civil war timeline

By mech445

  • Attack on Fort Sumter

    the fight that marked the start of the civil war

  • election of 1860

    the election of 1860 no one in the south voted for Lincoln and he still won so they left

  • South Carolina Secedes

    they left so they did not have to lose there slaves this is when the south left the states

  • Battle of Bull Run/Manassas

    the first fight in the civil war

  • Battle of Antietam

    Antietam was our first win this when Lincoln passed the Emancipation Proclamation

  • Battle of Fredericksburg

    the last stronghold on the Mississippi river

  • Emancipation Proclamation

    freed slaves in the south and he was to scared to stop slavery in the border states

  • Battle of Vicksburg

    the last part of the Norths plan so now they can win the war

  • Battle of Gettysburg

    the last time the south tried to invade us and the tearing point

  • 54th Massachusetts Fight at Fort Wagner

    the most famous all black army that charged fort Wagner

  • Gettysburg Address

    to honer for those who died for the cause and to keep spirit high

  • Sherman’s March to the Sea

    the reason Lincoln was reacted

  • 13th Amendment Passed

    freed all slaves in the states and got rid of the laws no one liked

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

    the end of the war so we could come back together