Raven VanBogelen's Timeline

  • New Party Forms

    New Party Forms
    The new party, constitutional union party, was made in the beginning of 1860 and was made of up former Whigs. Their view was to avoid the secession of southern states.
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    Civil War Timeline

    Civil War Timeline
  • Speech at Cooper Union

    Speech at Cooper Union
    Before Lincoln ran for president, he was a lawyer. In New York, he gave a speech about him being against slavery. Later on, he will become the frontrunner for the presidency.
  • Democratic National Convention

    Democratic National Convention
    In Charleston, South Carolina, the 1860 Democratic National Convention was held. During this convention, they were trying to decide their candidate for the presidency and the vice president.
  • Candidates are Chosen

    Candidates are Chosen
    There were four candidates running for president in 1860. Abraham Lincoln (Republican Party), John C. Breckinridge (Southern Democrat), Stephen A. Douglas (Northern Democrat), and John Bell (Constitutional Union).
  • Wide Awake Riot

    Wide Awake Riot
    The riot known as the Wide Awake Riot was a riot caused by a group of political teenagers who were against the Republicans in Illinois. Wide Awakes, the group of political teenagers, were present at a rally, and a disturbance between the two groups occurred.
  • Abraham Lincoln wins the election.

    Abraham Lincoln wins the election.
    Abraham Lincoln was the candidate of the Republican party and was against slavery. Lincoln had the majority of the electoral votes, a total of 180, and was president from 1861-1865.
  • Senators Start to Resign

    Senators Start to Resign
    After the election, some southerners in Congress decided to resign for their seats in Congress. Senator James Chestnut Jr. resigns from his seat in Senate and was from South Carolina.
  • Second Senator Leaves

    Second Senator Leaves
    After the election, some southerners in Congress decided to resign for their seats in Congress. Senator James Chestnut Jr. resigns from his seat in Senate and was from South Carolina.
  • Crittenden Compromise

    Crittenden Compromise
    The Crittenden Compromise was made up of six proposed constitutional amendments and four proposed Congressional resolutions. Senator John J. Crittenden thought this would make the southern states not secede from the Union.
  • South Carolina

    South Carolina
    South Carolina left the United States and then becomes the first state to leave.
  • Mississippi

    Mississippi
    Mississippi left the United States and then becomes the second state to leave.
  • Florida

    Florida
    Florida left the United States and then becomes the third state to leave.
  • Alabama

    Alabama
    Alabama left the United States and then becomes the fourth state to leave.
  • Georgia

    Georgia
    Georgia left the United States and then becomes the fifth state to leave.
  • Louisiana

    Louisiana
    Louisiana left the United States and then becomes the sixth state to leave.
  • Texas

    Texas
    Texas left the United States and then becomes the seventh state to leave.
  • Confederate States are Formed

    Confederate States are Formed
    The Confederate States of America is formed with Jefferson Davis, a West Point graduate and former U.S. Army officer, as president.
  • Abraham Lincoln is Inaugurated

    Abraham Lincoln is Inaugurated
    Abraham Lincoln is officially sworn in as the sixteenth President of the United Stated of America. He would serve one full term.
  • Civil War Begins

    Civil War Begins
    Confederate forces under General P.G.T. Beauregard attack Major Robert Anderson and his Union soldiers at Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina. Then the Civil War officially begins.
  • Union Surrenders at Ft. Sumter

    Union Surrenders at Ft. Sumter
    Major Robert Anderson surrenders Fort Sumter to Confederate forces after two days of attack.
  • Proclamation

    Proclamation
    President Lincoln issues a Proclamation calling for 75,000 militiamen, and summoning a special session of Congress for July 4.
  • Eleven State Confederacy

    Eleven State Confederacy
    Virginia secedes from the Union, followed within five weeks by Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina, thus forming an eleven state Confederacy with a population of 9 million, including nearly 4 million slaves.
  • Proclamation Against Southern Ports

    Proclamation Against Southern Ports
    President Lincoln issues a Proclamation of Blockade against Southern ports. For the duration of the war the blockade limits the ability of the rural South to stay well supplied in its war against the industrialized North.
  • 2 States Leave

    2 States Leave
    Arkansas and North Carolina both leave the Union in May of 1861. Arkansas secedes on May 6, 1861, and North Carolina secedes on May 20, 1861. These two states are the ninth and tenth states to leave the Union and left after the Civil War began.
  • Lincoln Requests Army

    Lincoln Requests Army
    Lincoln addresses Congress and requests the enlistment of a Union Army. Congress authorizes a call for 500,000 men. It is clear now that the war will not be short.
  • Stonewall

