Timeline: History: Chapter 14 Timeline | Timetoast

Apr 26, 1852

April 26, 1852: South Carolina seceded from the Union

South Carolina seceded from the Union and passed its declaration.
Period: Jul 1, 1861 to Jul 4, 1863

1861-1/2 of 1862: Mississippi Campagin
Period: Jul 18, 1861 to Jul 21, 1861

July 18-21, 1861: First Battle of Bull Run
Jul 25, 1861

July 25, 1861: the War resolution by the Congress
Nov 8, 1861

November 8, 1861: Trent affair
Period: Jan 1, 1862 to Sep 1, 1862

January-September 1862: Kentucky-Tennessee Campaign
Feb 1, 1862

February 1862: siege of Fort Henry and Donelson
Period: Mar 1, 1862 to Jun 1, 1862

March-June 1862: the Valley Campaign
Mar 8, 1862

March 8, 1862: the *Monitor* and the *Merrimack*
Period: Mar 30, 1862 to Jul 1, 1862

March-July 1862: Peninsular Campaign

Lasted from early April to July 1, 1862.
Period: Apr 1, 1862 to Jul 1, 1862

April-July 1, 1862: McClellan’s seize for Richmond
Period: Apr 6, 1862 to Apr 7, 1862

April 6-7, 1862: Battle of Shiloh
Period: Apr 24, 1862 to Apr 25, 1862

April 24-25, 1862: Battle of New Orleans
Jun 1, 1862

Mid 1862: Lincoln’s order to free the pro-Confederacy leaders

Lincoln unconstitutionally imprisoned the pro-Confederacy leaders in Union and freed them in the middle of 1862.
Period: Jun 6, 1862 to Dec 2, 1862

February 6-12 1862: seize of Fort Henry and Donelson
Aug 28, 1862

August 1862: Second Battle of Bull Run
Period: Sep 1, 1862 to Nov 1, 1863

Fall and Winter of 1862-63: Revivals in Lee’s Confederate army
Period: Sep 13, 1862 to Sep 17, 1862

September 13-17, 1862: Battle of Antietam
Period: Nov 1, 1862 to Jul 4, 1863

Winter of 1862-4 July, 1863: Fall of Vicksburg
Dec 13, 1862

December 13, 1862: Battle of Fredericksburg
Period: Dec 31, 1862 to Jan 2, 1863

December 31, 1862- January 2, 1863: Battle of Stones River
Jan 1, 1863

January 1, 1863: Emancipation Proclamation
Mar 1, 1863

March 1863: Congress giving power to Lincoln

Congress gives the president the power for suspending writs of habeas corpus
Apr 1, 1863

April 1863: a riot for food in Richmond, Virginia
May 2, 1863

May 1863: Battle of Chancellorsville (May 2, Jackson accidentally shot)
Jun 20, 1863

June 20, 1863: official establishment of West Virginia
Jul 3, 1863

July 1863: Battle of Gettysburg (July 3, Pickett's charge)
Period: Jul 13, 1863 to Jul 16, 1863

July 13–16, 1863: New York draft Riot
Period: Sep 19, 1863 to Sep 20, 1863

September 19-20, 1863: Battle of Chickamauga
Nov 19, 1863

November 19, 1863: Gettysburg Address
Period: Nov 24, 1863 to Nov 25, 1863

November 24-25, 1863: Fight for Chattanooga
Period: May 5, 1864 to May 23, 1862

May 5-23, 1864: the Wilderness Campagin

Battles of the Wilderness (May 5-6, 1864), Spotsylvania Court House (May 8-12), and the North Anna River (May 16-23)
Period: May 7, 1864 to Sep 2, 1864

May 7 - September 2, 1864: Atlanta Campaign

Battle of Atlanta (July 20-22, 1864). Hood abandoned Atlanta on September 2.
Period: Jun 1, 1864 to Jun 3, 1864

June 1-3, 1864, Battle of Cold Harbor
Period: Jul 1, 1864 to Mar 1, 1865

July 1864 - March 1865: Siege of Petersburg
Nov 8, 1864

November 8, 1864: 1864 "US" presidential election
Period: Nov 15, 1864 to Dec 25, 1864

November 15 - December 25, 1864: Sherman's March to the Sea
Mar 4, 1865

March 4, 1865: Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address
Apr 9, 1865

April 9, 1865: Appomattox

Within days, Joseph Johnston surrendered his forces to William Sherman near Durham.
The remaining Confederate forces surrendered in May.