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Confederate States of America
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Civil War
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Civil War Begins at Fort Sumter
At 4:30am Confederates open fire with 50 cannons -
Virginia Secedes from Union
Within 5 weeks, Arkansas, Tennesse, and North Carolina follow, making the Confederacy stand at 11 states -
Union Army is defeated at Bull Run
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Pres. Lincoln issues General War Order No. 1
calls for all U.S. naval and land forces to begin a general advance by February 22nd -
Fort Henry Captured
Victory for Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in Tennesse -
Surprise attack at Shiloh
Confederates surprise Gen. Grant's unprepared troops and attack. 13,000 Union killed and wounded, 10,000 Confederates killed and wounded. More that all men in previous American wars combined. -
Battle of Seven Pines
Gen. Joseph E. Johnston's Army attacks McClellan's troops in front of Richmond and nearly defeats them -
Seven Days Battles
Lee attacks McClellan near Richmond, resulted in heavy losses for both armies. -
Second Battle of Bull Run
75,000 Federals under leadership of Gen. John Pope are defeated by 55,000 Confederates under Gen. Stonewall Jackson and Gen. James Longstreet in northern Virginia. Union Army retreats to Washington -
Harper's Ferry
Lee invades the North with 50,000 Confederates and heads to Harper's Ferry, 50 miles NW of Washington. 90,000 Union soilders pursue Lee. -
Antitam
The bloodiest day in U.S. military history. Gen. Robert E. Lee and the Confederate Armies are stopped in Maryland by McClellan and many more Union soilders. By nightfall 26,000 men are dead, wounded, or missing. Lee withdraws to Virginia -
Emancipation Proclamation
Pres. Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation to free all slaves in territories that were held by Confederates and emphasizes on the enlisting of black soilders in the Union Army. -
Battle of Chancellorsville, VA
Union Army defeated as a result of Lee's brilliant and daring tactics. Out of 130,000 Union soilders, 17,000 were killed, wounded, and missing. The confederates had 13,000 out of 60,000 killed, wounded or missing -
Battle of Gettysburg, PA
Turning point of the war. Confederates are defeated. -
Gettysburg Address
President Lincoln delievers 2 minute speech at a ceremony, dedicating the Battlefield as a National Cemetery -
Cold Harbor, VA
Mistake made by Grant results in 7,000 Union casualties in just 20 minutes during and offensive against fortifed Rebels -
Union Victory in Shenandoah Valley
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March to the Sea
After Atlanta's warehouses and railroad facilities are destroyed, Sherman with 62,000 men begin March to the Sea/ -
Nashville
Hood's Rebel Army of 23,000 is crushed at Nashville by 55,000 Federals under leadership of Gen. George H. Thomas. Confederate Army of Tennessee ceases as an effective fighting force. -
Slavery Abolished
The U.S, Congress approves the 13th Amendment to the Constitution to abolish slavery. -
Petersburg
The last offensive for Lee's Army of Norhtern Virginia begings with an attack on Grant's forces at Petersburg. After 4 hours, the attack is broken. -
Richmond
Grant's forces advance and break though Lee's lines at Petersburg. Lee evacuates. The Confederate Capital, Richmond, is evacualted. Fires and looting break out. The next day, Union troops enter and raise the Stars and Stripes -
Appomattox Court House
Gen. Robert E. Lee surrenders his Confederate Army to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at the villiage of Appomattox Court House in Virginia. -
Lincoln dies
After being shot by John Wilkes Booth on April 14th while attending a play at Ford's Theater, the president dies at 7:22am. -
Civil War Ends
By May 1865 all Confederate forces have surrendered and the nation is reunited. Over 620,000 Americans died in the war, with disease killing twice as many as those lost in battle. 50,000 survivors return home as amputees. -
Seige of Petersburg
Grant's forces surround Lee begining a nine month siege.