The Civil War

  • War begins

    Fort Sumter attacked by Confederate
  • Seven Days' Battles

    Seven Days' Battles begins near Richmond
  • First battle of Bull Run

    First battle of Bull Run/Manassas in Virginia
  • Ironclads Battle

    Moniter VS Virginia
  • Shiloh

    Battle of Shiloh
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    Second battle of Bull Run ( No specific date )

    Second Battle of Bull Run/Manassas
  • Antietam

    Battle of Antietam
  • Emancipation Proclamation

    Issued on this date
  • Seige of Vicksburg

    Mid-May
  • Gettysburg

    Battle of Gettysburg begins
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    54th Massachussetts Infantry

    led a Herioic charge ( no specific date )
  • Gettysburg Address

    Lincoln gives Gettysburg Address to honor the fallen soldiers at Gettysburg.
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    Wilderness Campaign

    A series of battles designed to capture the Confederate capital
  • Surrender at Appomattox

    Robert E. Lee surrenders to Union General Ulysses S. Grant