Events of the Civil War

By gabbyarcaro

  • Fort Sumter

    -Confederacy attacks Union soldiers

    -Civil War officially begins
    -Social

  • Union Surrender at Fort Sumter

    -Union
    -Social

  • Lincoln Requests Army

    -Union
    -Political

  • Robert E. Lee Assumes Command of Confederacy

    -Confederacy
    -Political

  • Preliminary Emancipation

    -Union
    -Political

  • Emancipation Proclamation

    -Political
    -Union
    -Battle of Antietam led to this.

  • Military Draft

    -Political, social, and economic
    -Union & Confederacy

  • Draft Riots

    -Social & Political

  • Gettysburg Address

    -Speech delivered by Lincoln
    -Political & Social

  • Grant Takes Command

    -Union
    -Political

  • Sherman Burns Atlanta

    -Union

  • Sherman’s March to the Sea

    -Union

  • Congress Approves Thirteenth Amendment

    -Political & Social

  • Second Lincoln Inaugural

    -Political

  • Fall of Richmond

    -Union

  • Lee Surrenders

    -Confederacy
    -Social

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