| Civil War Timeline
The Civil War Timeline provides facts, information and dates from the start of the Civil War on April 12, 1861 to its bitter end on May 10, 1865. The Civil War Timeline charts the major events and battles that claimed the lives of over 618,000 men. The Civil War Timeline details a month by month, year by year chronicle of all of the key political and military events of the American Civil War. American Civil War Timeline
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th American President who served in office from March 4, 1861 to April 15, 1865. This article provides a Civil War Timeline with important facts and information about the major events and battlefields. |
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Civil War Timeline: Civil War 1860 - 1861 Timeline Dates
Our interesting and factual introduction to the American Civil War is supplemented by a Timeline full of Facts and Information about important events. The Civil War Timeline starts in 1860 just prior to the outbreak of the Civil War and are detailed in a timeline format on the following chart: Civil War Timeline Facts and Dates: 1860 - 1861 Civil War Timeline Fact Sheet | | Civil War Timeline Facts | 1860 | November | November 6th, 1860 when Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the United States, representing the Republican Party. | | | | | | | Civil War Timeline Facts | 1860 | December | December 18, 1860: The Crittenden Compromise was proposed as a constitutional amendment by Senator John J. Crittenden of Kentucky. The Crittenden Compromise fails. The First State to Secede was South Carolina on the December 20th, 1860 | | | | | | | Civil War Timeline Facts | 1861 | January | More States secede (Mississippi | | | | | | | Civil War Timeline Facts | 1861 | February | February 8, 1861: Convention of the first seceding states was held in Montgomery, Alabama. The states agreed to form the Confederate States of America and write a provisional constitution February 22, 1862: Jefferson Davis was chosen as the President of the Confederate States of America (CSA) | | | | | | | Civil War Timeline Facts | 1861 | March | March 2, 1861: Texas becomes the seventh state to secede March 2, 1861: The Corwin Amendment is proposed as a last-ditch effort to appease the North and South. It fails. March 4, 1861: Abraham Lincoln is inaugurated as President on March 4, 1861 March 11, 1861: The Constitution of the Confederate States of America is established | | | | | | | Civil War Timeline Facts | 1861 | April | April 12, 1861: Attack on Fort Sumter - Confederates soldiers under General Pierre Beauregard open fire marking the start of the Civil War April 15, 1861: President Abraham Lincoln issues a Proclamation calling for 75,000 militiamen April 19, 1861: Proclamation of Union Blockade. President Lincoln announces the Union Blockade to keep supplies from entering or leaving the Confederacy. The coast of the Confederacy will become subject to the blockade April 17, 1861: Virginia secedes April 20, 1861: Robert E. Lee declines command of the Union Army | | | | | | | Civil War Timeline Facts | 1861 | May | May 6, 1861: Arkansas secedes May 20, 1861: North Carolina secedes | | | | | | | Civil War Timeline Facts | 1861 | June | June 8, 1861: Tennessee secedes | | | | | | | Civil War Timeline Facts | 1861 | July | July 2 Union victory Hoke's Run July 21, 1861 Confederate victory at First Manassas / First Bull Run. Confederate General Thomas J. Jackson earns the nickname "Stonewall" in the Civil War as his brigade resists Union attacks under General Irvin McDowell July 25, 1861: U.S. Congress passes a resolution declaring that the war is being fought to "preserve the Union," not to destroy slavery July 27, 1861 - President Lincoln appoints General George B. McClellan as Commander of the Department of the Potomac, replacing General McDowell | | | | | | | Civil War Timeline Facts | 1861 | September | Confederate troops enter Kentucky, ending the state's neutrality | | | | | | | Civil War Timeline Facts | 1861 | November | November 1, 1861 - President Lincoln appoints McClellan as general-in-chief of all Union forces after the resignation of Winfield Scott November 7, 1861: Jefferson Davis elected regular president of the Confederacy November 8, 1861: England threatens war if two Confederate officials sailing toward England are not released. President Lincoln agrees. | | | | | | | Civil War Timeline Facts | 1861 | December | December 28, 1861: Missouri admitted to Confederacy despite not having seceded. | Civil War Timeline Facts and Dates: 1860 - 1861 Civil War Timeline Chart |
Civil War Timeline: 1862 Civil War Timeline Dates
The Civil War Timeline Facts and dates in 1862 are detailed in a timeline format on the following chart: Civil War Timeline Facts: Civil War 1862 Timeline Chart | | Civil War Timeline Facts | 1862 | January | January 31, 1862: President Lincoln issues war order authorizing the Union to launch a unified aggressive action of naval and land forces against the Confederacy in the Civil War | | | | | | | Civil War Timeline Facts | 1862 | February | February 20, 1862: Willie, the eleven-year-old son of Abraham Lincoln, dies from fever February 25, 1862: Nashville is first Confederate state capital to fall to Union troops in the Civil War | | | | | | | Civil War Timeline Facts | 1862 | March | The Peninsular Campaign in the Civil War begins. President Lincoln relieves General McClellan, on a temporary basis, as general-in-chief and takes direct command of the Union Armies
