Civil War Timeline

Civil War Timeline

Period: Jan 1, 1860 to Jan 1, 1870

Confederacy Forms

Feb 8, 1861

Confederate states of America forms, the South's "new country"

Battle of Shiloh

Apr 7, 1862

Confederates started this war, but the Union ended it with a win.

Second Battle of Bull Run

Aug 28, 1862

A battle that lasted two days near the original Battle of Bull Run, the Confederacy won.

Battle of Antietam

Sep 17, 1862

Bloodiest day of battle in the Civil War, McClellan tries getting past Lee.

Emancipation Proclamation

Sep 22, 1862

President Lincoln announced that he was freeing all enslaved people that resided in states still in rebellion.

Grant Takes Command

Mar 9, 1864

Lincoln gave Ulysses S. Grant full command of all Union armies. Grant ensured he would end the war within a year.

Atlanta

Sep 2, 1864

Sherman burns Atlanta down to the ground.

Sherman's March to the Sea

Nov 15, 1864

Attempted to make the South surrender by showing them things that would make them want to back out of the war as a whole.

Gettysburg Address

Nov 19, 1864

President Lincoln commemorated Battle of Gettysburg in a speech to the public.

13th Amendment

Jan 31, 1865

The thirteenth amendment is added to the constitution which abolished slavery.

Appomattox Courthouse

Apr 9, 1865

Confederate general Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant near the Appomattox Courthouse

Freedman's Bureau

Feb 19, 1866

The Freedman's Bureau was passed by congress.

Beginning of Reconstruction

Jun 24, 1867

Congress passes a bill admitting Arkansas, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina, and South Carolina into the Union.

Ulysses S. Grant

Mar 4, 1869

Ulysses S Grant becomes the 18th president of the United States after Andrew Johnson.

Andrew Johnson

Apr 25, 2865

Andrew Johnson was elected into office, becoming the 17th president after Abe Lincoln.