Civil war soldiers

Civil War Timeline

  • Election of 1860

    Election of 1860
    Lincoln was elected that day and considered the south a rebellion about to start
  • Fort Sumter

    Fort Sumter
    Federal outpost in Charleston, South Carolina was attacked by Confederate troops, this started the civil war
  • First Battle of Bull Run

    First Battle of Bull Run
    Fist major battle of the civil war and of the Confederate victory. AKA the first battle of Manassas. Killed Norths hope of winning
  • Second Battle of Bull Run

    Second Battle of Bull Run
    Jackson group met Union Forces on the battlefield
  • Battle of Antietem

    Battle of Antietem
    Battle of Antietem was considered the most bloodiest in the entirety of the Civil War in a single day. More americans were killed than in the American Revolution(americans), War of 1812, and the Mexican-American war all together.
  • Emancipation Proclemation

    Emancipation Proclemation
    Lincoln worked hard thinking, and writing and then came up with this document that stated,"all persons held a slave within any state or designated part of a state the people wear of shall then be in rebellion against the United States shall be then, thenceforward, forever free."
  • Battle of Gettysburg

    Battle of Gettysburg
    Key battle throughout the entire Civil War. General George M. Calvery union forces Confederate raiding party.
  • Gettysburg Address

    Gettysburg Address
    Lincoln gave the speech to show appreciation of all the fallen soldiers that dies to win the Civil War
  • Surrender of Confederate Forces

    Surrender of Confederate Forces
    Sherman called back confederate troops in North Carolina. Lee forced to retreat in Richmond
  • Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

    Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
    Assassinated due to new slavery laws (Emancipation Proclemation) and killed inside a theatre by John Wilkes Booth