Civil War

  • Fort Sumter

  • First battle of bull run

    The confedrate army deafeats the union at the first battle the bull run in Virginia.
  • CSS Virginia battle

    The ironclad ships USS Monitor and CSS Virginia battle,ending in a draw
  • Battle of Antietam

    Casualties total 26,000 in the battle of Antietam Lee's invasion of the noth ends in reatreat
  • The Enmancipation

    President Lincoln issues the Enmancipation proclamation this document eventually free's all slaves
  • the battle of Gettysburg

    The union army defeats the Confedrate at the battle of Gettysburg this is the turning point of the war
  • Gettysburg adress

    President Lincoln delivers the gettysburg adress at the dedication of a national cemetery on the site of the battlefield in gettysburg
  • the city is burned

    The union arm captures Atlanta and georiga the city is burned to the ground by Shermans troops
  • President Lincoln is reelected

  • he is assasenatid

    Before president lincoln can help restore the south to the union he is assanitad.