Chapter 15 Timeline By xr7phillip@hotmail.com Dec 1, 1860 The Crittenden Compromise is proposed Dec 20, 1860 South Carolina secedes Jan 1, 1861 Lincoln becomes president Feb 1, 1861 The rest of the Deep South secedes Feb 4, 1861 The south forms the Confederacy Apr 4, 1861 Ships sail to resupply Fort Sumter Apr 12, 1861 Bombardment begins on Fort Sumter Apr 26, 1861 Union Navy takes lower Mississippi River Apr 27, 1861 Lincoln declares martial law Jul 21, 1861 First battle of Bull Run Feb 1, 1862 Grant takes Fort Henry and Fort Donelson Mar 9, 1862 Monitor v. Merrimac Apr 1, 1862 Confederacy passes Conscription Law Apr 6, 1862 Battle of Shiloh May 4, 1862 Yorktown falls to the Union Sep 17, 1862 Battle of Antietam Sep 22, 1862 Emancipation Proclamation issued Dec 13, 1862 Battle of Fredricksburg May 22, 1863 Seige of Vicksburg Jul 2, 1863 Battle of Gettysburg Jan 31, 1865 13th Ammendment passed Apr 9, 1865 Lee surrenders Apr 14, 1865 Lincoln is assasinated
