Civil War

Civil War

Period: Dec 11, 1860 to Dec 11, 1866

Lincoln announces blockade of all confederate ports

Apr 19, 1861

First Battle of Bull Run

Jul 21, 1861

Conscription law

Apr 16, 1862

All able-bodied unmarried white men eighteen to thirty-five years of age, and later seventeen to fifty years of age, were eligible for a three-year service under the draft, but the law's effectiveness was weakened by its exemptions and provisions for

David G. Farragut took over New Orleans

Apr 25, 1862

Second Battle of Bull Run

Aug 28, 1862

Battle of Antietam

Sep 17, 1862

Emancipation Proclamation

Jan 1, 1863

Lincoln reelected

Mar 12, 1864

Grant and Lee battle at Cold Harbor

May 26, 1864

Gen.Sherman took Atlanta

Sep 2, 1864