civil war timeline

By siensd2
  • election of 1860

    abraham become president . south didnt like this.
  • south Carolina secedes

    south Carolina removes themselves from being apart of the untied states and became there own country
  • attack on fort sumter

    one of the first official attacks of the civil war.
  • battle of bull run/manassas

    the first official conflict of the civil war that took place in Virginia.
  • battle of Antietam

    labeled as the deadliest one day battle.Confederate invasion of Maryland in 1862 and resulted in a Union victory. It also led to President Abraham Lincoln issuing the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation
  • battle of Fredericksburg

    confederate victory,The Battle of Fredericksburg was an early battle of the civil war and stands as one of the greatest Confederate victories. Led by General Robert E. Lee, the Army of Northern Virginia routed the Union forces led Maj Gen. Ambrose Burnside.
  • Emancipation Proclamation

    confirmed their the slaves insistence that the war for the Union must become a war for freedom. It added moral force to the Union cause and strengthened the Union both militarily and politically.
  • battle of Vicksburg

    was a great victory for the Union. It gave control of the Mississippi River to the Union. Around the same time, the Confederate army under General Robert E. Lee was defeated at the Battle of Gettysburg. These two victories marked the major turning point of the Civil War in favor of the Union.
  • battle of gettysburg

    the confederates lost due to the union having high ground
  • 54th Massachusetts fight for fort Wagner

    fight, others securing the city that many saw as the birthplace of the Civil War.
  • gettysburg address

    A speech Abraham Lincoln delivered, memory of the union that are dead and highlight the power and sacrifice.
  • Sherman march to the sea

    The purpose of Sherman's March to the Sea was to frighten Georgia's civilian population into abandoning the Confederate cause
  • 13th amendment passed

    the 13th amendment abolished slavery in the united states.
  • surrender at Appomattox courthouse

    General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox, Virginia. This signaled the start of the end of the American Civil War. In early 1865, the Union Army began marching through the state of Virginia, pushing back the Confederate forces.

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