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Civil War Timeline- Bella Diodato
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Senator Jefferson Davis
Mississippi Senator Jefferson Davis presented resolutions to the Senate to make sure that the Federal government cant end slavery in the territories, but they have to also protect slaveholders there. -
Meeting In Baltimore
Former members of the American and Whig parties meet in Baltimore, MD, to form the Constitutional Union party. -
Abraham chosen
From May 16-18 in 1860, The Republican convention in Chicago met and then nominates Abraham Lincoln as its presidential candidate on the third ballot. -
Abraham Lincoln Elected President
On November 6, 1860, Abraham Lincoln was elected as the 16th president of the United States of America. -
South Carolina
On December 20, 1860, South Carolina succeeds from the union. -
Abraham Lincoln Inaguarated
After being elected, Lincoln was inaguarated as President of the United States of America on March 4, 1861. -
Fort Sumter
The Civil War began with an attack on Fort Sumter where shots were fired but no one was killed. This was the first battle of The Civil War, but not the first blood shed. -
Virginia Joins the Confederacy
Virginia succeeds from the Union and joins the Confederacy. This is important because Richmond, a city in Virginia, becomes the capitol of all of the Confederate States. -
The Battle of Bull Run
The Battle of Bull Run took place July 21, 1861 and it was the first blood shed of the Civil War. This was a Confederate victory. -
Port Royal
On November 7th, Captain Dupont's warships shut down Confederate guns in Fort Walker. This victory allowed General Thomas W. Sherman's troops to take over first Port Royal and then all the famous Sea Islands of South Carolina. -
Abe Takes Action
On January 27, 1862 Lincoln orders McClellan to engage in War against the Confederacy and McClellan ignores the order. -
McClellan Loses Command
McClellan is fired by the impatient Abraham Lincoln for having the "slows". -
Shiloh
The battle of Shiloh begins and the Union troops fought under Ulysses S. Grant and forced the Confederates to retreat in this 2 day battle. -
New Orleans
Officer David Farragut was the leader of an assault up the Mississippi and because of that by April 25, he was in command of New Orleans. -
New Leader of the Union Army
Major-General Henry Halleck was made General-In-Chief of the Union army. -
Harper's Ferry
General McClellan beat General Lee at South Mountain and Crampton's Gap in September, but didn't move quickly enough to Harper's Ferry which fell to General Jackson on September 15. -
Antietam
The bloodiest single day battle of the Civil War. There was no obvious winner, but since Confederates retreated, the Union was given the victory. -
Emancipation Proclomation
Abraham Lincoln addressed this proclomation stating that all slaves in rebelling states are free. -
The Battle of Chancellorsville
This battle was fought from April 30-May 6 in Virginia. -
The Vicksburg Campaign
Union General Grant won a few victories around Vicksburg, Mississippi. On May 22, Grant began a siege of the city. After six weeks, Confederate General John Pemberton surrendered, giving up the city and 30,000 men.This split the Confederacy into 2. -
The Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg lasted from July 1st to the 3rd and it had the largest number of deaths than any other battle in the Civil War and is known to be the War's turning point. -
The Battle of Chickamauga
On September 19, Union and Confederate soldiers fought and after the battle, Union forces retreated to Chattanooga. -
The Battle of Chattanooga
The Battle of Chattanooga was fought from November 23-25 and the Union forces retreated and Confederates kept the hold of the Battlefield. -
Libby Prison
109 Union soldiers led by Colonel Thomas Rose escaped from Libby Prison -
Battle Of The Wilderness
Took place May 5-7 and was the first battle of Ulysses S. Grant's 1864 Virginia Overland Campaign against Robert E. Lee and the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. -
Grant takes a beating
Ulysses S. Grant is badly defeated on the field by Robert E. Lee but Grant does not retreat but advances to the Spotsylvania Court House. -
Battle of Cold Harbor
known as one of the most lopsided battles of the Civil War -
Battle of Nashville
A two day battle that represented the end of large scale fighing in the Western Theatre of the Civil War. -
Fort Fisher, North Carolina
After Admiral David D. Porter's group of warships had subjected Fort Fisher to an ambush, General Alfred H. Terry's troops took it on January 15, -
Fallen Richmond
On March 25, General Lee fought General Grant's forces by Petersburg and was defeated and then attacked and lost again on April 1. On April 2, Lee evacuated Richmond and went west to join other forces. -
Richmond
Richmond falls, Confederate government evacuates -
Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
General Lee's troops were surrounded, and on April 7, Grant called upon Lee to surrender. Then, on April 9, the two commanders met at Appomattox Courthouse, and agreed on the exact terms of surrender. -
Abraham Lincoln Assassinated
On April 14th, while watching a performance at Ford's Theatre, Abraham Lincoln was shot in the head by John Wilkes Booth, and died early the next morning. -
The Execution of Captain Henry Wirz
The superintendent of the Confederate prison in Andersonville, Georgia, was tried for crimes, and was hanged in the yard of the Old Capitol Prison on November 10.
