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The Civil War - A Timeline

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    The Civil War - A Timeline

  • Henry Clay Proposes what becomes the Missouri Compromise

    Henry Clay Proposes what becomes the Missouri Compromise
    Missouri Compromise

  • President Millard Fillmore signed the Missouri Compromise into Law

    President Millard Fillmore signed the Missouri Compromise into Law
    Missouri Comrpomise - Resources

  • "Uncle Tom's Cabin" is Published

    "Uncle Tom's Cabin" is Published
    Uncle Tom's Cabin Historical Site

  • Kansas Nebraska Act signed into Law

    Kansas Nebraska Act signed into Law

  • Dred Scott Decision

    Dred Scott Decision
    Dred Scott Decision

  • Lincoln-Douglas Debates begin

    Lincoln-Douglas Debates begin
    Lincoln-Douglas Debates

  • John Brown raids Federal Armory at Harper's Ferry - attempts to incite a slave rebellion

    John Brown raids Federal Armory at Harper's Ferry - attempts to incite a slave rebellion
    John Brown

  • Abraham Lincoln is elected President of the United States, advocates the containment of Slavery, not the Abolition of Slavery

    Abraham Lincoln is elected President of the United States, advocates the containment of Slavery, not the Abolition of Slavery
    Library of Congress
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    The Civil War - A Timeline

  • South Carolina Secedes from the Union

    South Carolina Secedes

  • Mississippi Secedes from the Union

  • Florida Secedes from the Union

  • Alabama Secedes from the Union

  • Georgia Secedes from the Union

  • Louisiana Seceds from the Union

  • Texas Secedes from the Union

  • Confederate States of America is Formed

  • Jefferson Davis selected as President of the Confederate States of America

    Jefferson Davis selected as President of the Confederate States of America
    Jefferson Davis

  • Abraham Lincoln is Inaugurated

  • Confederate Forces shell Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor - The Civil War Begins

    Confederate Forces shell Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor - The Civil War Begins
    Battle of Fort Sumter

  • Virginia Secedes from the Union

  • President Lincoln declares a Blockade of all Southern Ports in rebellion

    President Lincoln declares a Blockade of all Southern Ports in rebellion
    "Anaconda Plan"

  • Arkansas and Tennessee Secede from the Union

  • North Carolina Secedes from the Union

  • 1st Battle of Bull Run at Manasas Virginia

    1st Battle of Bull Run at Manasas Virginia
    1st Battle of Bull Run

  • General George B. McClellen takes command of the Union's Army of the Potomac

    General George B. McClellen takes command of the Union's Army of the Potomac

  • First Income Tax is introduced in the Revenue Act of 1861 to help pay for the cost of the Civil War

  • Missouri Secedes from the Union

  • Kentucky Secedes from the Union

  • The Battle of Island Number Ten - the Union seeks to divide the Confederacy by capturing the Mississippi River

    The Battle of Island Number Ten - the Union seeks to divide the Confederacy by capturing the Mississippi River
    Mississippi River Campaign, 1862-1863

  • Battle of Hampton Roads - 1st Battle of "Ironclad" Warships

    Battle of Hampton Roads - 1st Battle of "Ironclad" Warships
    Battl of Hampton Roads

  • The Battle of Seven Pines/Fair Oaks - McClellen is defeated, Robert E. Lee assumes command of the Confederate States Army of Northern Virginia

    The Battle of Seven Pines/Fair Oaks - McClellen is defeated, Robert E. Lee assumes command of the Confederate States Army of Northern Virginia
    Battle of Seven Pines

  • 2nd Battle of Bull Run

    2nd Battle of Bull Run
    2nd Battle of Bull Run

  • Battle of Antietam - McClellan fights Lee to a stand-still

    Battle of Antietam - McClellan fights Lee to a stand-still
    Battle of Antietam

  • Battle of Fredricksburg, Union Maj. General Ambrose Burnside suffers 12,000 casualties in frontal assaults against Robert E. Lee's entrenched Confederate Army

    Battle of Fredricksburg, Union Maj. General Ambrose Burnside suffers 12,000 casualties in frontal assaults against Robert E. Lee's entrenched Confederate Army
    Battle of Fredricksburg

  • Emancipation Proclamation - Following the Battle of Antietam, Abraham Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation, essentially freeing the Slaves in the Conderacy as a "military necessity".

