Civil War Virtual Timeline

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  • Abraham Lincoln elected president

    Abraham Lincoln elected president

    Abraham Lincoln was elected President
  • South Carolina votes to secede from the United States

    South Carolina votes to secede from the United States

    The secession convention convened in Colombia and voted anonymously, 169-0, to declare secession from the United States
  • Confederate forces fire on Fort Sumter

    Confederate forces fire on Fort Sumter

    Bombardment of Fort Sumter near Charleston, SC. It ended with the surrender of the United States Army.
  • First Battle of Bull Run is fought

    First Battle of Bull Run is fought

    This was their first major land battle in the Civil War and Union and confederate armies started to fight near Manasses Junction, Virginia.
  • Jefferson Davis elected president of the Confederacy

    Jefferson Davis elected president of the Confederacy

    Jefferson Davis was elected president and ran without opposition.
  • Robert E. Lee is named commander of the Army of Northern Virginia

    Robert E. Lee is named commander of the Army of Northern Virginia

    He was named commander of the Army of Northern Virginia.
  • Battle of Antietam

    Battle of Antietam

    The deadliest ONE-day battle ever in military history that took place during the civil war and showed that the the Union could stand against the Confederate army.
  • Battle of Fredericksburg

    Battle of Fredericksburg

    One of the largest and deadliest battles of the Civil War in Fredericksburg, Virginia in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War.
  • Emancipation Proclamation is announced

    Emancipation Proclamation is announced

    this proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious state "are, and henceforward shall be free".
  • Battle of Gettysburg

    Battle of Gettysburg

    This battle was fought in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania by the Union and Confederate forces during the Civil War.
  • Lincoln gives his Gettysburg Address

    Lincoln gives his Gettysburg Address

    Lincoln gave a short speech at the end of the ceremonies and dedicated the battlefield cemetery at Gettysburg.
  • Abraham Lincoln defeats George McClellan to win re-election

    Abraham Lincoln defeats George McClellan to win re-election

    Towards the end of the Civil War Abraham Lincoln defeats George McClellan by a margin 212-21 in the electoral college, with 55% of the popular vote.
  • President Lincoln Assassinated

    President Lincoln Assassinated

    The 16th president was shot in the head and killed while in a theater box.
  • John Wilkes Booth is killed

    John Wilkes Booth is killed

    John Wilkes Booth was killed after soldiers tracked him down 12 days after he assassinated Abraham Lincoln.