    Stonewall
    Thomas J. Jackson earns the nickname "Stonewall," as his brigade resists Union attacks. Union troops fall back to Washington. President Lincoln realizes the war will be long.
  • George B. McClellan

    George B. McClellan
    President Lincoln appoints George B. McClellan as Commander of the Department of the Potomac, replacing McDowell.
  • Gen. John C. Frémont's

    Gen. John C. Frémont's
    President Lincoln revokes Gen. John C. Frémont's unauthorized military proclamation of emancipation in Missouri.
  • General War Order No. 1

    General War Order No. 1
    President Lincoln issues General War Order No. 1 calling for all United States naval and land forces to begin a general advance by February 22, George Washington's birthday.
  • Grant Took Over 2 Forts

    Grant Took Over 2 Forts
    Ulysses S. Grant invaded Tennessee in February of 1862 of took control of two of the Confederacy Forts. The two forts were Fort Henry and Fort Donelson. Both were located on the Cumberland River.
  • Capturing Fort Henry

    Capturing Fort Henry
    Victory for Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in Tennessee, capturing Fort Henry, and ten days later Fort Donelson.
  • Willie Dies

    Willie Dies
    President Lincoln is struck with grief as his beloved eleven-year-old son, Willie, dies from fever, probably caused by polluted drinking water in the White House.
  • Merrimac

    Merrimac
    The Confederate Ironclad 'Merrimac' sinks two wooden Union ships then battles the Union Ironclad 'Monitor' to a draw.
  • Monitor Shows Up

    Monitor Shows Up
    The Monitor was a ship designed by John Ericsson for the Union army. This ironclad showed up, and wouldn’t stop fighting until the Confederates backed off. This battle ended in a draw.
  • Attack on Grants Troops

    Attack on Grants Troops
    Confederate surprise attack on Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's unprepared troops at Shiloh on the Tennessee River results in a bitter struggle with 13,000 Union killed and wounded and 10,000 Confederates, more men than in all previous American wars combined.
  • David Farragut

    David Farragut
    17 Union ships under the command of Flag Officer David Farragut move up the Mississippi River then take New Orleans, the South's greatest seaport.
  • Battle of Seven Pines

    Battle of Seven Pines
    The Battle of Seven Pines as Gen. Joseph E. Johnston's Army attacks McClellan's troops in front of Richmond and nearly defeats them. But Johnston is badly wounded.
  • Robert E. Lee

     Robert E. Lee
    Gen. Robert E. Lee assumes command, replacing the wounded Johnston. Lee then renames his force the Army of Northern Virginia. McClellan is not impressed, saying Lee is "likely to be timid and irresolute in action.:
  • Gen. Henry W. Halleck.

    Gen. Henry W. Halleck.
    After four months as his own general-in-chief, President Lincoln hands over the task to Gen. Henry W. Halleck.
  • Seven days Battle

    Seven days Battle
    The Seven Days Battles as Lee attacks McClellan near Richmond, resulting in very heavy losses for both armies. McClellan then begins a withdrawal b
  • New Naval Officer

    New Naval Officer
    Farragut was the first naval rear admiral for the United States. He was very old.
  • Thought of the Emancipation Proclamation

    Thought of the Emancipation Proclamation
    Abraham Lincoln thought of a plan, that freed all of the slaves that were in the South. On July 22, he proposed this idea to his cabinet.
  • Bull Run #2

    Bull Run #2
    This will be the second battle of Bull Run. The Confederate army had a victory at Bull Run and was a moral boost for the Confederacy army.
  • Battle of Antietam

    Battle of Antietam
    The Battle of Antietam was the bloodiest single-day battle of the Civil War. The Confederate army was undersupplied and had fewer people than the Union army, but McClellan still lets them retreat from the battle. Abraham Lincoln decided to fire McClellan for having the “slows”.
  • Harpers Ferry

    Harpers Ferry
    Lee invades the North with 50,000 Confederates and heads for Harpers Ferry, located 50 miles northwest of Washington.
  • 26,000 Men Dead, Wounded, or Missing

    26,000 Men Dead, Wounded, or Missing
    The bloodiest day in U.S. military history as Gen. Robert E. Lee and the Confederate Armies are stopped at Antietam in Maryland by McClellan and numerically superior Union forces. By nightfall 26,000 men are dead, wounded, or missing. Lee then withdraws to Virginia.
  • Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation

    Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation
    Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation freeing slaves issued by President Lincoln.
  • Commander of the Army

    Commander of the Army
    The president replaces McClellan with Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside as the new Commander of the Army of the Potomac. Lincoln had grown impatient with McClellan's slowness to follow up on the success at Antietam
  • Marye's Heightss

