| 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 |
