Civil War Timeline

By olivervevo

  • Fort Sumter / Start of the War

    After seceding from the Union due to Lincoln's election, Confederates fired and captured the Union held Sumter in South Carolina. This event triggered the start of the Civil War.

  • First Battle of Bull Run

    In Manssas, Va, Union forces clashed with Confederate soldiers. It was near a major railroad center, heading into the town, and the fighting breaks out by a creek named Bull Run. Confederate Thomas Jackson got the nickname 'Stonewall Jackson' at this fight.

  • Battle of Antietam

  • Emancipation Proclamation

  • Formation of the 54th Massachusetts

  • Battle of Gettysburg

  • Defeat of Vicksburg

  • New York City Draft Riots

  • Gettysburg Address

  • Sherman's March to the Sea

  • Congress Passes the 13th Amednment

  • Creation of the Freedman's Bureau

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

    Lee and grant agreed to meet in a house in the town of Appomattox Courthouse. The South surrendered to the North, but really the only thing they gave up was slavery. This was the end of the Civil War.

  • Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

  • 14th Amendment

  • 15th Amendment