Civil War Timeline

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  • Union victory Roan's Tan Yard / Silver Creek

  • Mississippi seceded from the Union.

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    Civil War Timeline

  • Robert E. Lee declines command of the Union Army

  • Louisiana seceded from the Union.

  • Texas seceded from the Union

  • Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln as 16th President

  • Attack on Fort Sumter - Confederates under Gen. Pierre Beauregard open fire marking the start of the Civil War

  • West Virginia is born

  • U.S. Congress pass resolution declaring that the war is being fought to "preserve the Union," not to destroy slavery

  • Confederate victory Wilson's Creek / Oak Hills

  • Confederate victory Barbourville

  • Union victory Fredericktown

  • Confederate victory Chustenahlah

  • Union victory Roan's Tan Yard / Silver Creek

  • Jefferson Davis inaugurated as regular president of the Confederacy

  • Union victory Kernstown

  • Abraham Lincoln and his wife Mary go to Ford's Theater to see the play "Our American Cousin" . During the third act of the play John Wilkes Booth shoots the president in the head at approx 10:13 p.m.

  • Union victory New Madrid

  • Confederate Victory at Winchester

  • Confederate victory Secessionville

  • Union Victory at Malvern Hill

  • Confederate Victory at Cedar Mountain