Civil War Timeline

  • Lincoln's Election

  • Secession of South Carolina

  • Secession of Mississippi

  • Secession of Florida

  • Secession of Alabama

  • Secession of Georiga

  • Secession of Lousiana

  • Formation of CSA

  • Secession of Texas

  • Lincoln's Inauguration

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    Battle of Fort Sumter

  • Suspension of Habeas Corpus

  • Secession of Arkansas

  • Secession of North Carolina

  • Secession of Virginia

  • Secession of Tennessee

  • First Battle of Bull Run

  • Secession of Missouri

  • Secession of Kentucky

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    Battle of Shiloh

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    Capture of New Orleans

  • Battle of Antietam

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    Battle of Fredericksburg

  • Emancipation Proclamation

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    Battle of Chancellorville

  • Death of Stonewall Jackson

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    Battle of Vicksburg

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    Battle of Gettysburg

  • Battle of Atlanta

  • Re-election of Lincoln

  • Sherman Reaches Savannah

  • Assassination of Lincoln

  • Capture of John Wilkes Booth

  • Capture of Jefferson Davis