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After the first secession, 10 other states including Georgia, Tennesee, North Carolina, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida, Texas, Virginia, and Arkansas.
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Delegates from 11 Southern States met to formally declare the formation of The Confederate States of America.
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50 cannons under the command of General Pierre Beauregarde opened fire on the union fort in Charleston port.
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After a bombardment which consisted of over 3,000 shells, Union troops surrender after two days of seige by the Confederates.
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Lincoln calls upon 75,000 young men to enlist in the military.
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After the Confederate victory at Fort Sumter, Virginia is persuaded to secede from the Union. The Confederate capitol is moved from Montgomery, Al to Richmond, Va.
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In order limit the flow of supplies and money to the South, Lincoln lays a perimeter around the southern states in order to starve the Confederacy into submission.
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After refusing command of the Union Army, Lee resigns his commission with the US Army and journeys to Virginia to join the Confederacy.
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Union forces under the command of Irvin McDowell are repelled by confederate general, Thomas J. Jackson; forever granting him the name "Stonewall" Jackson in commemeration of his steadfast defense.
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After his defeat at Bull Run, McDowell is rerelieved by General George B. McClellan as commander of the department of the Pontiac.
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After Winfield Scott's resignation, Lincoln named McClellan as the commander of all union forces.
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Two confederate diplomats sailing towards Europe are captured by Union forces while sailing aboard the Trent; an english vessel.
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Union forces are ordered to begin taking ground by Febuary 22, George Washington's birthday.
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In response to Lincoln's call for advancement, Grant takes Fort Henry, followed by Fort Donelson in Tennessee.
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Abraham Lincoln's son dies from fever.
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The Merrimac; an ironclad, sinks two wooden Union ships. This victory signalled the end of the use of wooden ships in naval warfare.
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McClellan begins his push towards Virginia down the Potomac river.
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After demonstrating an overly-tentative nature, McClellan is relieved of the title "general-in-chief". Lincoln then assumes this title.
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Confederate forces launch a surprise attack against General Ulysses S. Grant's union army at Shiloh.
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17 ships under the command of David Farragut move up the Mississippi to take New Orleans.
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Confederate forces outside of Richmond nearly defeat General McClellan but are held back when the confederate commander Joesph Johnston is wounded.
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After Johnston's injury, Lee takes command of the troops at 7 Pines and dubs them the "Army Of Northern Virginia".
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Lee attacks McClellan at Richmond and drives McClellan towards Washington
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Lincoln transfers control of union armies to Henry (Old Brains) Halleck after 4 months of his own command.
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55,000 confederate troops under Stonewall Jackson defeat 75,000 union troops under the control of John Pope. Pope is then relieved of command.
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55,000 Confederate troops infiltrate northern teritory.
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Lee's troops are caught by Mclellan's 90,000 troops at Antietam. 26,000 men die in one day.
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Wile en route to Antietam, the president announces an early form of the Emancipation Proclomation
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Gen. McClellan is relieved by General Ambros e E. Burnside after Antietam.
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Burnside is defeated at the Potomac River by rebel forces.
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The final version of the Emancipation Proclomation is issued by Abraham Lincoln
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Grant is named commander of the army of the west with orders to capture Vicksburg.
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Males between the ages 20 and 45 are required to serve or pay a fee of $300.
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Lee is defeated at Gettysburg, turning the tide of the war for the North.
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Grant takes the rebel city of Chattanooga. Union soldiers yell "Chickamunga" in rememberance of the union defeat almost 3 years earlier.
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Sherman and his 64,000 men begin moving across Georgia, burning as they go.
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In order to aid free blacks in beginning new lives, the government creates the freedman's bureau.
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Lee surrenders at Appomattox to Grant, ending the civil war
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Lincoln succumbs to a bullet wound to the head
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Slavery is Abolished
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Arkansas re-admitted to the union
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Florida, Louisians, North Carolina, and South Carolina re-admitted
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Alabama re-admitted to the union
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Freed slaves are given full citizenship.
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Former General-In-Cheif, Ulysses S. Grant is elected as the 18th President of The United States
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Secession is declared illegal and Radical Reconstruction is declared constitutional
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Virginia is re-admitted to the union
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Mississippi is re-admitted to the union
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Universal Suffrage is now the law of the land
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Texas is re-admitted to the union
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Congress creates the department of justice.
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Georgia re-admitted to the union
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Klan violence in South Carolina prompts Grant to declare martial law.
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The remaining 38,000 federal troops withdraw from the south
