American Civil War Timeline

  • Election Of Abraham Lincoln

    Election Of Abraham Lincoln
    when Abraham Lincoln is elected out declared that the south will be a state of rebellion which caused him to win the election of 1860.
  • Battle Of Fort Sumter

    Battle Of Fort Sumter
    A federal outpost in Charleston south Carolina, that was attacked by confederate troops, beginning the civil war.
  • First Battle Of Bull Run

    First Battle Of Bull Run
    Was The first major battle of the civil war and the confederates victory it shattered the Norths hope of winning the war quickly the rebels had won the day
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    Second Battle Of Bull Run

    Jackson's troops met people from the union of the forces on the battlefield three days after the battle of the second battle of Manasseh.
  • Battle Of Antietam

    Battle Of Antietam
    The battle of Antietam was the boldest battle of the civil war because more soldiers were billed in this battle than the deaths of all Americans in the american Revolution war of 1812 and Mexican american war combine.
  • Emancipation Proclamation

    Emancipation Proclamation
    Lincoln worked in tensely, thinking, writing, rewriting. He finally wrote the emancipation proclamation slaves " all person held as slaves within any state or designated part of of a state the people where of shall then be in rebellion against the united states shall be then, and forever free."
  • Battle Of Gettysburg

    Battle Of Gettysburg
    Key battle that finally turned the trade against the federates and the confederate general Robert E Lee second invasion of the north.
  • Gettysburg Address

    Gettysburg Address
    President Lincoln gave a speech called the address in which he praised the bravery of union soldiers and renew his containment to winning the civil war.
  • Surrender Of Confederate Forces

    Surrender Of Confederate Forces
    Sherman closed in on the last confederate defenders in north Carolina. Lee was forced to retreat from rich-man.
  • Assassination Of Abraham Lincoln

    Assassination Of Abraham Lincoln
    They say he was assassinated because of the new slave laws, rules he was shoot in the theater.