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Civil War Timeline

  • Lincoln is elected president

    Lincoln is elected president
    lincoln wins election
  • south carolina secedes

    south carolina secedes
    first state to leave
  • confederacy is formed

    confederacy is formed
    jefferson davis as president
  • lincolns inauguration

    lincolns inauguration
    first one
  • attack on ft. sumter

    attack on ft. sumter
    first shots of the war
  • bull run #1

    bull run #1
    first of two
  • shiloh

    shiloh
    ended april 7
  • 7 days battle

    7 days battle
    june 25 to july 1
  • bull run #2

    bull run #2
    second bull run
  • antietam

    antietam
    bloodiest day in military US history
  • fredericksburg

    fredericksburg
    12,000 union loss
  • emancipation proclomation

    emancipation proclomation
    final copy/issue
  • chamcellorsville

    chamcellorsville
    may 1 to the 4
  • vicksburg

    vicksburg
    may 18th to july 4th
  • gettysburg

    gettysburg
    july 1st to 3rd
  • chikamauga

    chikamauga
    sept 19th to sept 20th
  • gettysburg adress

    gettysburg adress
    lincoln speech was on the battle field
  • chattanooga

    chattanooga
    nov 23rd to nov 25th
  • stones river

    stones river
    until 1863
  • wilderness

    wilderness
    may 5th to 7th
  • spotsylvania

    spotsylvania
    may 8th to may 21st
  • lincoln is reelected

    lincoln is reelected
    lincolns second term
  • franklin

    franklin
    union victory
  • lincolns second inaguration

    lincolns second inaguration
    second inaugrial adress
  • surrender at appomattox court

    surrender at appomattox court
    Robert E. Lee surrenders to Grant
  • lincoln is shot

    lincoln is shot
    John Wilksbooth shoots lincoln in the head
  • official end of the civil war

    official end of the civil war
    official end of the civil war/ north happy