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Period: to
Civil War
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11 states secede from the Union creating Confederacy
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Battle of Fort Sumter
April 12 through April 14 -
1st Bull Run
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Battle of Shiloh
April 6 ro April 7 -
Antietam
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Lincoln delivers the Emancipation Proclamation
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Beginning of the battle of Vicksburg
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Battle of Gettysburg
July 1 - July 3 -
End of Battle of Vicksburg
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Gettysburg address is delivered
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Sherman takes Atlanta
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Sherman takes Savannah
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Lee surrenders, End of Civil War