Oscar James Owen

By Coon hunter

  • Civil War Started

    Civil War Started
    Civil war starts because the Confederates opened fire on fort sumpter.
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    Civil War

    april 12,1861– April 9,1865

  • Virginia secedes from the Union

    Virginia secedes from the Union
    Virgina left the union for the south

  • President Lincoln issues a Proclamation of Blockade against Southern ports

    President Lincoln issues a Proclamation of Blockade against Southern ports
    For the duration of the war the blockade limits the ability of the rural South to stay well supplied in its war against the industrialized North
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  • Victory for Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in Tennessee

    Victory for Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in Tennessee
    Ulysses S. Grant captures fort Henry, and ten days later Fort Donelson.

  • President Lincolns son dies

    President Lincolns son dies
    Lincons son Willie dies from a high feaver

  • Confederate surprise attack Ulysses S. Grant

    Confederate surprise attack Ulysses S. Grant
    The confederates attack Grant on the tennesee river

  • 17 Union ships move up mississippi

    17 Union ships move up mississippi
    17 Union ships under the command of Flag Officer David Farragut move up the Mississippi River then take New Orleans.

  • The Battle of Seven Pines

    The Battle of Seven Pines
    Gen. Joseph E. Johnston's Army attacks McClellan's troops in front of Richmond and nearly defeats them. But Johnston is badly wounded.

  • Lee invades the North

    Lee invades the North
    Lee invades the North with 50,000 Confederates and heads for Harpers Ferry,

  • Gen. Robert E. Lee and the Confederate Armies are stopped at Antietam

    Gen. Robert E. Lee and the Confederate Armies are stopped at Antietam
    Gen. Robert E. Lee and the Confederate Armies are stopped at Antietam in Maryland by McClellan

  • Gen. Burnside suffers a costly defeat

    Gen. Burnside suffers a costly defeat
    Gen. Burnside suffers a costly defeat at Fredericksburg in Virginia with a loss of 12,653

  • Oscars troop heads to tennesee

    Oscars troop heads to tennesee
    Oscars troop packs up there tents and left for Tennesee

  • Oscars troop moves to Gallipolis

    Oscars troop moves to Gallipolis
    Oscars troop arrives at Gallipolis at 8 A.M

  • Battle of gettysburg

    Battle of gettysburg
    The battle started and ended on the 3rd.

  • Gen. Lee launches his second invasion of the North

    Gen. Lee launches his second invasion of the North
    Gen. Lee with 75,000 Confederates launches his second invasion of the North.

  • Gettysburg Address

    Gettysburg Address
    President Lincoln delivers a two minute Gettysburg Address at a ceremony dedicating the Battlefield as a National Cemetery.

  • President Lincoln appoints Gen. Grant

    President Lincoln appoints Gen. Grant
    President Lincoln appoints Gen. Grant to command all of the armies of the United States.

  • Sherman's forces battle the Rebels

    Sherman's forces battle the Rebels
    At Atlanta, Sherman's forces battle the Rebels now under the command of Gen. John B. Hood, who replaced Johnston.

  • Abraham Lincoln is re-elected president

    Abraham Lincoln is re-elected president
    Abraham Lincoln is re-elected president, defeating Democrat George B. McClellan.

  • Hood's Rebel Army

    Hood's Rebel Army
    Hood's Rebel Army of 23,000 is crushed at Nashville by 55,000 Federals.

  • The U.S. Congress approves the Thirteenth Amendment

    The U.S. Congress approves the Thirteenth Amendment
    The U.S. Congress approves the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, to abolish slavery

  • President Lincoln tours Richmond

    President Lincoln tours Richmond
    President Lincoln tours Richmond where he enters the Confederate White House.

  • Civil War Ends

    Civil War Ends
    Robert E. Lee surrenders the confederate army to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse.