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Battle of Chancellorsville
The Battle of Chancellorsville took place on April 30-May6, 1863. This battle was a very big victory for the Confederate army, General Robert E. Lee also had big success because of this battle as well. This battle is also famous for being the battle in which Confederate General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson was gravelly injured. -
South Carolina votes to secede from the U.S.
South Carolina became the first state to secede from the federal union on December 20, 1860. South Carolina and many other states left the union because Abraham Lincoln was selected to be the next president but before he was even officially elected they left the union. -
Lincoln's First Inaugural Address
President Lincoln's inaugural address was focusing on reassuring the southern side of the U.S. that he would not try to take their slaves and slavery away from them if that is what made them happy. And that he would try to find a way to secure their slavery if that is what they wanted. -
Confederate forces fire on Fort Sumter
On April 12, 1861, President Lincoln announced a plan to resupply fort Sumter, but Confederate General P.G.T. Beauregard bombed the fort. This started the battle of Fort Sumter, this altercation lasted around 34 hours of fighting. In the ending result of the battle, Anderson and 86 other soldiers surrendered the fort on April the 13th -
Lincoln suspends habeas corpus
President Lincoln suspended the habeas corpus on April 27, 1861, which was made between Washington D.C. and Philadelphia to give military authorities the power they needed to silence dissenters and rebels. Under this order, commanders could arrest and detain people who were thought to be a danger to military plans and operations. -
Richmond becomes the capital of the Confederacy
On May 8, 1861, Richmond becomes the capital of the Confederacy. The Original first capital was Montgomery Alabama, they implemented this change because they wanted to show recognition of Virginia's strategic importance. -
First Battle of Bull Run is fought
The First Battle of Bull Run was originally called the First Manassas in the South, this battle caused the Union a total of around 3,000 deaths while the Confederate Union had only lost 1,750. This battle disheartened some of the northerners who thought it was going to be a quick victory for them. But on the other hand, it gave the southerners some hope that they could pull a victory somehow in the war. -
Jefferson Davis elected President of the Confederacy
On November 6, 1861, Jefferson Davis was elected to be the President of the Confederate States of America. He for president with little to no opposition/challenge, and later in the year the Confederate Congress made and confirmed the decision to Make Jefferson Davis president -
The Merrimac and the Monitor fight of the Virginia coast
The Merrimac and the Monitor fight on the Virginia coast otherwise known as the Battle of Hampton Roads on March 9, 1862, at Hampton Roads Virginia, a harbor at the entrance of the James River there was a battle between the Confederate and Union. This battle is also the first duel between 2 ironclad warships and the beginning of a new time of wafare. -
Battle of Shiloh
The Battle of Shiloh took place on April 7, 1862, and ended in a victory for the U.S.over the Confederate forces in Pittsburg, Tennesse. This battle lasted around 2 days and was the bloodiest battle in U.S. history at the time. -
Robert E. Lee is named commander of the Army of Northern Virginia
On June 1, 1862, Robert E. Lee assumed command in the battle to defend the city of Richmond from Union forces. -
Battle of Antietam
The Battle of Antietam took place on September 17, 1862. This battle was also named the Battle of Sharpsburg, it took place at Antietam Creek near Sharpsburg, Maryland. The Union lost 12,400 while the Confederate lost 10,700 but the Union had driven the Confederates from the field and ended the Confederate Invasion. The battle was George McClellan's greatest accomplishment during the American Civil war. -
Battle of Fredericksburg
The Battle of Fredricksburg took place on December 12, 1862, it was a crushing defeat for the Union, where the soldiers fought ever so bravely but still lost due to the lack of thinking in the plan they made or misjudgment, also including confused orders from Burnside to Franklin. -
Emancipation Proclamation is announced
The president, Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, about a year before his re-election. This proclamation declared that all people who are held as slaves within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free." -
Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg took place July 1-3,1863 in and surrounding places of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. It was fought by people in the Union and the COnfederate, this battle had the largest number of death's/causilties of the entire war and it was a slap to the face of everyone and it showed them how gruesome war really is. -
Confederates surrender at Vicksburg
On a very warm afternoon, on May 19, 1863, a group of horsemen in a grey uniform rode outwards from a city along the Jackson road. But they were unfortunately greeted by the Union army who already clamied the land they were going for. This happened on May the 22nd. After about 40 days of holding out they ran out of supplies and Surendured on the 4th of July -
New York City Draft Riots
New York City Draft Riots took place on July 11-16,1863. In this event, the anger of working-class New Yorkers rose for 5-6 days over a new federal draft law during the civil war. This was some of the bloodiest and most catastrophic riotings in the U.S. -
Lincoln gives his Gettysburg Address
On November 19, 1863 president Abraham Lincoln presented one of the most famous speeches in U.S. history. He did this at the national cemetery in Gettysburg. This speech was about 2 minutes long and considered to be good by some and bad by others. -
Atlanta is captured
The Battle of Atlanta was a confrontation that the Atlanta Campaign fought on July 22, 1864, at the location of Fulton and DeKalb counties, Georgia. This was a victory the Union won by General William T. Sherman. -
Abraham Lincoln defeats George McClellan to win re-election
Near the end of the American Civil War, President Lincoln of the National Union Party easily won the election of 1864. He defeated George McClellan by a huge gap of 212-21 and 55% of the popular vote in the electoral college -
Sherman begins his March to the Sea
On November 15, 1864, Sherman begins his March to the Sea. It is a campaign that concluded Union operations in the Confederate state of Georgia -
Congress passes the 13th Amendment
On January 31, 1865, Congress passed and ratified the 13th amendment in the U.S. that did not allow/abolished slavery. -
Freedmen's Bureau is created
Congress passed an act on March 3, 1865. This was an act to establish the Bureau for the Relief of Freedmen and Refugees to provide food, shelter, clothes, and some medical attention, this is including newly freed African Americans. -
Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address
On March 4, 1865, President Lincoln made his second Inaugural Address. This so he could speak about the topic of divine providence, He was curious about if God's will might have been in allowing the war to happen and why did it lead to such horrible things. -
Richmond falls to the Union Army
On April 2, 1865, in the morning confederate lines near Petersburg broke at seige that was 9 months long. The retreat of the army left the Confederate capital Richmond that was 25 miles north with practically no defense at all. -
Robert E. Lee surrenders at Appomattox
In Appomattox, Virginia on April 4, 1865, Robert E. Lee surrenders to the Union with 28,000 troops to General Ulysses S. Grant. This surrender here ends the civil war and the Union has come out victorious. -
Lincoln's Assassination
The assassination of Abraham Lincoln was a murderous attack, That happened at Ford's Theatre in Washington D.C. Where the 16th president of the U.S. was shot in the head by John Wilkes Booth on the evening of April 14, 1865. He died the next morning due to the event -
John Wilkes Booth is killed
John Wilkes Booth died on April 26, 1865, he was killed in a battle against the union. His companion David Herold surrendered to the union because they were in a bad position but John refused to quit. He died of a shot in the back of the neck from a Union soldier named Boston Corbett
