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The first election of President Abraham Lincoln
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Dates Each of the 11 States Seceded from the Union
South Carolina- December 20th, 1860.
Mississippi- January 9th, 1861
Florida- January 10th- 1861
Alabama- January 11th, 1861
Georgia - January 19th, 1861
Louisiana- January 26th, 1861
Texas- Febuary 1st, 1861
Virginia- April 17th, 1861
Arkansas- May 6th, 1861
Tennessee- May 6th, 1861
North Carolina- May 20th, 1861 -
Confederate States of America is formed and Jefferson Davis is named its President
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The surrender of Fort Sumter to the Confederacy
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Attack on Fort Sumter by the Confederacy
At 4:30 A.M. the Confderacy opens fire with 50 cannons upon Fort Sumter in Charelston, South Carolina, led by General Pierre Beauregard. -
First Battle of Bull Run or First Manassas
The Union Army under Gen. Irvin McDowell suffers a defeat at Bull Run 25 miles southwest of Washington. Confederate Gen. Thomas J. Jackson earns the nickname "Stonewall," as his brigade resists Union attacks. -
Start of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant gets Union victories at Fort Henry and Fort Donelson in Tennessee
Febuary 6 through 16, 1862 -
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Gen. Ulysses S. Grant gets Union victories at Fort Henry and Fort Donelson in Tennessee
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Start of Battle of the Ironclads
This battle happened in Virgina. The battle between McClellan's army and Confederate troops from Virginia. This is a naval battle and the Confederacy sinks to Union ships. -
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Battle of the Ironclads
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Start of Battle of Shiloh
The Conferacy suprise attacks Ulysses S. Grant on the Tenessee River. 13,000 UNio n trrops were killed and 10,000 confederate. That was more than all the other wars combined. -
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Battle of Shiloh
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David Farragut and the Union Navy captures the seaport of New Orleans
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General Robert E. Lee is given command of the Army of Northern Virginia
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Start of the 7 Days Battle
Lee attacks McClellan near Richmond, resulting in very heavy losses for both armies. McClellan then begins a withdrawal back toward Washington. -
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The 7 Days Battle
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Start of Second Battle of Bull Run
75,000 Federals under Gen. John Pope are defeated by 55,000 Confederates under Gen. Stonewall Jackson and Gen. James Longstreet at the second battle of Bull Run in northern Virginia. Once again the Union Army retreats to Washington. The president then relieves Pope. -
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Second Battle of Bull Run
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Battle of Antietam
The bloodiest day in U.S. military history as Gen. Robert E. Lee and the Confederate Armies are stopped at Antietam in Maryland by McClellan and Union Forces. By nightfall 26,000 men are dead, wounded, and missing. -
Presidnet Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclomation
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Battle of Fredericksburg
Army of the Potomac under Gen. Burnside suffers a costly defeat at Fredericksburg in Virginia with a loss of 12,653 men after 14 frontal assaults on well entrenched Rebels on Marye's Heights. Confederate losses are 5,309. -
The Union enacts or passes a law creating the first military draft of men into the army
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Start of Battle of Chancellorsville
The Union Army under Gen. Hooker is decisively defeated by Lee's much smaller forces at the Battle of Chancellorsville in Virginia as a result of Lee's brilliant and daring tactics. Confederate Gen. Stonewall Jackson is mortally wounded by his own soldiers. Hooker retreats. Union losses are 17,000 killed, wounded and missing out of 130,000. The Confederates, 13, 000 out of 60,000. -
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Battle of Chancellorsville
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Confederate General Thomas"Stonewall" Jackson dies
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Vicksburg
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Start of Battle of Gettysburg
The tide of war turns against the South as the Confederates are defeated at the Battle of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania. -
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Battle of Gettysburg
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The Fall of Vicksburg
Vicksburg wasthe last confederate stronghold. After a 6 week seige they surrendered. Inevitebly the Union took control of the Mississippi River. Later the Confederacy was cut off from their western allies. -
The opening of the Confederate prisoner of war camp Andersonville
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The Confederacy and General Robert E. Lee surrender to Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia
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Start of the Wilderness Campaign
The beginning of a massive, coordinated campaign involving all the Union Armies. In Virginia, Grant with an Army of 120,000 begins advancing toward Richmond to engage Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, now numbering 64,000, beginning a war of attrition that will include major battles at the Wilderness -
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The Wilderness Campaign
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Battle at Spotsylvania
The Union army marched south to try and capture the Spotsylvania courthousel. Lee's army got in front of Grants Union army and blocked the road leading to a big war. -
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Battle at Spotsylvania
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Battle at Cold Harbor
Cold Harbor was the final battle of Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign. -
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Battle at Cold Harbor
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Start of Battle at Petersburg
This took plave in Petersburg, Virginia. The generals were Ulysess S. Grant and Robert E. Lee. The Union had between 65,000 and 120,000 and the Confederates had around 52,000 -
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Battle at Petersburg
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President Lincoln is relected for a 2nd term
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Union General William T. Sherman burns Atlanta, Georgia to the gorund and begins his March to the Sea
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Union General William T. Sherman finishes his March to the Sea and captures Savannah, Georgia
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The Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia falls or is captured by the Union army
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President Lincoln dies and Vice President Andrew Jackson takes over as President of the U,S.
