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Civil War timeline

  • Confederate States Formed

    Confederate States Formed
    Confederate states formed with Jefferson Davis as president of them.
  • First battle of Bull Run

    First battle of Bull Run
    Confederate forces fire on fort Sumter, first battle of war
  • Battle of Antietam

    Battle of Antietam
    Bloodiest day in U.S military history.
  • Emancipation Proclamation

    Emancipation Proclamation
    President Lincoln frees slaves.
  • Battle of Chancellorsville

    Battle of Chancellorsville
    General Hooker is defeated by Lee.
  • Battle of Gettysburg

    Battle of Gettysburg
    North beats the South in Pennsylvania
  • George B. McClellan

    George B. McClellan
    The democrats nominate McClellan to run against Abraham Lincoln.
  • Lincoln wins

    Lincoln wins
    Abraham Lincoln is re-elected as president defeating McClellan.
  • It is over

    It is over
    Lee surrenders his Confederate Army at Appomattox to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant.
  • Lincoln shot

    Lincoln shot
    Lincoln gets shot by John Wilkes Booth while him and his wife are at a play at Ford's Theater.