    Marye's Heightss
    Army of the Potomac under Gen. Burnside suffers a costly defeat at Fredericksburg in Virginia with a loss of 12,653 men after 14 frontal assaults on well entrenched Rebels on Marye's Heights.
  • Final Emancipation Proclamation

    Final Emancipation Proclamation
    President Lincoln issues the final Emancipation Proclamation freeing all slaves in territories held by Confederates and emphasizes the enlisting of black soldiers in the Union Army. The war to preserve the Union now becomes a revolutionary struggle for the abolition of slavery.
  • Gen. Joseph (Fighting Joe) Hooker

    Gen. Joseph (Fighting Joe) Hooker
    The president appoints Gen. Joseph (Fighting Joe) Hooker as Commander of the Army of the Potomac, replacing Burnside.
  • Capture Vicksburg

    Capture Vicksburg
    Gen. Grant is placed in command of the Army of the West, with orders to capture Vicksburg.
  • Congress Enacts a Draft

    Congress Enacts a Draft
    The U.S. Congress enacts a draft, affecting male citizens aged 20 to 45, but also exempts those who pay $300 or provide a substitute.
  • Battle of Chancellorsville

    Battle of Chancellorsville
    The Union Army under Gen. Hooker is decisively defeated by Lee's much smaller forces at the Battle of Chancellorsville in Virginia as a result of Lee's brilliant and daring tactics. Confederate Gen. Stonewall Jackson is mortally wounded by his own soldiers. Hooker retreats. Union losses are 17,000 killed, wounded and missing out of 130,000. The Confederates, 13, 000 out of 60,000.
  • North Conscription

    North Conscription
    Congress passed a law that started drafts for the Union army. This made any people in the draft, have to serve.
  • Stonewall Jackson dies

     Stonewall Jackson dies
    The South suffers a huge blow as Stonewall Jackson dies from his wounds, his last words, "Let us cross over the river and rest under the shade of the trees."
  • West Virginia is Formed

    West Virginia is Formed
    The western part of Virginia did not agree with the viewpoint on the issue of the Civil War. In 1863, these counties of western Virginia broke off and created West Virginia.
  • Gettysburg Day 1

    Gettysburg Day 1
    On a farm in Pennsylvania, John Buford, the leader of the Union troops, meets with A.P. Hill, the leader of the Confederate troops. Both sides are going to need reinforcements throughout the battle.
  • Gettysburg Day 2

    Gettysburg Day 2
    On the second day, the Confederate troops try to take control of the high grounds. The professor from Maine, Chamberlain, kept the rebels from taking control of the high grounds.
  • Gettysburg Day 3

    Gettysburg Day 3
    This was the last day of the Battle of Gettysburg. This was considered a Union victory, but both sides had a major loss of life. Because of the terrible outcome, Lee tries to resign but is denied.
  • 4 Days of Rioting

    4 Days of Rioting
    From July 13 to July 16, there were riots happening because of the conscriptions. These riots were taken place in the streets of New York.
  • Gettysburg Address

    Gettysburg Address
    President Abraham Lincoln dedicated a cemetery for the Battle of Gettysburg. At this cemetery, Abraham Lincoln gave a speech for the fallen soldiers, both Union and Confederate soldiers, called the Gettysburg Address.
  • Camp Sumter

    Camp Sumter
    In Andersonville, Georgia, a Confederate prisoner of war camp opened up called Camp Sumter. This is the worst POW during the Civil War.
  • New Commander

    New Commander
    Ulysses S. Grant was appointed the new commander of the Union army by President Lincoln. Before Grant was the commander, McClellan was the commander but was fired.
  • Fort Pillow

    Fort Pillow
    In Tennessee, the Confederate troops captured 200 African Americans. These troops murdered all 200 African Americans and were considered a massacre.
  • Battle of Cold Harbor

    Battle of Cold Harbor
    The Battle of Cold Harbor took place in Virginia. This will be the last victory for Robert E. Lee during the Civil War.
  • Equal Pay

    Equal Pay
    Congress pass a law that both black and white soldiers will get paid the same.
  • Battle of Mobile Bay

    Battle of Mobile Bay
    This battle was a win for the Union. It was led by Rear Admiral Farragut.
  • Burning of Atlanta

    Burning of Atlanta
    Union General William T. Sherman captured Atlanta on September 2. He also burned it down.
  • Medal of Honor

    Medal of Honor
    The medal of honor is the highest medal that someone in the military can receive. In the fall of 1864, black soldiers received the Medal of Honor.
  • Maryland Bans Slavery

    Maryland Bans Slavery
    Maryland was a part of the Union during the Civil War. In 1864, Maryland finally abolishes slavery.
  • Battle of Nashville

    Battle of Nashville
    The Battle of Nashville was a Union victory. It ended on December 16 after 4400 casualties.
  • 13th Amendment: Passed

