Civil War Timeline

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  • Lincoln Was Elected

    Lincoln Was Elected
    On this day Abraham Lincoln became the 19th president

  • Conferate states of america was formed

    Conferate states of america was formed
    The Confederacy included the states of Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia. Jefferson Davis was their President.

  • Battle of Fort Sumter

    Forces from the Confederate states of america attacked the United States military garrison

  • Pres. Lincoln declares a blockade of southern ports

    Pres.Lincoln sided with Seward and proclaimed the blockade on april 19

  • First Battle of Bull run

    The First Battle of Bull Run cost some 3,000 Union casualties, compared with 1,750 for the Confederates.

  • Battle of shiloh

    victory over confederate forces

  • Battle of Antietam

    The Battle of Antietam was a Union victory

  • battle of gettysburg

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    The Union had won the Battle of Gettysburg. Though the cautious Meade would be criticized for not pursuing the enemy after Gettysburg, the battle was a crushing defeat for the Confederacy.

  • gettysburg address

    President Abraham Lincoln wrote and delivered the Gettysburg Address on November 19, 1863, to commemorate a new national cemetery at Gettysburg during the American Civil War.