March 8-9, 1862: Ironclads in the Civil War. Monitor vs. Virginia (Merrimack), Inconclusive Battle at of the Ironclads | | | | | | | Civil War Timeline Facts | 1862 | April | April 6-7, 1862: Union victory the Battle of Shiloh - Massive casualties on both sides. The Confederate surprise attack on General Ulysses S. Grant's unprepared troops at Shiloh on the Tennessee River results in 13,000 Union soldiers and 10,000 Confederates killed and wounded, more men were casualties in the Civil War than in all previous American wars combined April 25–May 1, 1862: Union victory at New Orleans, the South's greatest seaport General McClellan's troops left northern Virginia to begin the Peninsular Campaign | | | | | | | Civil War Timeline Facts | 1862 | May | May 31, 1862: Inconclusive Battle at Seven Pines - General Joseph E. Johnston is badly wounded | | | | | | | Civil War Timeline Facts | 1862 | June | June 1, 1862: General Robert E. Lee assumes command in the Civil War, replacing the wounded Johnston | | | | | | | Civil War Timeline Facts | 1862 | July | July: US Congress passes the Militia Act authorizing Lincoln to use black soldiers but they are paid only half of what the white soldiers are paid in the Civil War July 11, 1862: President Abraham Lincoln hands over the task of general-in-chief to General Henry W. Halleck (Old Brains) | | | | | | | Civil War Timeline Facts | 1862 | August | August 22, 1862: President Lincoln issues the "Greeley Letter" in response to Horace Greeley's editorial "A Prayer of Twenty Millions." August 29/30, 1862: 75,000 Federal troops under General John Pope are defeated by 55,000 Confederate troops under General Stonewall Jackson and General James Longstreet at the Second battle of Bull Run in northern Virginia | | | | | | | Civil War Timeline Facts | 1862 | September | September 4-9, 1862: General Robert E Lee invades the North with 50,000 Confederate troops and heads for Harpers Ferry, 50 miles from Washington September 17, 1862 - Battle of Antietam The bloodiest day in U.S. military history as General Robert E. Lee and the Confederate Armies are stopped at in Maryland by General McClellan. The battle leaves 26,000 men are dead, wounded, or missing. General Robert E. Lee withdraws to Virginia. September 22, 1862: President Lincoln issues a Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation freeing slaves in the Civil War | | | | | | | Civil War Timeline Facts | 1862 | November | November 7, 1862:: President Lincoln replaces McClellan with General Ambrose E. Burnside as the new Commander of the Army of the Potomac | | | | | | | Civil War Timeline Facts | 1862 | December | December 11-15 Confederate Victory at Fredericksburg in the Civil War. The army of the Potomac under General Burnside is defeated defeat at Fredericksburg in Virginia with a loss of 12,653. Confederate losses are 5,309
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Civil War Timeline: 1863 Civil War Timeline Dates
The Civil War Timeline Facts and dates in 1863 are detailed in a timeline format on the following chart: Civil War Timeline Facts: 1863 Civil War Timeline Chart | | Civil War Timeline Facts | 1863 | January | January 1, 1863: The Emancipation Proclamation. President Lincoln issues an executive order freeing many slaves. The war to preserve the Union now becomes a Civil War revolutionary struggle for the abolition of slavery January 25, 1863: President Lincoln appoints General Joseph (Fighting Joe) Hooker as Commander of the Army of the Potomac, replacing General Burnside.
January 29, 1863: General Ulysses Grant is placed in command of the Army of the West in the Civil War, with orders to capture Vicksburg. | | | | | | | Civil War Timeline Facts | 1863 | February | February 3 Union Victory at Dover / Fort Donelson
February 28 Union USS Montauk destroys Confederate Privateer Rattlesnake | | | | | | | Civil War Timeline Facts | 1863 | March | 1863 March March 3, The Conscription Act (Enrolment Act) is passed during the Civil War. The U.S. Congress enacts a draft, for male citizens aged 20 to 45, but also exempts those who pay $300 or provide a substitute. March 30-April 20, 1863: Inconclusive Battle at Washington | | | | | | | Civil War Timeline Facts | 1863 | April | April 7, 1863: Confederate Victory at Charleston Harbor / Fort Sumter
| | | | | | | Civil War Timeline Facts | 1863 | May | April 30 - May 6, 1863: Chancellorsville. Confederate Victory at Chancellorsville. The Union Army under General Hooker is decisively defeated by the brilliant tactics of General Robert E. Lee's smaller forces at the Battle of Chancellorsville in Virginia. Confederate General Stonewall Jackson is mortally wounded in this battle of the Civil War. Union losses are 17,000 killed, wounded and missing out of 130,000 troops. The Confederate losses were 13, 000 out of 60,000 soldiers.
