Civil War Timeline

By Anthony Dalton78

  • Lincoln Elected

    Lincoln was elected president of the Untied States/ Union

  • South Carolina Secedes

    South Carolina candy for the state to leave the Union. This event started everyone else to secede.

  • Confederacy is formed

    The Confederate states of America is formed

  • Attack on Fort Sumter

    First actions taken against the Union. The Union surrender the fort

  • Lincoln's First Inauguration

    Abraham Lincoln's inaugurated as the president of the United States of America

  • Battle at Shiloh

    Surprise attack by the Confederate Army but the Union pull out the win and start there invasion on Mississippi.

  • Seven Days Battle

    Series of battle by Lee to push back the Union away from Richmond.

  • Battle of Antietam

    First major battle on Union soil and the turning point of the war. Lee was forced to retreat. This victory gave Lincoln the pride to launch his Proclmation.

  • Battle if Fredricksburg

    Union tried to cross the Rappahonnock river to Richmond but failed.

  • Battle of Stones River

    Confederacy forced back to AL after heavy and the Union gained reinforcements.

  • Emancipation Proclamation

    Lincoln's proclamation to free the slaves heavy blow to the south.

  • Battle of Chancellorville

    Lee outnumber 2:1 but split army, Stonewall killed by friendly fire, Union forced to retreat back North

  • Siege of Vicksburg Begins

    Grant starts his siege to Vicksburg, Mississippi.

  • Battle of Gettysburg

    Lee and Meads forces clash and causes the result of the heaviest losses of all the war. Lee forced to retreat another turning point of the war

  • Siege if Vicksburg Ends

    The Union forces gained control if the Mississippi River which cuts off Arkansas, Mississippi, and Texas

  • Battle if Chickamauga

    Largest Defeat for the Union in the western theatre

  • Gettysburg Address

    Linking gave his speech to dedicate national cemetery at Gettysburg . Vowed to not let this nation parish from this earth

  • Battle of Chattanooga

    The Union Army receives reinforcement forcing the Confederate Army to retreat gaining to see for all the union

  • Battle of Spotsylania

    30,000 losses nothing gained though fighting

  • Lincoln Reelected

    He is Reelected

  • Sherman's March to Sea Begins

    Sherman lead a group of men 60 miles to Savannah.

  • Battle of Franklin

    Worst loss for the South

  • Sherman's March Ends

    The 60 mile journey ended in Savannah

  • Surrender Appomattox Court House

    Lee's Army is forced to surrender to grant peaceful surrender

  • Official End of civil War

    The terms of surrender were finalized

  • Lincoln Assassinated

    John Wilkes Booth assassinate Abraham Lincoln at Ford's theater in Washington

  • Lincoln's second Inauguration

    Sworn in to president

  • First Battle of Bull Run

    First major battle of The Civil War. Heavy casualties on both sides but the union is forced to retreat back to Washington.