events of the civil war

  • Confederacy is Formed

    Confederacy is Formed
  • Lincoln sworn in as 16th president of the U.S.A.

  • 1st Battle of Bull Run

    1st Battle of Bull Run
  • The monitor battles the marrimack

    The monitor battles the marrimack
  • new orleans falls to the union

    new orleans falls to the union
  • The seven day battles.

  • Battle of Antietam

    Battle of Antietam
  • Battle of Fredericksburg

    Battle of Fredericksburg
  • the military draft is enacted for the first time in history

    the military draft is enacted for the first time in history
  • battle of Vicksburg

    battle of Vicksburg
  • lee becomes the commander of the army of northern virginia

    lee becomes the commander of the army of northern virginia
  • battle of chancellorsvile

    battle of chancellorsvile
  • Battle of gettysburg

  • attack on ft. wagner

  • quantrill burns lawrence

  • Lincoln delivers the gettysburg adress

  • sherman reaches the sea dividing the south

  • lincoln wins re-election

  • grant takes supreme commoand of the union army

  • battle of cold harbor

  • sherman burns atlanta

  • signing of the emmancupation proclimation

  • lincoln 2nd inaugural speech

  • richmond falls to union army

  • Appomattox court house was built

  • lincoln is assassinated

  • 13th ammendment radified freeing slaves