civil war timeline

  • harpers ferry

    0ctober 16-18
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    timespan

  • abraham lincoln is elected president

  • texas secedes

  • Battle of fort sumter

    12-14 first battle of the civil war
  • first battle at bull run

  • battle of shiloh

    6-7
  • battle of seven pines (fair oaks)

    may 31-june 1
  • the seven days' battle

    june 25-july 1
  • battle at Antietam

  • Battle of Fredericksburg

  • Emancipation Proclamation issued

  • Battle of Chancellorsville

    april 30-may 6
  • Battle at Vicksburg

    may 18-july 4
  • Battle at Gettysburg

    july 1-3
  • Battle at sabine pass

  • battle of Chattanooga

    november 23-25
  • General Sherman's Atlanta Campaign

    may 7-september 2
  • Battle of spotsylvania

    may 8-21
  • Battle of Cold Harbor

    may 31- june 12
  • Abraham Lincoln is re-elected President

  • General Lee's surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln is assasinated

  • Battle at Palmito Ranch

    may 12-13