Civil War Timeline

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  • Lincoln Election

    Lincoln Election
    Abraham Lincoln was elected the sixteenth president of the United States. He was running against Stephen Douglas, and Lincoln was the first Republican preseident.
  • South Carolina Secede

    South Carolina Secede
    South Carolina secedes after Lincoln becomes president.
  • Mississippi

    Mississippi
    Mississippi secede because they wanted to keep slavery.
  • Florida secedes

    Florida secedes
    Florida secede because of the conflicts over slavery.
  • Alabama secedes

    Alabama secedes
    Alabama seceded because of the Slavery conflict.
  • Georgia Secedes

    Georgia Secedes
    Gerogia becomes the 5th state to secede.
  • Lousiana secedes

    Lousiana secedes
    Lousiana was the 6th state to secede from the Union
  • Texas Secedes

    Texas Secedes
    Texas was the 7th state to secede from the Union.
  • Lincoln calls for 7,500 voulnteers

    Lincoln calls for 7,500 voulnteers
    Lincoln called for 75,000 Militiamen from governers of states sill in the Union. After that Virginia, Arkansas, Nort Carolina, and Tenessee secede.
  • Virginia secedes

    Virginia secedes
    Virginia was the 8th state to secede from the Union
  • Arkansas

    Arkansas
    Arkansas was the 9th state to secede from the Union.
  • Fort Sumter

    Fort Sumter
    There was a battle at fort sumter on April 12, 1861. The South attacked Fort Sumter. That started the Union Civil War
  • North Carolina session

    North Carolina session
    North Carolina secedes from the Union
  • Tennessee

    Tennessee
    Tennessee seceded from the Union
  • 1st Manassas (1st bull run)

    1st Manassas (1st bull run)
    It was the first major battle of the civil war. The cofederates won the battle.
  • McClellan becoms commander of Army of the Potomac

    McClellan becoms commander of Army of the Potomac
    He is named the comander of the army of the Potomac
  • Merrimac v. Monitor

    Merrimac v. Monitor
    It was one of the events that involved the Navy warfare, They were two ships that were called Merrimac V. Monitor, and they decided to start fighting basically.
  • Battle of Fort Henry

    Battle of Fort Henry
    The Union won, and it was in Tenessee. The general of the Union was Ulysses S. Grant, and the Confederate general was Lloyd Tilghman.
  • Battle of Fort Donelson

    Battle of Fort Donelson
    The Union won this victory too. The Union general Ulysses S. Grant, the Confederate general was John B. Floyd.
  • Battle of Shiloh

    Battle of Shiloh
    The Union won and the Union general Ulysses S. Grant. The confederate general was P.G.T Beaurgard.
  • Battle of Chancellorsville

    Battle of Chancellorsville
    The confederates won the Battle. The confederate general was Robert E. Lee and the union general was Joseph Hooker.
  • Robert E. Lee becomes commander

    Robert E. Lee becomes commander
    Robert E. Lee becomes commander of the Army of Northern Virgina
  • Pope becomes commander

    Pope becomes commander
    Jon Pope becomes the commander of the Army of the Potomac, after McClellan.
  • 2nd Bull Run

    2nd Bull Run
    The confederates won the 2nd battle of Bull Run. John Pope for the Union and Robert E. Lee for the confederacy are the two generals.
  • Battle of Antietam

     Battle of Antietam
    The Union won this battle, and the confederate general was Robert E. Lee, Union general was George Mclellan, suprisingly.
  • Burnside becomes commander

    Burnside becomes commander
    Burniside becomes commander of the Army of the Potomac.
  • Battle of Fredricksburg

     Battle of Fredricksburg
    It was a confederate victory. Ambrose Burnside was the Union general, and Robert E. Lee was the confederate general.
  • Battle of Vicksburg

    Battle of Vicksburg
    It was a union won. The confederate general was John C. Pemberton, and the union general was Ulysess S. Grant.
  • Battle of Gettysburg

    Battle of Gettysburg
    It was a union victory, and the union general was George Meade. The confederate general was Robert E. Lee.
  • 13th Amendment

    13th Amendment
    The Senate passed this amendment, and the amendment was to abolish and prohibit slavery.
  • Seige of Petersburg

    Seige of Petersburg
    It was a Union victory. Ulysses S. Grant was the Union general, and Robert E. Lee was the confederate general.
  • Atlanta captured

    Atlanta captured
    It was his first thing to do in his "March to the Sea", which involved him capturing Atlanta.
  • Battle of Nashville

    Battle of Nashville
    It was a Union victory George H. Thomas was the union general, and John Hood was the confederate general.
  • Lee's surrender

    Lee's surrender
    Robert E. Lee surrenders to Ulysses S. Grant in Appomattox Court House, Virginia.
  • Joseph E. Johnson surrenders

    Joseph E. Johnson surrenders
    He surrenders the rest of the confederate army to William Sherman.
  • Lincoln Assassined

    Lincoln Assassined
    Lincoln was assassined by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theater