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Civil War Timeline

  • Lincoln is elected president

    Lincoln is elected president

    lincoln wins election
  • south carolina secedes

    south carolina secedes

    first state to leave
  • confederacy is formed

    confederacy is formed

    jefferson davis as president
  • lincolns inauguration

    lincolns inauguration

    first one
  • attack on ft. sumter

    attack on ft. sumter

    first shots of the war
  • bull run #1

    bull run #1

    first of two
  • shiloh

    shiloh

    ended april 7
  • 7 days battle

    7 days battle

    june 25 to july 1
  • bull run #2

    bull run #2

    second bull run
  • antietam

    antietam

    bloodiest day in military US history
  • fredericksburg

    fredericksburg

    12,000 union loss
  • emancipation proclomation

    emancipation proclomation

    final copy/issue
  • chamcellorsville

    chamcellorsville

    may 1 to the 4
  • vicksburg

    vicksburg

    may 18th to july 4th
  • gettysburg

    gettysburg

    july 1st to 3rd
  • chikamauga

    chikamauga

    sept 19th to sept 20th
  • gettysburg adress

    gettysburg adress

    lincoln speech was on the battle field
  • chattanooga

    chattanooga

    nov 23rd to nov 25th
  • stones river

    stones river

    until 1863
  • wilderness

    wilderness

    may 5th to 7th
  • spotsylvania

    spotsylvania

    may 8th to may 21st
  • lincoln is reelected

    lincoln is reelected

    lincolns second term
  • franklin

    franklin

    union victory
  • lincolns second inaguration

    lincolns second inaguration

    second inaugrial adress
  • surrender at appomattox court

    surrender at appomattox court

    Robert E. Lee surrenders to Grant
  • lincoln is shot

    lincoln is shot

    John Wilksbooth shoots lincoln in the head
  • official end of the civil war

    official end of the civil war

    official end of the civil war/ north happy