Timeline of the Civil War

By laurenboltz

  • Lincoln's election

  • South Carolina Secedes

  • Period: to

    1860-1865

  • Mississippi Secedes

  • Florida Secedes

  • Alabama Secedes

  • Georgia Secedes

  • Louisiana Secedes

  • Texas Secedes

  • Formation of CSA

  • Jefferson Davis Provisional President of War

  • Morill Tariff

  • Lincoln's Inaguration

  • Battle of Fort Sumter

    April 12-14

  • Virginia Secedes

  • Arkansas Secedes

  • North Carolina Secedes

  • Tennessee Secedes

  • First Bull Run

  • Jefferson Davis President of CSA

  • Stanton Replaces Cameron as Secretary of War

  • Battle at Shiloh

    6-7

  • CSA Draft

  • Capture of New Orleans

    4/25-5/1

  • Homestead Act

  • Morill Land Grant Act

  • Battle at Antietam

  • Battle of Fredericksburg

    12/11-15

  • Emancipation Proclamation

  • Suspension of Habeas Corpus

  • USA Draft

  • Chancellorsvile

    4/30-5/6

  • Death of Stonewall Jackson

  • Battle of Vicksburg

    5/18-7/4

  • Battle of Gettysburg

    1-3

  • Battle of Atlanta

  • Re-election of Lincoln

  • Battle of Savannah

    11/15-12/2

  • Appomattox Court House

  • Lincoln's Assassination

  • VP Andrew Johnson becomes Chief Executive of US Army

  • Capture of JW Booth

  • Capture of Jefferson Davis