Civil War timeline By rickykinford Jan 25, 1860 South Carolina secedes from the Union Period: Dec 25, 1860 to May 25, 1865 Civil war Jan 25, 1861 Rest of Deep South secedes: Confederacy is founded Apr 25, 1861 Fort Sumter is fired up and surrenders to Confederate forces May 25, 1861 Upper South secedes Feb 25, 1862 Grant capture forts Henry and Donelson Mar 25, 1862 McClellan leads unsuccessful campaign on the peninsula southeast of Richmond Apr 25, 1862 Farragut captures New Orleans for the Union Aug 25, 1862 South wins second Battle of Bull Run Sep 25, 1862 McClellan stops Lee at battle of Antietam Sep 25, 1862 Lincoln issues preliminary Emancipation Proclamation Dec 25, 1862 lee defeats Union army at Fredricksburg Jan 25, 1863 Lincoln issues final Emancipation Proclamation May 25, 1863 Lee is victorious at Chancellorsville Jul 25, 1863 North gains major victories at Gettysburg and Vicksburg Sep 25, 1864 Atlanta falls to Sherman Nov 25, 1864 Lincoln is re-elected Dec 25, 1864 Sherman marches through Georgia Jan 25, 1865 Congress passes Thirteenth Amendment abolishing slavery Apr 25, 1865 Lee surrenders at Appomattox Apr 25, 1865 Lincoln assasinated by John Wilkes Booth
