The american civil war

Time Span of Civil War

By zackary.rimawi

  • President Abraham Lincoln is elected as the sixteenth president

    The election triggered many confederate states.

  • The first Secession

    South Carolina, a confederate state is the first state to leave the Union.

  • Begin Of Civil War

    Confederates open fire at Fort Sumpter in Charleston, South Carolina beginning the Civil War.

  • First Batlle

    The first battle of the Civil War, known as the battle of Bull Run, the Union army faced a loss

  • First MAJOR Battle

    The battle of Antietam is the first major battle in the Civil War, with 26,000 people dead, injured, or missing at night.

  • Emancipation Proclamation

    President Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation freeing all slaves in Confederate territories.

  • Battle of Gettysburg

    The Battle of Gettysburg is often noted as the turning point in the civil war, it was the bloodiest battle.

  • The end of the battle

    General Robert E. Lee surrenders to the Union army.