Chapter 17 Timeline

  • Dorothea Dix

    Dorothea Dix became superintendent of woman nurses for the union army.
  • The Army

    The Army
    The confederate Army gathered 112,000 soldiers
  • A Battle

    A Battle
    The battle for the rivers began
  • Ship War

    The Virginia(ship) attacked Union Ships at Chesapeake Bay.
  • People in Need

    The North needed more soldiers to defeat the confederacy.
  • Ship Attack

    Ship Attack
    The Virginia (Ship) attacked Union ships at Chesapeake Bay
  • Need Soldiers

    The North needed more soldiers to defeat the Confederacy
  • Harriet Tubman

    Harriet Tubman
    Harriet Tubman led a mission that freed many enslaved people
  • Regiment

    The African American regiment was founded.
  • Gettysburg

    Officials and citizens gathered to dedicate the soldier´s at the National Cemetery at Gettysburg.
  • Regiment

    The African American regiment was founded
  • Dedication

    Officials and citizens gathered to dedicate the soldier´s at the National Cemetery In Gettysburg
  • The War

    Union forces surrounded the South
  • Lincoln

    Lincoln
    President Lincoln put General Grant in change of all the Union Armies.
  • Bloodiest Weeks

    The six bloodiest weeks of the war began.
  • General In Charge

    General In Charge
    President Lincoln put General Grant in charge of all Union Armies
  • Bloody War

    The six bloodiest weeks of the war began
  • A Fail

    The confederate lines broke and General Lee withdrew