The Civil War By csweis17 Nov 1, 1860 Election of Lincoln Dec 20, 1860 South Carolina Secedes Jan 1, 1861 Confederate government formed Apr 12, 1861 Battle of Fort Sumter Jul 21, 1861 First Battle of Bull Run Nov 8, 1861 Trent Affair Jan 1, 1862 Northern army seizes New Orleans Mar 1, 1862 McClellan’s Peninsula Campaign Apr 6, 1862 Battle of Shiloh May 20, 1862 Homestead Act Jun 25, 1862 Seven Days 'Battles Aug 28, 1862 Second Battle of Bull Run Sep 17, 1862 Battle of Antietam Sep 22, 1862 Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation Dec 1, 1862 Lee defeats Burnside and the Army of the Potomac Dec 11, 1862 Battle of Fredericksburg Jan 1, 1863 Emancipation Proclamation Apr 30, 1863 Battle of Chancellorsville May 1, 1863 Lee defeats Joseph Hooker May 18, 1863 Battle of Vicksburg Jul 1, 1863 Battle of Gettysburg Jul 9, 1863 Fall of Port Hudson Jan 1, 1864 Lincoln defeats McClellan for presidency May 5, 1864 Grant's Wilderness Campaign May 31, 1864 Battle of Cold Harbor Nov 15, 1864 Sherman's March at Sea Nov 15, 1864 Sherman’s march through Georgia Apr 8, 1865 Surrender at Appomattox Court House Apr 15, 1865 Lincoln Assassinated Dec 6, 1865 thirteenth amendement ratified