Civil War timeline

  • Fort Sumter

    Fort Sumter
    Named after General Thomas Sumter, Revolutionary War hero, Fort Sumter was built following the War of 1812,
  • Lincoln call for 75,000 mens

    Lincoln call for 75,000 mens
    he needed 7,500 mens to fight in the war and alot if them was unskill full
  • Abraham Lincoln Elected

    Abraham Lincoln Elected
    He was elected the 16th president of the United States over a deeply divided Democratic Party, becoming the first Pepublic to win the presidency.
  • South Carolina

    South Carolina
  • Mississippi

    Mississippi
  • Forida

    Forida
  • Alabama

    Alabama
  • Texas

    Texas
  • Virginia

  • Georgia

    Georgia
  • Louisiana

    Louisiana
    Louisiana official flag was adopted in1912, one hundred years after Louisiana became a state
  • fort donelson and Henry

    fort donelson and Henry
    Fort Henry, along the Tennessee River, and Fort Donelson, on the Cumberland River, were two forts built to protect Tennessee and the Deep South from invasion. Unfortunately the two forts proved to be right in the way of the driving General Grant.
  • mermic vs monitar

    mermic vs monitar
    The Battle of Hampton Roads, often referred to as the Battle of the Monitor and Merrimack . was the most noted and arguably most important naval battle of the American Civil War from the standpoint of the development of navies. It was fought over two days
  • Shiloh

    Shiloh
    The Battle of Shiloh, also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing, was a major battle in the Western Theater of the American Civil War,
  • 2nd mansassan 2nd bull run

    2nd mansassan 2nd bull run
    It was the culmination of an offensive campaign waged by Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia against Union Maj. Gen. John Pope's Army of Virginia, and a battle of much larger scale and numbers than the First Battle of Bull Run (First Manassas) fought in 1861 on the same ground.
  • Sharpsburg (anietan)

    Sharpsburg (anietan)
    It was the bloodiest single-day battle in American history, with about 23,000 casualties.
  • 13 Amendment

    13 Amendment
    Abraham Lincoln issued his Emancipation Proclamation
  • Vicksburg

    Vicksburg
    the Siege of Vicksburg (may 18- july 4 1863) was the final major action in the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War
  • Burnside

    Burnside
    Joseph Hooker was a backstabbing ambitious man who wanted Burnside to fail so he could become commander.
  • Robert E.Lee

    Robert E.Lee
    In April, 1863 General Joseph Hooker the comander of the Army of the Northern Virginia
  • Cancellorville

  • Battle of Atlanta

    Battle of Atlanta
    It was one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War
  • battle of Nashville

    battle of Nashville
    Battle of Nashville Was a two day battle in Frankin Nashville Campaign that represented the end of large scale fighting in the Western Theater.
  • Lincoln Assassinated

    Lincoln Assassinated
  • Lee Surrenders

    Lee Surrenders
  • Siege of Petersburg

    Siege of Petersburg
    the Richmond Petersburg Campaign was a series of battles around Petersburg fought from june 9 1864 to March 25, 1865
  • Frederick Douglass

    Frederick Douglass
    Frederick Douglass one of the foremost leaders of the abolitionist movement ,ought to end slavery within the United States in the decades prior to the Civil War.
  • Joseph E. Johnson Surrenders

    Joseph E. Johnson Surrenders
    Confederate General Joseph E. johnson Surrenders the remaining Confederate forces to Union.