Civil War Timeline

By Jeremy Gang
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    Civil War

    Time span of the Civil War

  • The Election of Abraham Lincoln

    LinkLocation: Washington D.C.
    Significance: Abraham Lincoln was elected the 16th President of the United States of America, and the first Republican to win the presidency. He was against slavery in the United States.

  • The Confederacy of the United States is Formed

    LinkLocation: Alabama
    This event was significant because it was the event that triggered the war, and it showed how the bad the south wanted slavery.

  • Fort Sumter

    Link to BattlefieldLocation: Charlseton Harbor NC.
    Length:2 days
    Significance: This battle showed that the south was not to be taken lightly, and this battle pretty much started the civil war.

  • First Battle of Bull Run

    Link to battlefieldLocation:Fairfax County, Virginia.
    Length: 1 day
    This battle was significant because it was the official start of the Civil war.

  • Battle of Fort Henry

    Link
    Location: Tenessee
    Significance: THis battle was the first significant Union victory in the civil war.

  • Battle of Fort Donelson

    Battlefield
    Location: Stewart County , Tennesse
    Length: 5 days
    Significance: This battle was significant because the Confederacy was strategicaly placing forts along the Tenessee border.

  • Battle of Shiloh

    Battlefield
    Location: Tennessee
    Length:2 days
    Significance: This was important because it was the most bloody battle in U.S. History.

  • Second Battle of Bull Run

    Battlefield
    Location: Prince William County, Virginia
    Length: 2 days
    Significance: In this battle the south won and the battle allowed them to cross through the Potomac and get into Northern territory.

  • Battle of Antietam

    Battlefield
    Location: Washington County, Maryland
    Length: 2 days
    Significance: This battle that the Union won gave Lincoln the win he needed to announce the Ammancipation Proclomation.

  • The Emancipation Proclamation is signed

    LinkLocation: Washington D.C.
    This event was significant because it was not looking good for the Union, so Lincoln declared all of the slaves in the U.S. as free people of the Union.

  • Battle of Fredericksburg

    Battlefield
    Location: Fredericksburg, Virginia
    Length" 4 days
    Significance: It was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War.

  • Battle of Chancellorsville

    Battlefield
    Location: SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY, VIRGINIA
    Length: 7 days
    Significance: This battle is considered to be Robert E. Lee's greatest victory of the Civil War.

  • Siege of Vicksburg

    Battlefield
    Location: WARREN COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
    Length: 47 days
    Significance: This victory by General Grant split the Confederacy in half and it boosted his popularity which ultimitaly got him the General in Cheif spot in the military.

  • Battle of Gettysburg

    Battlefield Location: ADAMS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
    Length: 2 days
    Significance: This battle was a decisive Union victory. This battle sight was also where President Lincoln gave a speech called the Gettysburg Address.

  • Battle of Fort Wagner

    Battlefield Location: MORRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA
    Length: 51 days
    Significance: This battle was the 4th battle that black soldiers were used in, the battle showed that they would fight hard if given the opportunity.

  • Battle of Chickamauga

    Battlefield Location: ATOOSA COUNTY AND WALKER COUNTY , GEORGIA
    Length: 2 days
    Significance: This battle had the most casualties in the western theater.

  • The Gettysburg Address

    LinkLoaction: Gettysburg Pennsylvania
    The significance of this is that Abraham Lincoln gave a speech about equality and he wanted a new birth of freedom for the United States.

  • Battle of Chattanooga

    Battlefield Location:HAMILTON COUNTY AND CITY OF CHATTANOOGA , TENNESSEE
    Length: 2 days
    Significance: The Union voctory opened up the deep south for the Union campaign.

  • Battle of Spotsylvania Court House

    Battleield Location: SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY, VIRGINIA
    Length: 14 days
    Significance: General Robert E. Lee defeated Grant's troops to stop the forward motion the Union army.

  • Battle of Cold Harbor

    Battlefield Location: HANOVER COUNTY, VIRGINIA
    Length: 12 days
    Significance:The Union took heavy casualties under the command of Grant.

  • Lincoln Re-Elected

    LinkLocation: Washington D.C.
    Significance: It showed the belief in him and it showed the good job that he was doing with the war and slavery.

  • Sherman’s March to the Sea

    Link Location: Georgia
    Length: 36 days
    Significance: Sherman marched 60,000 men through the coastline of georgia to frighten civilians and turn them from the confederate's cause.;

  • Battle of Sailor’s Creek

    Battlefield Location: AMELIA COUNTY, PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY, AND NOTTOWAY COUNTY , VIRGINIA
    Length: 1 day
    Significance: This was the last big battle of the war, with the Union capturing 7,000 plus men and 5 generals from the Confederates.

  • The surrender at the Appomattox Courthouse

    LinkLocation:Appomattox, Virginia
    This event was significant because it was the surrender of Robert E. Lee and it was pretty much the start of the end of the Civil war.

  • The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

    LinkLocation: Ford's Thetre in Washington D.C.
    The assanisation was significant because it was when President Lincoln died and it showed how un supervised the president was at that time.