Events of the civil war

  • Confederacy is born.

    Confederacy is born.
    In 1861 confederacy is born.
  • Period: to

    confederacy is born

  • Lincoln is elected president

    Lincoln is elected president
  • Confederates under Gen. Pierre Beauregard open fire with 50 cannons

    Confederates under Gen. Pierre Beauregard open fire with 50 cannons
  • 1st battle of bull run

    On july 16, 1861 the ist battle of bull run occoured.
  • Monitor and Merrimack fight

    Monitor and Merrimack fight
  • New orleans falls to the union

  • Battle of Antietam

  • Battle of Fredricksburg

  • Emancipation Proclomation

    Emancipation Proclomation
  • Military draft

    Military draft
  • Battle of Chacellor

    Battle of Chacellor
  • Lee becomes commander

    Lee becomes commander
  • Battle og Gettysburg

  • Battle of Vicksburg

  • Attack on Fort wagner

  • Quantrill burns Lawrence

  • Lincoln gives the Gettysburg Address

    Lincoln gives the Gettysburg Address
  • Grant takes over Union Army

  • Lincoln wins re election

    Lincoln wins re election
  • Battle of Cold Harbor

    Battle of Cold Harbor
  • Sherman burns Atlanta

  • Sherman reaches the sea

    Sherman reaches the sea
  • 13th admentmant

    13th admentmant
  • Lincoln is assasinated

    Lincoln is assasinated
  • Richmond falls to the union

    Richmond falls to the union
  • Appotomattox court house

    Appotomattox court house happened on this date
  • Lincoln's second spech

    Lincoln's second spech