    Emancipation Proclamation - Following the Battle of Antietam, Abraham Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation, essentially freeing the Slaves in the Conderacy as a "military necessity".
    Emancipation Proclamation

  • Battle of Chancellorsville - Slaughter of Union Troops, Death of Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson.

    Battle of Chancellorsville - Slaughter of Union Troops, Death of Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson.
    Battle of Chancellorsville

  • General Ulysses S. Grant lays seige to the City of Vickburg, Mississippi, the City surrendurs on July 4, 1963

    General Ulysses S. Grant lays seige to the City of Vickburg, Mississippi, the City surrendurs on July 4, 1963
    The Siege of Vicksburg

  • Battle of Gettysburg

    Battle of Gettysburg
    Battle of Gettysburg

  • Ulysses S. Grant promoted to Major General, takes command of the Army of the Potomac

    Ulysses S. Grant promoted to Major General, takes command of the Army of the Potomac

  • Vicksburg Surrendurs to Ulysses S. Grant

    Vicksburg Surrendurs to Ulysses S. Grant

  • The Battle of Chattanooga - Grant lifts the Siege of Chattanooga

    The Battle of Chattanooga - Grant lifts the Siege of Chattanooga
    Chattanooga Campaign

  • Grant begins the "Overland Campaign" against Lee

    Grant begins the "Overland Campaign" against Lee
    "Overland Campaign"

  • Battle of the Wilderness - Grant confronts Lee in a Battle of Attrition

    Battle of the Wilderness - Grant confronts Lee in a Battle of Attrition
    Battle of the Wilderness

  • Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse - Grant continues to take the battle to Lee, grinding out victory through attrition.

    Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse - Grant continues to take the battle to Lee, grinding out victory through attrition.
    Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse

  • Battle of Cold Harbor - Grant presses the attack against Lee, to "grind it out" and reduce Lee's capabilities by attrition

    Battle of Cold Harbor - Grant presses the attack against Lee, to "grind it out" and reduce Lee's capabilities by attrition
    Battle of Cold Harbor

  • The Siege of St. Petersburg - Grant lays Siege to Lee at St. Petersburg, guarding the way to Richmond in a dying gasp at preserving the Confederacy

    The Siege of St. Petersburg - Grant lays Siege to Lee at St. Petersburg, guarding the way to Richmond in a dying gasp at preserving the Confederacy
    Siege of St. Petersburg

  • Battle/Siege of Atlanta - Union Gen. Wm. T. Sherman besieges the City of Atlanta, eventually captures it, burns it to the ground and embarks on his "March to the Sea", eventually capturing the Port of Savanah

    Battle/Siege of Atlanta - Union Gen. Wm. T. Sherman besieges the City of Atlanta, eventually captures it, burns it to the ground and embarks on his "March to the Sea", eventually capturing the Port of Savanah
    Battle of Atlanta

  • Abraham Lincoln is re-elected President of the United States

    Abraham Lincoln is re-elected President of the United States
    Election of 1864

  • Sherman's "March to the Sea" from Atlanta to Savanah, leaving a swath of destruction remembered to this day

    Sherman's "March to the Sea" from Atlanta to Savanah, leaving a swath of destruction remembered to this day
    Sherman's "march to the Sea"

  • Savanah falls to Sherman

    Savanah falls to Sherman

  • The Battle of Five Forks - the End draws near for the Confederacy

    The Battle of Five Forks - the End draws near for the Confederacy
    The Battle of Five Forks

  • Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomattox Courthouse

    Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomattox Courthouse
    Lee Surrenders to Grant - Appamattox Courthouse

  • Abraham Lincoln is Assassinated

    Abraham Lincoln is Assassinated
    Assassination of Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth

  • President Andrew Johnson declares the Civil War to be ended

    President Andrew Johnson declares the Civil War to be ended

  • 13th Amendment Adopted - Outlawing Slavery

    13th Amendment

  • 14th Amendment - Due Process/Equal Protection Clauses

  • 15th Amendment - Voting Rights