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Jefferson Davis comes out in favor of secession for the first time
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Lincoln might have faced the hardest time in our nations history. Many southern states feared him and suceeded from the union.
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Robert Anderson makes his third request for reinforcements at Fort Moultrie
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Senators from South Carolina refuse to take their seats and protest. Many other southern senators from the south would resign as their states leave the Union.
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Govenor Thomas O Moore calls a special session to discuss secession.
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General Don Carlos Buell visits Robert Anderson at Fort Sumter. Buell tells Anderson he may occupy any fort that he wants to if he is attacked or feels he is about to be attacked.
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Georgia calls for a convention of Southern states to form an independent nation.
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In tough times the "boston travler" newspaper states that New Orleans are the strongest in the Union
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North Carolina was 10th to seceed from the Union
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Federal arsenal at Charleston falls into the hands of the Rebels
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Mississippi seceeded from the union
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Florida seceeded from the Union
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Alabama seceeded from the Union.
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Georgia seceeded from the Union.
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Louisiana becomes the 6th state to suceed from the the Union
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Texas was the 6th state to seceed from the union
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Jefferson Davis gains strong ties to mississippi making him more powerful in the south.
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Confederate batteries opened fire on the fort and the fort was not prepared to reply to this action quick enough
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Virginia seceeded from the Union.
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Arkansas seceeded from the Union
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Fort Henry was captured along the Tennessee River the Union army with 15,000 men led by Ulysses S. Grant
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Ulysses S. Grant attacked Fort Donelson a Confederate fort on the Cumberland River.The fighting lasted three days. Grant took 12,000 Confederate prisoners and 40 cannons from Fort Donelson.
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For the first time in history two ironclad ships battled. The battle lasted for hours. Neither side won the battle.
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The Confederate army met Grant at Shiloh, Tennessee. Grant had not expected the attack. At first he seemed to be losing. Then more Northern troops arrived and Grant defeated the Southerners.
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All men between the ages of 18 and 35 must serve in the army
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Farragut attacked and captured New Orleans.
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McClellan's Union troops occupied Yorktown, Virginia and advanced on Richmond
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Lee took command telling the Confederate forces that he planned to carry the fight to the enemy. He crossed the Potomac River into Maryland, but was blocked from Washington, D. C. by Union troops in a bloody battle at Sharpsburg near Antietam Creek
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President issued a proclamation freeing all the slaves in the South. Lincoln's document called the Emancipation Proclamation
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Buell's forces ended Bragg's invasion of Kentucky in the Battle of Perryville.
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Union troops under Rosecrans forced the Confederates to retreat after the Battle of Stones River
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The Conscription Act is passed, demanding enrollment of males ages 20-45 in the Union Army. Payments of $300 may be used for an exemption
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General Lee fought against General Joseph Hooker. Although outnumbered Lee won the battle. During the battle General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson was killed.
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In Vicksburg, Mississippi a strong fort overlooked the river. Grant surrounded the fort. On July 4 Vicksburg surrendered. This gave the North control of the Mississippi River.
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At Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, Lee's Army of Northern Virginia met the Army of the Potomac. It was under the command of General George G, Meade. This famous battle lasted three days. The Southerners were turned back and again retreated into Virginia.
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Northern forces occupied Port Hudson, Louisana
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The Confederate Army led by General Braxton Bragg won against the Union army at Chickamauga Creek in Tennessee. General George Thomas commanded the Union army which was trapped in Chattanooga.
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Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address
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Grant and Thomas led Union armies to victory in the Battle of Chattanooga.
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Lincoln issues the Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction, offering pardons to Confederates who take a loyalty oath
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President Lincoln appointed Grant became general in chief of the North. Grant then appinted General William T. Sherman to command the Western armies, while General George G. Meade remained the command of the armies of the East.
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William T. Sherman left Tennessee with 100,000 troops. He marched to Atlanta, Georgia. He ten marched from Atlanta to the Atlantic Ocean.
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This was the first in a series of battles. The first Union attack was made in an area about 50 miles from Richmond. The Union gained little and lost much in casualties.
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Grant ignored the losses in the Battle of the Wilderness and ordered Meade to move on toward Spotsylvania Court House
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Grant kept moving toward Lee's army after Spotsylvania. They fought the Southern army at Cold Harbor in an advance upon Richmond. After many casualties the Union army called off the attack.
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This was the beginning of a nine month seige with Grant's men surrounding Lee's army
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Farragut won the Battle of Mobile Bay.This closed the last Confederate Gulf port
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Northern troops under Sherman captured Atlanta after a forty-day siege of the city. Sherman burned much of the city on November 15 before leaving to begin his march to the sea.
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Sheridan led his troops on a rampage of destruction in the Shenandoah Valley
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Lincoln was reelected President for a second term
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Schofield's Union forces inflicted heavy losses on Hood in the Battle of Franklin
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The Battle of Nashville smashed Hood's army
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Lee became general in chief of the South.
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General Grant and General Meade's Army moved to the south of Richmond. During the winter of 1864-65 the Union army attacked many times, but could not break through. After nine months General Lee was forced to retreat toward Lynchburg giving up both Petersburg and Richmond.
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General Lee surrendered to General Grant at Appomottox Courthouse, Virginia.
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On Good Firday, April 14 Lincoln was assassinated. He was attending a performance at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D. C. The assisin was and actor named John Wilkes Booth. After twelve days of running Booth was fatally shot
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Johnston surrender to Sherman in North Carolina, effectively ending the Civil War
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Johnston surrendered to Sherman
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Confederate forces in Alabama and Mississippi surrendered
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Jefferson Davis was captured near Georgia
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The last Confederate troops surrendered
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The Ku Klux Klan is formed in Tennessee it is one of the many secret societies set up to terrorize blacks. Its methods become ever more vicious as whites become more certain that their old way of life is being threatened.
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New Freedman's Bureau bill passed by Congress. President Andrew Johnson vetoes the bill that authorized military trial for those accused of "depriving Negroes of the Civil Rights" on the same day
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Texas repeals the actions of the Secessionist Convention
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President Johnson vetos the Civil Rights Act of 1866 on the grounds that it was unconstitutional
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Congress overrides President Andrew Johnson's veto of the Civil Rights Act
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Thirty-ninth Congress approves the 14th Amendment to the Constitution
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Congress overrides Andrew Johnson's veto of the Freedman's Bureau bill
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Congress establishes "general of the armies" and Ulysses S. Grant is immediately promoted to 4-star general and put in this position.
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The U. S. Secret Service begins an investigation into the Ku Klux Klan
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A proclaimation of peace with Texas is issued by United States President Andrew Johnson
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A fire in the Philadelphia ship-yard accidently destroys a number of ships used during the Civil War
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Blacks in Washington D. C. gain the right to vote in a bill passed over President Andrew Johnson's veto
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Virginia rejects the 14th Amendment
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New York ratifies the 14th Amendment
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West Virginia ratifies the 14th Amendment
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Minnesota ratifies the 14th Amendment
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Nevada ratifies the 14th Amendment
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Indiana ratifies the 14th Amendment
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Delaware rejects the 14th Amendment
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Maryland rejects the 14th Amendment
