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