Events of the Civil War

1st State Secedes from the Union ( South Carolina )

Dec 20, 1860

Confederacy is formed

Feb 4, 1861

Fall of Ft. Sumter

Period: Apr 12, 1861 to Apr 14, 1861

1st Battle of Bull Run

Jul 21, 1861

The Monitor battles the Merrimack

Mar 9, 1862

First Military Draft

Apr 16, 1862

New Orleans falls to the Union

Apr 29, 1862

Lee becomes comander of the Army of Northern Virginia

Jun 1, 1862

Battle of Antietam

Sep 17, 1862

Battle of Fredericksburg

Period: Dec 11, 1862 to Dec 15, 1862

Signing of the Emancipation Proclamation

Jan 1, 1863

Battle of Chancellorsville

Period: Apr 30, 1863 to May 6, 1863

Battle of Vicksburg

Period: May 18, 1863 to Jul 4, 1863

Battle of Gettysburg

Period: Jul 1, 1863 to Jul 3, 1863

Attack of Ft. Wagner

Period: Jul 11, 1863 to Jul 18, 1863

Quantrill burns Lawrence

Aug 21, 1863

Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address

Nov 19, 1863

Grant taked supreme command of the Union Army

Mar 10, 1864

Battle of Cold Harbor

Period: May 31, 1864 to Jun 12, 1864

Lincoln wins re-election

Nov 8, 1864

Sherman burns Atlanta

Nov 15, 1864

Sherman reaches Savannah

Dec 21, 1864

Lincoln's 2nd Inaugural Speech

Mar 4, 1865

Richmond falls to the Union Army

Apr 3, 1865

Apottamox Court House

Apr 9, 1865

Lincoln is assassinated

Apr 14, 1865

The 13th Amendment is ratified abolishing all slavery

Dec 6, 1865