Civil war Timeline

By mm8660@ms.wasatch.edu

  • Lincoln's Election

    Lincoln's Election
    • Lincoln says he will stop the expansion of slaverly.
    • 7 Southern states secede from the Union.
    • Lincoln's inaugural speech pleads for South to stay.

  • Fort Summter

    Fort Summter
    • South leaves Union and takes over Union forts.
    • Lincoln sends reinforcements.
    • South attacks fort and foces them to surrender.
    • 4 more southern states leave.
    • Beggining of Civil war

  • Battle of Bull Run

    Battle of Bull Run
    • Lincoln calls for 90 day enlistments
    • Lincoln wants to take the Confederate Capitiol- Richmond, VA
    • Union winning first half, but pushed back by confederates.
    • Turning Point- north realizes not a short war
    • Lincoln calls for thousands more volenteers, calls for three years enlistments.

  • Battle of Antietam

    Battle of Antietam
    • Confederate General Lee attacks the North.
    • The single bloodiest day in the civil war
    • Union victory but didn't finish off the Southern army
    • Turning Point- due to struggles of war Northerners begin looking for new reasons to fight.
    • Emancipation Proclomation (freed slaves in the south)

  • Battle of Gettysburg

    Battle of Gettysburg
    • Lee invades the North
    • Brings the war north, convince them to call for peace, and secure European aid.
    • 1/3 of amry lost- Pickett's charge
    • Turning Point of the war
    • Lee loses ability to play offense, and stays on defense.

  • Battle of Vicksburg

    Battle of Vicksburg
    • Confederate guns controlled the river.
    • 43 day siege of Mississippi stronghold.
    • Turning Point- completes the Anaconda plan.
    • Union gains complete control of Mississippi River.
    • Grant is promoted to Union general

  • Sherman's March

    Sherman's March
    • Marched through Georgia destroyed all war rescoures.
    • Burned down city of Atlanta.
    • Destroyed a path 60 miles wide in Georgia.
    • helped get Linocoln reelected.
    • Turning Point- used total war to destroy everything of military value and destroy Southern will.

  • Appomattox

    Appomattox
    • Grant puts city of Petersburg under siege.
    • Siege lasts 10 months.
    • Lee is forced to surrender becasue Union broke through his defenses taking Petersburg and Richmond.
    • Grant's surrender terms ask them to lay down their weapons and return home.
    • Officialy ends the Civil War, April 9th, 1865