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July 21 1861
Union Army under General Irvan Mcbowell suffers a defeat at Bull Run 25 mmiles South West of Washinton. -
February 6 1862
Victory for General Ulysses S. Grant in Tennessee, capturing Fort Henry second Bull Run -
September 4-9 1862
Lee invades the North with 50,000 confederates and heads for Harper Ferry. -
September 17 1862
The bloodiest day in U.S military history as General Robert Lee. By night 26.000 men are dead and wounded. -
September 22 1862
Primary Emancipation Proclamation freeing slaves issued by President Lincoln. -
January 1 1863
President Lincoln issues final emancipation proclamation. -
January 29 1863
General Grant is placed in command in command of the Army of the West. -
May 1-4 1863
The Union Army under General Hook is decisively defeated by Lee at Battle of Chancellorville. -
May 10 1863
South suffers a huge blow as Stonewall Jackson dies. -
March 9 1864
President Lincoln appoints General Grant to command all armies of U.S -
June 3 1864
A costly mistake by Grant results in 7000 union casualities in 20 minutes during rebels at Cold Harbor in Virginia. -
January 31 1865
The U.S congress approves the 13th amendment to the U.S constitution, to abolish slavery. -
March 25 1865
The last offensive for Lee's Army of Northern Virginia with Grant's forces at Peterburg. -
April 4 1865
President Lincoln tours Richmond, where he enters the confederate white house. -
April 15 1865
President Abraham Lincoln dies in morning, Vice President Andrew Jackson assumes the presidency.
