Civil war

Civil War Timeline

  • Election of Abraham

    Election of Abraham
  • Battle of Fort Sumter

    Battle of Fort Sumter
    A federal outpost in Charleston, South Carolina that was attacked by Confederates troops.This war began the Civil War.
  • First Battle of Bull Run

    First Battle of Bull Run
    This was the first major battle of the armies in Virginia. General Irvin Mcdowel marched from Washington against the confederate army which was drawn up behind Bull Run beyond Centreville.
  • Second Battle of Bull Run

    Second Battle of Bull Run
    The second battle of bull run was fought in Prince William County Virginia as part of the Civil war. The confederates led Gen. Robert E. Lee defeated the Unions Major General John Pope.
  • Battle of Antietam

    Battle of Antietam
    The two armies met in Maryland. The union and confederate. The battle lasted hours. it was also known as the battle of Sharpsburg was the bloodiest single day battle of the civil war and of U.S history.
  • Emancipation Proclamation

    Emancipation Proclamation
    President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation as the nation approached its 3 year of bloody civil war. The proclamation declared " that all person held as slaves" within the rebellious states.
  • Battle of Gettyburg

    Battle of Gettyburg
    key battle that finally turned the tide against the confederates. Gen. George, G Meade's calvany, union forces, confederate Raiding party.
  • Gettysburg Adresss

    Gettysburg Adresss
    President Lincoln gave a speech called the gettyburg address in which he praised the bravery of union soldiers and renewal his commitment to writing the civil war.
  • Surrender of Confederate

    Surrender of Confederate
    Robert Lee, commander of the Army of Northern Virginia surrendered his beleaguered confederate force.
  • Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

    Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
    They say he was assassinated because of the new slave law/rules he was shot in the theater