African Americans in the Civil War

By MrReilly

  • War breaks out

    Fort Sumter

  • Militia Act

  • 1st Confiscation Act passes

  • First South Carolina Volunteers formed

  • Second Confiscation Act passes

  • Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation issued

  • Emancipation Proclamation

  • Counter Emancipation Proclamation

  • Battery Wagner

  • N.Y.C. Draft Riots

  • Battle at Olustee

  • Ft. Pillow Massacre

  • Battle at The Crater

  • C.S.A. allows black troops