Events of the civil war By facebooker_1850982113 Mar 27, 1861 Confedaracy is formed Jul 4, 1861 1st battle of bull run Jan 11, 1862 Battle of Fredericksburg Mar 9, 1862 The monitor battles the merrimack May 1, 1862 New orleans falls to the union May 1, 1862 New orleans falls to the union Jan 1, 1863 singing of the emancipation proclamation Jan 27, 1863 Military draft the daft is enacted for the first time in history Jan 31, 1863 Grant takes supreme command of the united union army Apr 30, 1863 Battle of chancellorsville Jun 1, 1863 Lee becomes commander of the army of nothern virgina Jul 1, 1863 battle of gettyburg Jul 4, 1863 Battle of vicksburg Jul 18, 1863 Attack on Ft. Wagner the movie glory is based upond Aug 21, 1863 Quantrill burns lawrence Sep 17, 1863 Battle of antietam Nov 19, 1863 Lincon delivers the gettyburg address Jan 29, 1864 lincoln wins re-eletion Sep 2, 1864 sherman burns atlanta Dec 22, 1864 sherman reaches the sea savannah dividing the south Jan 3, 1865 The13th amendment is ratified abolishing all slavory Mar 4, 1865 Lincoln 2end inaugural speech Apr 8, 1865 Richmand falls to the union army Apr 9, 1865 appomattox court house Apr 15, 1865 Lincoln is assasinated May 21, 1865 battle of cold harper