civil war timeline / Binn

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    civil way timeline / Binn

  • Davis in favor of succession

    Jefferson Davis comes out in favor of secession for the first time

  • Cooper institute speech

    Lincoln gives his Cooper Institute speech against the spread of slavery.

  • Treaty with Sweeden

    U.S. signs extradition treaty with Sweden.

  • Lincoln is elected president

    Lincoln is elected president on November 6th, 1860. He is a member of the political party

  • The south seceded

    South Carolina was the first of the states to sucede from the US on December 20th, 1860

  • Mississippi seceded

    On this day Mississippi seceded from the United States to join South Carolina

  • Many states secede

    Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas follow South Carolina’s lead and secede from the Union.

  • Jefferson Davis

    February 9, 1861
    Jefferson Davis elected president of the Confederate States.

  • Lincoln's Inauguration

    Lincoln took office and wanted to revelve the issue between the North and the South

  • Fort Sumter

    Confederates began taking over Fort Sumter. It was a bloody three day battle.

  • First Battle of Bull Run

    Confederates attack and are successful

  • Fort Henry

    Union army/navy forces take Fort Henry on the Tennessee River

  • Evacuation in Yorktown

    Confederates evacuate Yorktown

  • Lee

    Lee takes command of Confederate army in Richmond

  • Battle of Antietan

    Battle of Antietam was known as the bloodiest battle of the civil war

  • Emancipation Proclomation

    Lincoln issues preliminary Emancipation Proclamation

  • Takes affect

    Emancipation Proclamation takes effect on this day in 1863

  • Stonewall Jackson

    Stonewall Jackson dies

  • West Virginia

    West Virginia was admitted to Union as 35th state

  • surrender

    Vicksburg surrenders to Grant

  • Gettysburg address

    Lincoln delivers Gettysburg address

  • Battle of wilderness

    The Battle of the Wilderness in Virginia is the first of a bloody series of month-long engagements between Grant and Lee.

  • Fugitive slave laws

    Lincoln signs a bill repealing the fugitive slave laws

  • Battle of mobile bay

    Union Admiral David G. Farragut wins the Battle of Mobile Bay.

  • Lincold reelected

    Lincoln is reelected President, with Andrew Johnson as Vice President

  • Battle of Nashville

    General George Henry Thomas wins the Battle of Nashville, decimating John Bell Hood's Confederate Army of Tennessee.

  • Thirteenth Amendment

    Congress passes the Thirteenth Amendment, which abolishes slavery throughout the United States

  • Lincoln Inagurated

    Lincoln is inaugurated as President for a second term.

  • General Lee attacks

    On March 25, General Lee attacked General Grant's forces near Petersburg, but was defeated -- attacking and losing again on April 1. On April 2, Lee evacuated Richmond, the Confederate capital, and headed west to join with other forces.

  • Lincoln is assassinated

    On April 14, as President Lincoln was watching a performance of "Our American Cousin" at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C., he was shot by John Wilkes Booth, an actor from Maryland obsessed with avenging the Confederate defeat. Lincoln died the next morning.

  • Jefferson Davis captured

    Jefferson Davis was captured in Georgia on May 10.