The Civil War and Reconstruction

By ririchter1125

  • Fort Sumter Attacked

    Fort Sumter Attacked
    Confederate Gerneral Beauregard attacks with 50 cannons upon Fort Sumter in Charleston SC.
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  • 1st Battle of Bull Run

    1st Battle of Bull Run
    Union General Irvin McDowell suffers a defeat at Bull Run 25 miles Southwest of Washington.

  • Battle of Shiloh

    Confederate suprise attack General Grant at Shiloh on the Tennesse River. 13,000 Union soilders are killed and wounded along with 10,000 confederates. More than all of America's previous wars.

  • 2nd Battle of Bull Run

    75,000 Union troops lead by Gen. John Pope are defeated by 55,000 Confederate troops lead by Gen. Stonewall Jackson.

  • Antietam

    The bloodiest day in American military history. Genral Robert E. Lee is stopped by union general McClellan, by nightfall 26,000 men are deadm wounded, or missing. Lee withdraws into Virgina

  • Fredericksburg

    Army of the Potomac under Gen. Burnside suffer a costly defeat at Fredricksburg VA.

  • Empancipation Proclimation

    President Lincoln frees all the slaves in Confederate territories and emphaizes on the elistment of black union soilders.

  • Chancellorsville

    Union Army under Gen. Hooker is deafeated at Chancellorsville VA, by Robert E. Lee. Stonewall Jackson is mortally wounded by own troops. Union looses 17,000 out of 130,000 and Confederates loose 13,000 out of 60,000.

  • Battle of Gettysburg

    The tides of the war are shifted against the south when confederates are deafeted at the Battle of Gettysburg in PA.

  • Vicksburg

    Vicksburg
    Vicksburg the last confederate stronghold on the Mississippi River surrenders to the Union Army. The Confederacy is now split in half with the Union having control of the MS. River.

  • Anti-Draft Riots in NYC

    Anti-draft riots include arson and murder of blacks by poor immigrant whites. 120 people including men, women and children are left dead and $2 million dollars in damage are caused.

  • Chickamauga

    Confederate victory at Chickamauga TN leaves Gen. Rosecrans' union troops trapped in Chattanooga under confederate siege.

  • Gettysburg Address

    President Lincoln gives a 2minuet speech at the Gettysburg battlefield that makes the battlefield a national cemetary.

  • 10% Plan

    Lincoln issues a Proclamation of Amnsty and Reconstruction, also known as the 10% bill. The policy was meant to shorten the war by offering a moderate peace plan.

  • Cold Harbor

    A costly mistake leaves 7,000 union causualties in 20 minuets.

  • Wade-Davis Bill

    Wade-Davis Bill
    Republicans in congress propose the Wade-Davis Bill as an alternative to the 10% plan. Lincoln pocket veto it.

  • Atlanta is captured

    Atlanta is captured by Sherman's army

  • Battle of Nashville

    Hood's rebel army is crused by Federals under Gen. George Thomas. THe Confedate Army of TN ceases as an effective fighting force.

  • Freedmen Bureua Established

  • Lee Surrenders

    Gen. Lee surrenders to Gen.Grant at Appomattox Court House in Virgina.

  • Lincoln Assisnated

    Lincoln Assisnated
    Lincoln is shot in the head by John Wilkes Booth. Lincoln dies the next morning.

  • States Begin drafting Black Codes

  • Johnston Declares End To Reconstruction

  • Thirteenth Amendment approved

    U.S Congress approves theThirteenth Ammendment to the U.S Consitution.

  • Ku Klux Klan Begins

  • Civil Rights Bill

    Passed over Johnson's veto.

  • 1st Reconstruction Act

  • House Impeaches Johnson

  • Fourteenth Amendment Ratified

    Revokes 3/5th compromise

  • 15th Amendment is Ratified

    15th Amendment is Ratified
    Black Men are granted the right to vote.

  • Hayes-Tilden Compromise