Civil War

Confederacy is Formed

Feb 4, 1861

1st Battle of Bull Run

Jul 21, 1861

Battle of the Monitor and the Merrimack

Mar 9, 1862

New Orleans Falls to the Union

Period: Apr 25, 1862 to May 1, 1862

Lee becomes commander of the Army of Northern Virginia

Jun 1, 1862

Battle of Antietam

Sep 17, 1862

Battle of Fredericksburg

Period: Dec 11, 1862 to Dec 15, 1862

Signing of the Emancipation Proclamation

Jan 1, 1863

Battle of Chancellorsville

Period: Apr 30, 1863 to May 6, 1863

Battle of Vicksburg

Period: May 18, 1863 to Jul 4, 1863

Battle of Gettysburg

Period: Jul 1, 1863 to Jul 3, 1863

Attack on Fort Wagner

Jul 11, 1863

Quantrill burns Lawrence

Aug 21, 1863

Licoln delivers the Gettysburg Adress

Nov 19, 1863

Grant takes supreme command of the union army

Mar 15, 1864

Battle of Cold Harbor

Period: May 31, 1864 to Jun 12, 1864

Lincoln wins re-election

Nov 8, 1864

Sherman burns Atlanta

Nov 15, 1864

Lincoln 2nd Inaugural Speech

Mar 4, 1865

Appomattox Court House

Apr 9, 1865

Licoln is Assassinated

Apr 14, 1865

The 13th amendment is Ratified

Dec 6, 1865