Civil War Timeline

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  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
    1865 BCE

    Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

    This is where the war came to the end as Less surrender finally.
  • Sherman’s March to the Sea
    1864 BCE

    Sherman’s March to the Sea

    Sherman led some 60,000 soldiers on a 285-mile march from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia this was known as the great Sherman bought it is where he burned a lot of rail rounds.
  • 13th Amendment Passed
    1864 BCE

    13th Amendment Passed

    This where the slave was released and was free.
  • 1863 BCE

    Emancipation Proclamation

    What happened was that president Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation and said that if you have a slave that you have o let them be free.
  • 1863 BCE

    54th Massachusetts Fight at Fort Wagner

    This is the part in the war where they allowed African Americans in.
  • 1863 BCE

    Battle of Gettysburg

    This is a battle wherein went on for 2 days strieant and was considered the most important engagement of the American Civil War
  • 1863 BCE

    Gettysburg Address

    This is where Abraham Lincoln delivered remarks speech.
  • 1863 BCE

    Battle of Vicksburg

    This one went on for mouth until July 4. Union forces waged a campaign to take the Confederate stronghold of Vicksburg
  • 1862 BCE

    Battle of Antietam

    What happened in the battle of Battle of Antietam was that the slaves were released and that there was a lot of stack for it.
  • 1862 BCE

    Battle of Fredericksburg

    this is a battle where the defeat was one of the most decisive losses for the Union army
  • 1861 BCE

    Attack on Fort Sumter

    The Attack on Fort Sumter was a 2 day battle with Lincoln when he was trying to start a war he was just bringing food over to the troops and then the south thought it was an attack and fired first.
  • 1861 BCE

    Battle of Bull Run/Manassas

    The Battle of Bull Run/Manassas was the first battle and that was in Virginia the battle began when about 35,000 Union troops marched from the federal capital in Washington.
  • 1860 BCE

    Election of 1860

    The Election of 1860 was when president Lincoln Becomes president it was significant because south Carolina threatens to leave.
  • 1860 BCE

    South Carolina Secedes

    The South Carolina Secedes was when they got President Lincoln Becomes President
    at the first battle and they left because they were mad and they did not want their "freed" taken away and their slaves.

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