Civil War Timeline

By 22srobinson

  • Fort Sumter

    Fort Sumter
    Start of war

  • First Battle of Bull Run

    First Battle of Bull Run
    Union victory that split the Confederacy in half

  • Shiloh

    Shiloh
    Largest amount of troops involved in battle

  • Glorieta Pass

    Glorieta Pass
    Gettysburg of the West for stopping Confederate invasion of New Mexico Territory

  • Antietam

    Antietam
    Bloodiest Day in American History

  • Fredericksburg

    Fredericksburg
    Lee's greatest victory of the war

  • Chancellorsville

    Chancellorsville
    First Confederate victory. Shows that the war will be long.

  • Vicksburg

    Vicksburg
    First major battle of the Western theater.

  • Gettysburg

    Gettysburg
    Bloodiest Battle of the War

  • Appomattox

    Appomattox
    End of War