Civil War Timeline

By jakecarrhhs

  • Abraham Lincoln becomes president

    This is a political event that occurs in both the confederacy and the union.

  • South secedes from the Union

    This is a social event that occurs in the confederacy.

  • The Confederacy is created

    This is a social, political, and economic event.

  • Robert E. Lee declines offer to command union army.

    This is a social event that occurs in the confederacy.

  • Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee secede from Union.

    This is a social and political event that occurs in the confederacy,

  • Robert E. Lee resigns from Army and then commands Virginia military,

    This is a social event that occurs in the confederacy.

  • Stonewall Jackson dies

    Occurs in the confederacy.

  • Lincoln gives Gettysburg Address

    This is a social event that occurs in the union.

  • George McClellan nominated to run against Lincoln.

    This is a political and social event that occurs in both the union and confederacy.

  • Lincoln gets re-elected

    This is a political and social event that occurs in both the union and confederacy,

  • Congress approves the 13th Amendment

    This is a political event that occurs in both the confederacy and the union.

  • Lincoln holds a peace conference with Alexander Stephens

    This is a political and social event.

  • Robert E. Lee surrenders at the Appomattox Court House.

    This is a social event that occurs in the confederacy.

  • Lincoln is assassinated

    This is a social event that occurs in the union.

  • John Wilkes Booth is shot and killed.

    This is a social event that occurs in the confederacy,

  • 13th Amendment Ratified

    This is a social, political, and economic event that occurs in both the union and the confederacy,