Events of the US Civil War
Date | Event |
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12/20/1860 | The South Secedes |
3/11/1861 | The South Creates a Government |
2/1/1861 | The South Seizes Federal Forts |
3/4/1861 | Lincoln's Inauguration |
4/12/1861 | Attack on Fort Sumter |
4/17/1861 - 5/20/1861 | Four More States Join the Confederacy |
7/21/1861 | First Battle of Bull Run |
7/31/1861 | General McDowell Is Replaced |
7/27/1861 | Northern Blockade of the South |
1/27/1862 | Lincoln Issues War Order |
3/8/1862 | McClellan Loses Command |
3/8/1862 - 3/9/1862 | Battle of Monitor and Merrimack |
4/6/1862 - 4/7/1862 | The Battle of Shiloh |
3/27/1862 - 4/26/1862 | The Peninsular Campaign |
3/23/1862 - 6/8/1862 | Stonewall Jackson Defeats Union Forces |
5/31/1862 - 6/1/1862 | The Battle of Seven Pines (Fair Oaks) |
6/26/1862 - 7/1/1862 | The Seven Days' Battles |
7/11/1862 | Halleck Named Chief of Union Army |
7/1/1862 - 8/30/1862 | Pope's Campaign |
9/17/1862 | Battle of Antietam |
12/11/1862 - 12/15/1862 | Battle of Fredericksburg |
1/1/1863 | Emancipation Proclamation |
3/3/1863 | The First National Conscription Act |
4/30/1863 - 5/6/1863 | The Battle of Chancellorsville |
5/1/1863 - 5/30/1863 | The Vicksburg Campaign |
6/12/1863 - 7/23/1863 | The Gettysburg Campaign |
9/19/1863 - 9/20/1863 | The Battle of Chickamauga |
5/1/1864 - 6/23/1864 | Grant's Wilderness Campaign |
6/13/1864 | Confederate Troops Approach Washington, D.C |
8/1/1864 - 9/12/1864 | General William T. Sherman's Atlanta Campaign |
11/15/1864 - 12/21/1864 | General William T. Sherman's March to the Sea |
11/8/1864 | Abraham Lincoln Is Re-Elected |
1/24/1865 | The Fall of the Confederacy |
1/3/1865 - 4/26/1865 | Sherman's March through Carolina |
3/25/1865 - 4/1/1865 | Fallen Richmond |
4/7/1865 | Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse |
4/14/1865 | The Assassination of President Lincoln |
4/26/1865 - 5/27/1865 | Final Surrenders among Remaining Confederate Troops |