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Civil War Timeline
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Abraham Lincoln elected president
Abraham Lincoln was elected president November 6th, 1860 -
Battle at Fort Sumter
(April 12–14, 1861)
General P.G.T. Beauregard opened fire on the Union garrison holding Fort Sumter. -
Lincoln orders blockade of the south
An act of war against his own country, the act had significant Constitutional, Military and National implications. -
1st Battle of Bull Run
Irvin McDowell marched from Washington against the Confederate army, which was drawn up behind Bull Run beyond Centreville. -
Monitor vs. Virginia naval battle
the U.S.S. Monitor and the C.S.S. Virginia fight to a draw off Hampton Roads, Virginia. The ships pounded each other all morning but their armor plates easily deflected the cannon shots, signaling a new era of steam-powered iron ships. -
Battle of Shiloh
April 6-7
Confederate soldiers under the command of Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston poured out of the nearby woods and struck a line of Union soldiers occupying ground near Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. -
7 Days Campaign
June 25-July 1st 1862
A series of six major battles over the seven days from June 25 to July 1, 1862, near Richmond, Virginia during the American Civil War. -
2nd Battle of Bull Run
August 28–30, 1862
It was the culmination of an offensive campaign waged by Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia against Union Maj. Gen. John Pope's Army of Virginia. -
Antietam
It was the first major battle in the American Civil War to take place on Union soil. It was the bloodiest single-day battle in American history, with 22,717 dead, wounded and missing on both sides combined. -
Battle at Chattanooga
(June 7–8, 1862)
minor artillery bombardment by Union Brigadier General James S. Negley against Confederate. -
Emancipation Proclamation issued
The Emancipation Proclamation was an order issued to all segments of the Executive branch. -
Ulysses S. Grant takes over the Union Army
The Union Army defeated the Confederate military; the war, and secession, ended with the surrender of Robert E. Lee's army at Appomattox -
Battle at chancellorsville
(May 1–5, 1863)
It was the principal engagement of the Chancellorsville Campaign. -
Battle of Gettysburg
July 1–3, 1863
It was the battle with the largest number of casualties in the American Civil War. -
Siege of Vicksburg
It was the final major military action in the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War. -
Emancipation Proclamation takes effect
On this day President Abraham Lincoln signs the final Emancipation Proclamation, which ends slavery in the rebelling states. -
13th Amendment passed
On this day, the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, officially ending the institution of slavery, is ratified. -
Sherman captures Atlanta
The army is continuing their summer campaign to seize the important rail and supply center of Atlanta. -
Abraham Lincoln re-elected
President Abraham Lincoln was elected to a second term. -
Sherman begins march to the sea
Sherman led destroyed Atlanta warehouses and railroad facilities. -
Savannah, GA falls to the Union
Sherman's Union army has captured Savannah, Georgia. They now have created a military barrier that stretches from east to west across the South. -
Union Army moves in and occupies Richmond, VA.
President Lincoln visits Richmond, walking to the Confederate White House among cheering crowds, mostly freed slaves. -
Robert E. Lee surrenders
Lee Surrenders his confederate army to gen. Grant at appomattox court house in virginia. -
Abraham Lincoln shot and killed
April 14th 1865 president Aberham Lincoln was shot and killed at The Presidential Box at Ford's Theatre. -
Gettysburg Address
The Gettysburg Address is the most famous speech of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln and one of the most quoted famous speeches in United States history. It was delivered at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on November 19, 1863, during the American Civil War, four and a half months after the Battle of Gettysburg.
