allows slavery.
  • Civil War Begins

    Civil War Begins

    Confederate forces fire on Fort Sumter.
  • Ulysses S. Grant wins Fort Donelson

    Ulysses S. Grant wins Fort Donelson

    Army commander Ulysses S. Grant won the first important Union victory in the West, Fort Donelson.
  • Battle Of Ironclads

    Battle Of Ironclads

    Union ironclad, Monitor, takes on Confederate ironclad, Merrimac, at Hampton Roads in Virginia. They battle for two days and many hours. There is no declared winnner.
  • Robert E. Lee wins Chancellorsville

    Robert E. Lee wins Chancellorsville

    Confederate General Robert E. Lee takes on Union General Hooker at Chancellorsville. Lee wins. "Stonewall" Jackson, Confederate general, dies after a bad wound in the battle.
  • Grant named commander-in-cheif

    Grant named commander-in-cheif

    Ulysses S. Grant is named commander-in-cheif of Union forces.
  • Civil War ends

    Civil War ends

    Robert E. Lee surrenders to Ulysses S. Grant at the Appomattox courthouse. The Civil War is over.