events of the civil war

  • first battle of bull run

    first battle of bull run
    July 16, 1861
  • battle of antietam

    battle of antietam
    September 17, 1862
  • battle of fredericksburg

    battle of fredericksburg
    December 11–15, 1862
  • sining of the emancipation proclamation

    sining of the emancipation proclamation
    January 1, 1863
  • battle of vicksburg

    May 22, 1863
  • the battle of gettysburg

    the battle of gettysburg
    July 3, 1863.
  • Gettysburg address

    Gettysburg address
    November 19, 1863.
  • general grant takes supreme command

    general grant takes supreme command
    March 1864
  • the battle of cold harbor

    June 12, 1864
  • Sherman burns Atlanta

    Sherman burns Atlanta
    December 21, 1864
  • sherman reachs the sea

    December 21, 1864
  • the 13 amendment made

    January of 1865
  • Lincolns 2nd inaugural speach

    Lincolns 2nd inaugural speach
    March 4, 1865
  • appomattox court

    appomattox court
    April 9, 1865
  • lincoln assassinated

    April 14, 1865