Civil War Timeline

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  • Abraham Lincoln is elected President

  • Texas secedes

  • Battle of Fort Sumter

  • First Battle at Bull Run

  • Battle of Shiloh

    through April 7, 1862

  • Battle of Seven Pines (Fair Oaks)

    through June 1, 1862

  • The Seven Days' Battle

    through July 1, 1862

  • Harper's Ferry

  • Battle of Antietam

  • Battle of Fredericksburg

    through December 15, 1862

  • Emancipation Proclamation issued

  • Battle of Chancellorsville

    through May 5, 1863

  • Battle at Vicksburg

    through July 4, 1863

  • Battle at Gettysburg

    through July 3, 1863

  • Battle at Sabine Pass

  • Battle of Chattanooga

    through November 25, 1863

  • Battle of Spotsylvania

  • Battle of Cold Harbor

    through June 12, 1864

  • Abraham Lincoln is re-elected President

  • General Sherman's Atlanta Campaign

    through December 21, 1864

  • General Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court

  • President Lincoln's assassination

  • Battle at Palmito Ranch

    through May 13, 1865