Events of the civil war

Confederacy is formed

Feb 4, 1861

Confederacy is formed

Mar 4, 1861

First battle run

Jul 21, 1861

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

Mar 9, 1862

Lee becomes Cammander of the Army of Northern Virginia

Jun 1, 1862

Military Draft- the draft is enacted for the first time

Jun 30, 1862

Battle of Antietam

Sep 17, 1862

Battle of Fredricksburg

Dec 13, 1862

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

Jan 1, 1863

Battle of Chancellorville

Period: Apr 30, 1863 to May 6, 1863

Battle of Vicksburg

Period: May 18, 1863 to Jul 4, 1863

Lincoln's Gettysburg Address

Nov 19, 1863

Battle of Cold Harber

Jun 1, 1864

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

Sep 2, 1864

Sherman reaches Savannah

Dec 10, 1864

Lincolns 2nd Inagural Speech

Mar 4, 1865

Richmond falls to the Union army

Apr 6, 1865

Appomattox Court House

Apr 9, 1865

Lincoln's assasination

Apr 14, 1865

The 13th Amendment is ratified abolishing all slavery

Dec 6, 1865