Events of the Civil War

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  • Grant takes supreme command of the union army

  • 1st battle of bull run

    1st battle of bull run

  • Confederate Territory of Arizona forms

  • Confederacy is formed

  • The Monitor battles the Merrimack

  • New Orleans falls to the Union Forces

  • Lee becomes commander of the Army of Northern Virginia

    Lee becomes commander of the Army of Northern Virginia

  • Battle of Antietam

  • Battle of Fredricksburg

  • Signing of the Emancipation Proclamation

  • Idaho Territory forms

  • Battle of Chancellorsville

    Battle of Chancellorsville

  • Battle of Gettysburg

    Battle of Gettysburg

  • Battle of Vicksburg

    Battle of Vicksburg

  • Attack on Ft. Wagner

  • Quantrill burns Lawrence

  • Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg address

  • Battle of cold harbor

    Battle of cold harbor

  • Sherman reaches the sea dividing the south

  • Lincoln's Re-election

    Lincoln's Re-election

  • Sherman burns Atlanta

  • The 13th amendment is ratified abolishing all slavery

  • Lincoln 2nd Inaugural speech

  • Appomattox court house

  • Lincoln is assassinated

    Lincoln is assassinated

  • Richmond falls to the Union Army

    Richmond falls to the Union Army

  • Military Draft

    Military Draft