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confederacy is formed
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1st battle of bull run
This was the first major land battle of the armies in Virginia. On July 21, 1861, the untried Union army under Brig. Gen. Irvin McDowell marched from Washington against the Confederate army, which was drawn up behind Bull Run beyond Centreville. -
the monitor battles the merrimack
Battle of the Monitor and Merrimack, also called Battle of Hampton Roads, naval engagement at Hampton Roads, Virginia, a harbour at the mouth of the James River, notable as history’s first duel between ironclad warships and the beginning of a new era of naval warfare. -
new orleans falls to the union
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lee becomes commander of the army of northern virginia
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battle of antietam
the battle of antietam a.k.a Battle of Sharpsburg, resulted in not only the bloodiest day of the American Civil War, but the bloodiest single day in all of American history. it ended Gen. Robert E. Lee’s first invasion of a northern state. -
signing of the emancipation proclamation.
President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free." -
battle of fredricksburg
The Battle of Fredericksburg saw more troops engaged than any other battle of the American Civil War, almost 200,000 men. Fought in and around Fredericksburg, Virginia -
military draft-the draft is enacted for the first time in history.
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lincoln 2nd inaugural speech
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battle of chancellorsvillle
The Battle of Chancellorsville. resulted in a Confederate victory that stopped an attempted flanking movement by Maj. Gen. Joseph "Fighting Joe" Hooker’s Army of the Potomac against the left of Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia. The Southern victory was diminished by the loss of Lt. Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, mortally wounded by his own men who mistook him and his staff for Union cavalry, a loss that would have far-reaching effects on the Civil War. -
battle or gettysburg
This most famous and most important Civil War Battle occurred over three hot summer days, July 1 to July 3, 1863, around the small market town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. It began as a skirmish but by its end involved 160,000 Americans. -
battle of vicksburg
The Battle of Vicksburg, Mississippi, also called the Siege of Vicksburg, was the culmination of a long land and naval campaign by Union forces to capture a key strategic position during the American Civil War. -
quantill burns lawrence
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attack on ft. wagner
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lincoln delivers the gettysburg address
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grant takes supreme command of the union army
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lincoln is assassinated
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battle of cold harbor
Forty thousand Union troops charged out of the woods at Cold Harbor, Virginia, into a spray of Confederate fire. The effort quickly proved hopeless, but the troops remained in the field. Union soldiers hugged the ground, digging in as well as they could. Many of them used the bodies of fallen comrades. -
lincoln wins re election
Despite progress in the war, Lincoln and most political pundits were convinced that he would lose his bid for reelection in 1864. The country was war weary and the Democratic Party's nominee, George McClellan, was likely to negotiate a peace treaty with the Confederacy if elected. -
sherman burns atlanta
Atlanta was captured by Sherman. Sherman prepared for a march through Georgia from Atlanta to Savannah. See Burning of atlanta. -
sherman reaches the sea (savannah) dividing the south
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richmond falls to the union army
the Confederate Congress voted to move the government to Richmond...With that, Virginia's capital had become the very symbol of the Confederacy, and the ultimate prize in a bloody war. -
appomattox court house
Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House, Virginia signaled the end of the Southern States attempt to create a separate nation. It set the stage for the emergence of an expanded and more powerful Federal government. In a sense the struggle over how much power the central government would hold had finally been settled. -
the 13th amendment is ratified abolishing all slavery
