Civil War Timeline

By lexcevallos

  • Republican Party is Formed

    founded after the fall of the Whig party and supported the abolition of slavery

  • Kansas-Nebraska Act is Passed

    The act that eventually led to Bleeding Kansas

  • Lincoln is elected

    Abraham Lincoln is elected for his first term

  • South Carolina Secedes

    They offically vote to secede from the Union

  • Jefferson Davis is Elected

    He is Elected as the first and only president of the Confederate states

  • Confederate Army Fires on Fort Sumter

    The attacks that started the Civil War

  • Richmond Becomes the Capital of the Confederacy

    The Capital was moved to Virginia for strategic importance

  • The First Battle of Bull Run is Fought

    Takes place only 30 miles from Washington DC, U.S. Senators claimed to be able to watch

  • Battle of the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia

    Took place between March 8-9 and was the first battle between two ironclad warships

  • Battle of Shiloh

    The Union forces defeat the Coonfederates over a day long battle with over 23,000 deaths

  • Robert E. Lee is named Commander of the Northern Virgina Army

    Replaces Commander Joseph E. Johnston

  • Battle of Antietam

    Won by the Union and led to the emancipation proclamation

  • Lincoln Suspends Habeas Corpus

    Allows Military forces to arrest anyone they deemed a threat

  • Battle of Fredericksburg

    Led by General Robert E. Lee, the confederates win

  • The Emancipation Proclamation is Announced

    The issue that gave freedom to all slaves

  • Battle of Chancellorsville

    Considered General Robert. E Lee's greatest victory, ends May 6, 1863

  • Battle of Gettysburg

    The Union wins this battle and this would lead to a turning point in the war

  • Confederates Surrender Vicksburg

    After holding out for 40 days, the Confederates surrendered

  • New York City Draft Riots

    This was the cause of deep worker discontent with inequities of conscription

  • Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address

    A ceremony for the fallen soldiers at the battle of Gettysburg

  • Atlanta is Captured

    General William T. Sherman captures the South's major distribution center

  • Abraham Lincoln is Re-elected

    President Lincoln becomes the president for another term

  • Sherman begins his March to the Sea

    Ended December 21, 1864, started in Atlanta, and was an effort to destroy the population of the south

  • Congress Passes the 13th Amendment

    This was the amendment that abolished slavery in the US

  • Freedman's Bureau is Created

    An act that established a bureau that would help refugees, like freed slaves

  • Abraham Lincoln delivers second inaugural address

    Delivered at the East Portico of the US Capitol

  • Richmond Falls to the Union Army

    Confederates burn their capitol once the Union Army is about to capture it

  • Robert E. Lee Surrenders at the Appomattox House

    This surrender marks the effective end of the Civil War

  • President Lincoln was Assassinated

    Abraham Lincoln is killed by John Wilkes Booth

  • John Wilkes Booth death

    The man who killed Abraham Lincoln dies