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Civil War Timeline

By jbb0204
  • Presidential Election of 1860

    Presidential Election of 1860

    Abraham Lincoln (Republican) v. John C. Breckinridge (Democratic) v. John Bell (Constitutional Union) v. Stephan A. Douglas. Lincoln won with 180 electoral votes.
  • South Carolina Secedes from the Union

    South Carolina Secedes from the Union

    South Carolina Secedes from the Union
  • Forming of Confederate States of America

    Forming of Confederate States of America

    In Montgomery, Alabama, delegates from South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, and Louisiana convene to establish the Confederate States of America.
  • Jefferson Davis appointed president of Confederacy

    Jefferson Davis appointed president of Confederacy

    Jefferson Davis appointed president of Confederacy
  • Lincoln’s first inaugural address

    Lincoln’s first inaugural address

    Lincoln addresses the seceded states and warns them that any violence will be treated as rebellion.
  • Battle of Fort Sumter

    Battle of Fort Sumter

    The first battle of the Civil War.
  • First Battle of Bull Run

    First Battle of Bull Run

    First major battle of the Civil War that resulted in Confederate victory.
  • First Battle of Ironclads

    First Battle of Ironclads

    The first naval battle where the ironclad warships fought.
  • Battle of Shiloh

    Battle of Shiloh

    A battle that took place in the Western theater of the United States Civil War. Resulted in Union victory.
  • Siege of New Orleans by Union

    Siege of New Orleans by Union

    The Union tried to take New Orleans
  • Second Battle of Bull Run

    Second Battle of Bull Run

    It was much larger and had many more casualties than the first. Confederate victory.
  • Battle of Antietam

    Battle of Antietam

    The first battle in the Eastern theater on Union soil.
  • Emancipation Proclamation

    Emancipation Proclamation

    Lincoln set slaves free in America and gave them citizenship.
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    54th Massachusetts Colored Infantry in combat

    The first African American regiment in the Union.
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    Battle of Vicksburg

    The final major military action in the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War.
  • Battle of Gettysburg

    Battle of Gettysburg

    The war's turning point. Union Victory
  • Draft Riots begin in New York City

    Draft Riots begin in New York City

    Riots that occurred after Congress passed a law to draft citizens.
  • Sacking of Lawrence, Kansas by Confederates

    Sacking of Lawrence, Kansas by Confederates

    The attack of a guerilla Confederate group on the Unionist town of Lawrence, Kansas.
  • Gettysburg Address

    Gettysburg Address

    Lincoln's famous speech that was dedicated to the soldiers who died at Gettysburg.
  • First Successful Submarine Attack of the Civil War

    First Successful Submarine Attack of the Civil War

    Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley torpedoed the USS Housatonic
  • Battle of the Wilderness Virginia

    Battle of the Wilderness Virginia

    First battle between Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee.
  • Fall of Atlanta, Georgia

    Fall of Atlanta, Georgia

    The Union took the important Confederate city of Atlanta.
  • Lincoln Reelected

    Lincoln Reelected

    Abraham Lincoln (National Union) v. George B. McClellan (Democratic)
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    Sherman's Army of Georgia arrives at Savannah, Georgia

    Sherman marched from Atlanta to Savannah and destroyed military bases and other institutions in an attempt to disrupt the Confederacy.
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    Assault and capture of Fort Fisher, North Carolina

    The attack on the last major naval stronghold of the Confederacy
  • Lincoln’s 2nd Inaugural Address

    Lincoln’s 2nd Inaugural Address

    Lincoln's speech that called for Reconstruction
  • Sherman’s troops occupy Fayetteville, NC

    Sherman’s troops occupy Fayetteville, NC

    Sherman's continuing attempt to disrupt the Confederacy.
  • Battle of Appomattox Courthouse

    Battle of Appomattox Courthouse

    Last battle of the American Civil War.
  • Lincoln assassinated

    Lincoln assassinated

    Lincoln was murdered in Ford's Theater