American Civil War

Lincoln Election

Nov 6, 1860

Abraham Lincoln is elected president of the Untied States.

South Carolina Secedes

Dec 20, 1860

South Carolina was the first States to sucede.

Confederacy if formed

Feb 1, 1861

Formed in February 1861.

Lincoln's First Inauguration

Mar 4, 1861

Lincoln's First Inauguration

Bull Run 1

Jul 21, 1861

Manassas Junction, Virginia
Confederate win
This is Stonewall's final charge that won the battle.

Shiloh

Apr 6, 1862

Shiloh, Tennessee
Union victory
Hurt Confederate army bad and boosted Union moral

Chattanooga

Jun 7, 1862

Chattanooga, Tennessee
Union victory
Gained important railroads.

7 Days Battle

Jun 25, 1862

naer Richmond, Virginia
Confederate victory
Lee saved the south in this battle and pushed the fighting back to northern Virginia

Second Battle of Manassas

Aug 29, 1862

Manassas, Virginia
Confederate victory
Union sulpply trains were captured and/or destroyed

Antietam

Sep 17, 1862

Sharpsburg, Mayland
Union victory
Turned the tides for the Union and it was the most men lost in 12 hours.

Fredericksburg

Dec 11, 1862

Fredericksburg, Virginia
Confederate victory
Burnside is replaced by Joseph Hooker

Stones River

Dec 31, 1862

Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Union victory
The union secured control of Middle Tennessee for the remainder of the war

Emancipation Proclamation

Jan 1, 1863

"all slaves shall be free" speech

Battle of Chancellorsville

Apr 30, 1863

Chancellorsville, Virginia
Confederate victory
Lee's greatest victory and Stonewall Jackson's death

Vicksburg

May 18, 1863

May 18-July 4
Vicksburg, Mississippi
Union victory
Union takes Vicksburg which is a key to winning the war

Battle of Gettysburg

Jul 1, 1863

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Union victory
Turning point of the war and President Lincoln made his speech there 4 months later

Chickamauga

Sep 19, 1863

Chickamauga, Georgia
Confederate victory
Union army retreated to Chattanooga

Gettysburg Address

Nov 19, 1863

Lincoln's 260 word speech honoring the fallen Union soldiers at Gettysburg

The Wilderness

May 5, 1864

near Richmond, Virginia
Not a true victory for either side
First major Union offesive toward the Confederate capital of Richmond

Spotsylvania

May 8, 1864

Spotsylvania county, Virginia
Inconclusive
Part of his mission to take over Richmond but ended in major casualties

Lincoln Re-elected

Nov 8, 1864

Sherman's March

Nov 15, 1864

Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia
Union victory
Beginning of the end of the Confederacy

Franklin

Nov 30, 1864

Franklin, Tennessee
Union victory
Union was able to make it back to Nashville

Lincoln's Second Inauguration

Mar 4, 1865

Lincoln's Second Inauguration

Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

Apr 9, 1865

Last battle of the civil war

Official end of the Civil War

Apr 9, 1865

The surrender at Appx. Courthouse is considered the end of the war

Lincoln Assasination

Apr 15, 1865

Lincoln is assasinated at a movie theatre