Civil War

By Mnick
  • Abraham Lincoln Becomes President

    Abraham Lincoln Becomes President
    Abraham Lincoln was born in a log cabin in Hardin County, Kentucky to Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks Lincoln. Lincoln had two other children. An older sister and a younger brother who died an infant. When young Abraham was 9 years old his mother died of tremetol (milk sickness) at age 34. This was devastating to him. A few months after Nancy's death Thomas married Sarah Bush Johnston, a Kentucky widow with three children of her own. Though the parents were most likely illiterate, Sarah encoura
  • South Carolina secedes from the Union

    South Carolina secedes from the Union
  • Mississippii secedes from the Union

    Mississippii secedes from the Union
  • Florida secedes from the Union

    Florida secedes from the Union
  • Alabama secedes from the Union

    Alabama secedes from the Union
  • Georgia secedes from the Union

    Georgia secedes from the Union
  • Louisiana secedes from the Union

    Louisiana secedes from the Union
  • Texas secedes from the Union

    Texas secedes from the Union
  • Confederate Constitutioin adopted

    Confederate Constitutioin adopted
  • Jefferson davis inaugurated as president of the confederacy

    Jefferson davis inaugurated as president of the confederacy
  • Civil War Starts

    Civil War Starts
  • Virginia secedes from the Union

    Virginia secedes from the Union
  • arkansas secedes from the union

    arkansas secedes from the union
  • Tennessee secedes from the Union

    Tennessee secedes from the Union
  • North Carolina secedes from the Union

    North Carolina secedes from the Union
  • Lincoln Requests an army

    Lincoln Requests an army
  • First battle of bull run

    First battle of bull run
  • battle of chesapeake bay

    battle of chesapeake bay
    Confederate Ironclad USS Merrimack Battles Union USS Monitor
  • battle of Shiloh

    battle of Shiloh
  • Robert E Lee Comands Confederate army

    Robert E Lee Comands Confederate army
    Of Northern Virginia after Josef E Johnson is wounded
  • Period: to

    Seven Day Battle

    Seven day battle outside Richmond virginia between General Robert E Lee and George McClellan. The Union Army was forced to retreat.
  • Second battle of bull run

    Second battle of bull run
  • battle of antietam

    battle of antietam
  • emancipation proclomation

    emancipation proclomation
  • Military draft signed

    Military draft signed
  • battle of chancellorsville

    battle of chancellorsville
  • Stonewell Jackson Dies

    Stonewell Jackson Dies
  • battle of gettysburg

    battle of gettysburg
  • draft riot in new york city

    draft riot in new york city
  • battle of chickamauga

    battle of chickamauga
  • Gettysburg address

    Gettysburg address
  • battle of chattanooga

    battle of chattanooga
    to november 25th
  • Ulysses S Grant becomes general in cheif of the Union Armies

    Ulysses S Grant becomes general in cheif of the Union Armies
  • battle of the wilderness

    battle of the wilderness
  • battle of cold harbor

    battle of cold harbor
  • siege of petersburg

    siege of petersburg
  • confederacy approves enlistment of slaves for freedom

    confederacy approves enlistment of slaves for freedom
  • battle of five forks

    battle of five forks
  • siege of petersburg ends

    siege of petersburg ends
  • lee surrendors the army

    lee surrendors the army
    of northern virgina to grant at appomattox court house
  • Lincoln was assasinated by James Wilkes Booth

    Lincoln was assasinated by James Wilkes Booth
  • End of the Civil War by Declaration

    End of the Civil War by Declaration
  • jefferson Davis is Captured

    jefferson Davis is Captured
  • Slavery abolished

    Slavery abolished