Civil War Timeline: 1860-1865
Civil War Timeline: 1860-1865
1860
November – Lincoln elected President
December – South Carolina leaves the Union
February, 1861
Confederacy is formed (SC, GA, Alabama, TX, FL, Mississippi, Louisiana) and Jefferson Davis is elected President of the Confederacy.
April through May, 1861
April – Ft. Sumter is attacked – Civil War begins
April through May – 4 more states join the Confederacy (VA, NC, Arkansas, Tennessee)
July, 1861
First Battle of Bull Run
The North heads toward Richmond but is turned back
Stonewall Jackson gets his nickname here
April, 1862
Battle of Shiloh
Union Army is not able to permanently divide the South in two
August, 1862
Second Battle of Bull Run – The North is still not any closer to Richmond.
September, 1862
Battle of Antietam
Single, bloodiest day in American History
South loses ¼ of its troops
Lincoln fires McClellan because he did not follow the South
January, 1863
Emancipation Proclamation takes effect
May – Battle of Chancellorsville and the Battle of Vicksburg begins
July – Battle of Gettysburg and the end of the Battle of Vicksburg
November, 1863
Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address
September – December 1864
Sherman’s famous “March to the Sea”
Atlanta to Savannah
After December, Sherman heads North to help Grant
May 1864 – April 1865
Battleground: Virginia
Grant takes on Lee
April 2, 1865 – Union Army gains Richmond
April 9, 1865 – Lee surrenders at Appomattox Courthouse (VA)
The End of the Civil War
NOW WHAT?
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