Civil War Timeline

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  • Fort Sumpter

    An attack that was near south Carolina, that was done by the Confederate states army, and the U.S army came back with shooting which started the Cival war
  • First battle of bull run

    The first battle that was a big deal in the civil war. Thousands of union troops went to Washington, to beat the confederate force along the river which was called the bull run, actually.
  • Battle of Antietam

    This fight was mostly in the southern united states, also the most bloodiest day of the civil war, and and the bloodiest day in history.
  • Emancipation Proclamation

    This was a document presented by the 16th president best known at the man who paved the way to stop slavery.
  • Defeat of Vicksburg

    This was one of the most successful fights in the civil war. In the end of winning five battles the men marched 18 miles and captured 6,000 prisoners.
  • Battle of Gettysburg

    Its considered the most important engagement in the civil war. Opposing forces ran into each other in the town of Gettysburg and many people was there and made it become the largest fight in the world.
  • New York City Riots

    They were violence, it was in the lower sides of Manhattan, and ect
  • Formation of the 54th mass

    The union with the first African American organization in the north during the Civil war.
  • Gettysburg Address

    A speech that president Lincoln, and one of the best known in american history.
  • Sherman's March to the Sea

    It was a military fight of the civil war through Georgia. The groups left the captured city of Atlanta which was a big argument that led to it.
  • Congress passes the 13th amendment

    The United States defeated slavery
  • Created of Freedom's Bureau

    President Lincoln signed this document creating the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned lands.
  • Surrender at the Appomattox Court House

    In the state of Virginia a group runner surrendered his Army of North, to the union and another runner leader.
  • The assassination of Abraham Lincoln

    The 16th president was killed by the well known stage actor John Wilkes
  • 14th amendment

    Granted citizenship to "All persons born or naturalized in the United States."
  • 15th Amendment

    Granted African-American men the right to vote.
  • End of Reconstruction

    Congress passed the Second Reconstruction Act, putting the military in charge of southern voter registration.
  • Supreme Court Case Plessy vs Ferguson

    This was a landmark for the US, it upheld the constitutionally of racial segregation laws for people for public facilities.