Civil War Timeline

Civil War Timespan

Period: Oct 31, 1860 to May 1, 1865

Lincoln is Elected

Nov 6, 1860

Abraham Lincoln is elected President of the United States.

Fort Sumter

Apr 12, 1861

Both North and South the fort was theirs. It was also the first battle of the war.

Union Blockade

Apr 19, 1861

Lincoln ordered to block the Souths ports so that they cannot get imported goods.

First Battle of Bull Run

Jul 21, 1861

It was the first major land battle between both armies in the war.

Monitor vs. Virginia

Mar 9, 1862

This was when the Con. used their first ironclad on the river and destroyed every ship it went against; accept the Unions ironclad.

Battle of Shiloh

Apr 6, 1862

Confederate soldiers suprised th Union and attacked. The Con. had won that battle.

Seven Days

Jun 25, 1862

This was one of the mose campained and longest battles of the Civil War.

Antietam

Sep 17, 1862

One of th single bloodest battles in U.S. history and it technically ended in a draw.

Emancipation Issued

Sep 22, 1862

This is the day when President Lincoln issued the date for when about 3 million slaves would be free,

Second Battle of Bull Run

Sep 29, 1862

This was the second battle at Bull run that lasted for two days.

Emancipation takes Affect

Jan 1, 1863

This is when the Emancipation Proclamaiton takes place setting 3 million slaves free.

Chancellorsville

Mar 1, 1863

Con. suprised the Union army again and won another battle.

Gettysburg

Jul 1, 1863

The worst battle of the entire Civil War; leaving 60,000 dead.

Vicksburg

Jul 4, 1863

After multple attemps to take Vicksburg, the Union finally surrounded Vicksburg and took over the town.

Gettysburg Address

Nov 19, 1863

This is when President Lincoln gave the very famous about the battle of Gettysburg and about how our Four Fathers wanted this country to be united.

Chattanooga

Nov 23, 1863

The Union took over Chattanooga so that they could claim another victory and create another fort so that they could connect Chattanooga to the Norths railroad to help distribute suplplies.

Grant takes over

Mar 10, 1864

Ulysses S. Grant is re-elected as the President of the United States (well, at least the North)

Atlanta

Nov 5, 1864

The Union took over one of the Souths most important cities

Lincoln Re-elected

Nov 8, 1864

Lincoln is re-elected as President of the United States (well, teh North anyway)

March at Sea

Nov 16, 1864

It was a march of the Union army in Georgia to show that the Con. government couldn't stop intuders in there land.

Savannah Falls

Dec 21, 1864

Savannah is captured by the Union and is now Union territory.

13th Amendment

Jan 31, 1865

The 13th amandment is put into place saying that slavery is out-lawed.

Occupy Richmond

Mar 3, 1865

The south leaders got together to find a way to either compromise or to find a way to win the war or surrender.

Abraham Lincoln is shot

Apr 14, 1865

Abraham Lincoln went to see the play "Our American Cousin" when he is shot in the head by John Wilkes Booth during the third act of the play.

Lee Surrenders

Sep 4, 1865

General Lee surrenders, leaving the Union as the victors.