Civil war

Events of the civil war

By rymill17

  • Confederacy is formed

  • Confederacy is formed

  • First battle run

    First battle run

    The First Battle of Bull Run pits Union General Irvin McDowell against the new Confederate army. McDowell is defeated causing a panicked retreat back to Washington, which is about forty miles away. The withdrawal is hampered by the large numbers of spectators who are there to see the battle.

  • Monitor battle the Merrimack

  • Lee becomes Cammander of the Army of Northern Virginia

  • Military Draft- the draft is enacted for the first time

  • Battle of Antietam

    Battle of Antietam

  • Battle of Fredricksburg

    Battle of Fredricksburg

    The Union Army under General Ambrose E. Burnside suffers a horrible defeat at the Battle of Fredericksburg in Virginia. Fourteen individual assaults on an entrenched Confederate position cost the Union 13,000 casualties.

  • Signing of Emancapation Proclamation

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    Battle of Chancellorville

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    Battle of Vicksburg

  • Lincoln's Gettysburg Address

    Lincoln's Gettysburg Address

  • Battle of Cold Harber

    Battle of Cold Harber

    The bloody battle of Cold Harbor is a disaster for the Union. General Ulysses S. Grant makes a series of tactical mistakes that result in the deaths of 7,000 Union in twenty minutes.
  • Sherman burns down Atlanta

    Sherman burns down Atlanta

  • Sherman reaches Savannah

  • Lincolns 2nd Inagural Speech

    Lincolns 2nd Inagural Speech

  • Richmond falls to the Union army

  • Appomattox Court House

  • Lincoln's assasination

    Lincoln's assasination

  • The 13th Amendment is ratified abolishing all slavery

    The 13th Amendment is ratified abolishing all slavery