    13th Amendment: Passed
    January of 1865, the United States Congress passed the amendment that abolished slavery.
  • The Flee from the Capital

    The Flee from the Capital
    The capital of the Confederacy was Richmond, Virginia. Jefferson Davis fled the capital, and burned it, so the Union could not capture it.
  • 2nd Term

    2nd Term
    Abraham Lincoln was elected for his 2nd term as president in November of 1864. In March of 1865, he was inaugurated into office.
  • Lee Surrenders

    Lee Surrenders
    Lee and Grant meet at Appomattox Court House to discuss the terms of surrender. The terms made were generous to the South, and fighting had to stop within a month.
  • Lincoln's Assassination

    Lincoln's Assassination
    Five days after Lee’s surrender, Abraham Lincoln was shot at Ford’s Theater. John W. Booth was the person who shot Lincoln in the head. Lincoln died the next day.
  • Capture Davis

    Capture Davis
    President Andrew Johnson put out a hunt to find Jefferson Davis, the former president of the CSA. He said that if they found Davis they would get a reward of 100,000 dollars.
  • Davis Captured

    Davis Captured
    Jefferson Davis was found on May 10, 1865. He was captured by the Union armies in Irwinville, Georgia.
  • Release of CSA VP

    Release of CSA VP
    The Confederacy’s Vice President was Alexander H. Stephens. President Johnson released for a little bit of time.
  • 13th Amendment: Ratified

    13th Amendment: Ratified
    The 13th Amendment was the first amendment to be ratified in the result of the Civil War. This amendment abolished slavery in every state.
  • African Americans Can Vote

    African Americans Can Vote
    Congress passed a law, that African Americans can vote in Washington D.C. President Johnson tried to veto it, but the Congress rejected it.
  • Johnson Vetoes Bill

    Johnson Vetoes Bill
    Congress created a bill that talks about civil rights. Later on, it becomes the 14th Amendment.
  • Veto Denied

    Veto Denied
    Congress rejects the president veto on the bill. So rejecting the veto gave everyone equal rights.
  • Equal Rights Association Formed

    Equal Rights Association Formed
    After civil rights being enforced, many people form a group that helps promote equality for everyone.
  • 14th Amendment: Passes

    14th Amendment: Passes
    Congress passed the 14th Amendment, which gives people equal rights. It will later be ratified in 1868.
  • Tennessee is Back

    Tennessee is Back
    Tennessee was the last state to leave the Union and joining the Confederacy. In 1866, Tennessee was the first state readmitted to the Union.
  • Grant is Honored

    Grant is Honored
    Because of his leadership during the Civil War, he was honored as 1st General of the US Army.
  • Farragut is Honored

    Farragut is Honored
    Because of his leadership in the Civil War, he was honored as 1st admiral to the US Navy.
  • Officially Over

    Officially Over
    President Andrew Johnson formally declares the Civil War is over.
  • First Black Delegate

    First Black Delegate
    Frederick Douglass was an abolitionist. He was the 1st African American delegate to attend a national convention.
  • Grand Army Republic Convention

    Grand Army Republic Convention
    This was the first convention of the Grand Army Republic. It was to thank veterans that served in the Civil War.
  • African Americans Can Vote

    African Americans Can Vote
    Congress passed a law, that African Americans can vote in Washington D.C. President Johnson tried to veto it, but the Congress rejected it.
  • 1st Reconstruction Act

    1st Reconstruction Act
    Congress passed the first Reconstruction Act, that was vetoed by Johnson. This gave suffrage for freedmen and military administration in the south.
  • 2nd Reconstruction Act

    2nd Reconstruction Act
    Congress passed the second Reconstruction Act against Johnson’s veto. This helped support the first reconstruction act.
  • Lincoln's Memorial

    Lincoln's Memorial
    Congress approves the building of the Lincoln Memorial that is in Washington D.C.
  • Ride-In

    Ride-In
    Demonstrations by African Americans stage a ride-in on streetcars in Richmond, Virginia.
  • Reconstruction Begins

    Reconstruction Begins
    Reconstruction starts in the south. Also, the start of black voting registration.
  • 3rd Reconstruction Act

    3rd Reconstruction Act
    Congress passed the Third Reconstruction Act, even though Johnson vetoed this act. This helped support the first and second reconstruction act.
  • First National Vote

    First National Vote
    African Americans are able for the first time in a national state election. The election took place in Tennessee.
  • 1st All-Black College

    1st All-Black College
    The first all-black university is created by Congress. It’s called the Howard University.
  • Impeachment of Johnson?

    Impeachment of Johnson?
    Congress commissions start to look at Andrew Johnson and decide if he possibly should be impeached.