Civil War 1861 - 1865

By allison.cooper

  • Divided Country Begins

    Divided Country Begins
    South Carolina withdraws from the Union.
    Two months after - Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas
    It was the start of Confederacy.

  • Jefferson Davis

    Jefferson Davis
    Jefferson Davis forms the Confederate States of America as president who was once a U.S. Army officer

  • Civil War Begins

    Civil War Begins
    Confederates fire 50 cannons at Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina.

  • More States Join Confederacy

    Virginia leaves from the Union
    Five weeks after - Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina
    There are now 11 Rebel States with a population of 9 million and 4 million slaves.

  • Robert E. Lee

    Robert E. Lee
    Robert E. Lee accept the offer of command of the military and naval forces of Virginia for the Union

  • Bull Run

    Bull Run
    The Union faces defeat at Bull Run and are pushed back to Washington. Confederate's army resist Union attacks.

  • Shiloh

    Shiloh
    Confederate leads a surprise attack the Union at Shiloh on the Tennessee River. 13,000 Union soldiers were killed and 10,000 Confederates.

  • Second Battle of Bull Run

    75,000 Union soldiers were defeated by 55,000 Confederates at the second battle of Bull Run in northern Virginia. The Union Army was forced to retreat back to Washington again

  • Antietam

    Antietam
    This was the bloodiest day in the U.S. military history at Antietam in Maryland. By the night, 26,000 men were wounded, missing, and dead. Robert E. Lee and his troops withdrew themselves to Virginia.

  • Fredericksburg

    In Fredericksburg, Virginia, Unions lost 12,653 after 14 assaults on Rebel's land. Confederate lost 5,309

  • Emancipation Proclamation

    Emancipation Proclamation
    President Lincoln passes the final draft of the Emancipation Proclamation which freed all slaved in Confederate territories. Black soldiers were able to enlist in the Union Army.

  • Chancellorsville

    Chancellorsville
    The Yankees are defeated by Lee's smaller troops at the Battle of Chancellorsville in Virginia. The Confederate's General Stonewall Jackson was wounded by one of this own soldiers. Union lost 17,000 out of 130,000. The Confederates lost 13,000 out of 60,000.

  • Gettysburg

    Gettysburg
    Confederates are defeated at the Battle of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania changed the gist of the war.

  • Vicksburg Backs Down

    The last Confederate blockade on the Mississippi surrendered to General Grant. The Union now is control of Vicksburg and the Confederacy is split into two.

  • Cold Harbor

    Cold Harbor
    The Union's general made a mistake and cost the lives of 7,000 casualties in 20 minutes during an offensive battle against the Rebels at Cold Harbor in Virginia

  • Tennessee Surrenders

    Rebel Army of 23,000 is crushed at Nashville by 55,000 Federal Unions including Negro troops. The Tennessee Confederate Army came to an end of the fighting force.

  • Thirteenth Amendment

    Thirteenth Amendment
    U.S. Congress approves 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Slavery would be put to an end and then submitted to the states for approvement.

  • General Ambrose P. Hill

    General Ambrose P. Hill
    Confederate General Ambrose P. Hill is killed. Rebel capital, Richmond, is evacuated. Break out and fires broke loose. Union troops raise the Stars and Stripes.

  • Death Takes Place at Fort Sumter

    Death Takes Place at Fort Sumter
    The Stars and Stripes are raised over Fort Sumter. Lincoln goes to a play with his wife when John Wilkes Booth shoots him in the head. He died on April 15, 1865.

  • Reunited - The War Ends

    Confederate forces surrender and the Nation become one again. The Civil War ends. 62,000 Americans died and there were 50,000 survivors.