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Battle at Fort Sumter
The Battle of Fort Sumter was the bombardment and surrender of Fort Sumter, near Charleston, South Carolina, that started the American Civil War. -
Lincoln orders blockade of the south
he Union blockade took place during the American Civil War, when the Union Navy maintained a strenuous effort on the Atlantic and Gulf Coast of the Confederate States of America designed to prevent the passage of trade goods, supplies, and arms to and from the Confederacy -
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American Civil War
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First Battle of Bull Run
The First Battle of Bull Run, also known as First Manassas was fought on July 21, 1861, in Prince William County, Virginia, near the city of Manassas. It was the first major land battle of the American Civil War -
7 Days Campaign
The Seven Days Battles was a series of six major battles over the seven days from June 26 to July 1, 1862, near Richmond, Virginia during the American Civil War. -
Emancipation Proclamation issued
The new law all those enslaved in Confederate territory to be forever free, and ordered the Army. -
Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg was fought July 1–3, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. It was the battle with the largest number of casualties in the American Civil War and is often described as the war's turning point in the war -
Sherman captures Atlanta
The Battle of Atlanta was a battle of the Atlanta Campaign fought during the American Civil War on July 22, 1864, just southeast of Atlanta, Georgia -
Abraham Lincoln re-elected
The United States presidential election of 1864 was the 20th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 8, 1864. Abraham Lincoln was re-elected as president. Since the election of 1860, the Electoral College had expanded with the admission of Kansas, West Virginia, and Nevada as free-soil states, -
Union Army moves in and occupies Richmond, VA
Richmond, Virginia, was the capital of the Confederate States of America during the American cival war. It also served as the capital of Virginia, although when the city was about to fall to Union armies in April 1865. -
Ulysses S. Grant takes over the Union Army
Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th President of the United States
following his highly successful role as a war general in the second half of the Civil War. Under Grant, the Union Army defeated the Confederate military