May 18-July 4 Union Victory at Vicksburg | | | | | | | Civil War Timeline Facts | 1863 | June | June 3, 1863: General Robert E Lee marches North towards Pennsylvania (a journey which leads to Gettysburg) June 28, 1863: President Lincoln replaces Hooker with George G. Meade as commander of the Army of the Potomac | | | | | | | Civil War Timeline Facts | 1863 | July | July 1-3, 1863: The Battle of Gettysburg. A major victory for the North and the Union starts to win the Civil War. The Battle of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania results in massive casualties in the Civil War July 4, 1863: The Siege of Vicksburg. Vicksburg, the last Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi River, surrenders to General Ulysses Grant after a 6 week siege. With the Union now in control of the Mississippi, the Confederacy is effectively split in two and cut off from its western forces in the Civil War
July 13-16, 1863 - Anti-draft riots in New York City include arson and the murder of blacks by poor white immigrants. Union soldiers returning from Gettysburg restore order.
July 18, 1863 - 'Negro troops' of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment under Colonel Robert G. Shaw assault Fort Wagner, South Carolina. Colonel Shaw and half of the 600 men in the regiment are killed
| | | | | | | Civil War Timeline Facts | 1863 | August | August 10, 1863: President Lincoln meets with abolitionist Frederick Douglass regarding equality for Union 'Negro troops.' in the Civil War August 21, 1863: Confederate William C. Quantrill raids Lawrence, Kansas and massacres 182 men.
| | | | | | | Civil War Timeline Facts | 1863 | September | September 18-20 Confederate Victory at Chickamauga under General Braxton Bragg's Army of Tennessee Tennessee under Confederate siege in the Civil War
| | | | | | | Civil War Timeline Facts | 1863 | October | October 16, 1863: President Lincoln appoints General Grant to command all operations in the western theater in the Civil War. | | | | | | | Civil War Timeline Facts | 1863 | November | November 19, 1863: President Lincoln dedicates a portion of the Gettysburg battlefield as a national cemetery, and delivers the two minute "Gettysburg Address." November 23-25, 1863: Union Victory at Chattanooga. General Grant defeats the siege army of General Braxton Bragg.
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Civil War Timeline Facts
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Civil War Timeline: 1864 Civil War Timeline Dates
The Civil War Timeline Facts and dates in 1864 are detailed in a timeline format on the following chart: Civil War Timeline Facts: 1864 Civil War Timeline Chart Fact Sheet | | Civil War Timeline Facts | 1864 | March | March 9, 1864: President Abraham Lincoln appoints General Grant to command all of the armies of the United States in the Civil War. General William T. Sherman succeeds Grant as commander in the west | | | | | | | Civil War Timeline Facts | 1864 | May | May 4, 1864: The start of a massive campaign in the Civil War involving all the Union Armies. General Grant with 120,000 troops advances towards Richmond, Virginia to engage General Lee's Army of 64,000. Major battles follow at the Wilderness (May 5-6), Spotsylvania (May 8-12), and Cold Harbor (June 1-3).
In the west, General Sherman, with 100,000 troops starts an advance toward Atlanta to engage the 60,000 strong Army of Tennessee under Joseph E. Johnston. | | | | | | | Civil War Timeline Facts | 1864 | June | June 15, 1864: Nine month Siege of Petersburg begins in the Civil War with General Grant's forces surrounding Lee
| | | | | | | Civil War Timeline Facts | 1864 | September | September 2: The city of Atlanta is captured by General Sherman's Army. General Sherman, with 62,000 troops begin the destructive "scorched earth policy" and the March to the Sea in the Civil War
| | | | | | | Civil War Timeline Facts | 1864 | November | November 8, 1864: Abraham Lincoln is re-elected president during the Civil War, defeating Democrat George B. McClellan | | | | | | | Civil War Timeline Facts | 1864 | December | December 15-16 Union Triumph at Nashville. General Hood's Rebel Army of 23,000 is crushed at Nashville by 55,000 Union soldiers under General George H. Thomas. December 21, 1864: General Sherman reaches Savannah, Georgia leaving behind a 300 mile path of burning destruction 60 miles wide from Atlanta to Savannah in Sherman's March to the Sea during the Civil War | Civil War Timeline Facts: 1864 Civil War Timeline Chart |
Civil War Timeline: 1865 Civil War Timeline Dates
The Civil War Timeline Facts and dates in 1865 are detailed in a timeline format on the following chart: Civil War Timeline Facts: 1865 Civil War Timeline Chart | | Civil War Timeline Facts | 1865 | January | January 31, 1865: Congress approves the 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution to abolish slavery during the in the Civil War | | | | | | | Civil War Timeline Facts | 1865 | February | February 3, 1865: The Hampton Roads Conference, a four-hour peace conference between President Lincoln and Confederate Vice President Alexander Stephens in an attempt to end the American Civil War | | | | | | | Civil War Timeline Facts | 1865 | March | March 4, 1865: President Lincoln is inaugurated in Washington in the Civil War March 25, 1865: The last offensive for General Lee's Army of Northern Virginia begins with an attack on General Grant's forces at Petersburg | | | | | | | Civil War Timeline Facts | 1865 | April | April 9: General Robert E. Lee surrenders his Confederate Army to General Ulysses S. Grant following the Battle of Appomattox Court House in Virginia. Also refer to Surrender of Appomattox April 14, 1865: President Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theatre. Vice President Andrew Johnson assumes the presidency April 18, 1865: General Joseph E. Johnston surrenders to General Sherman near Durham in North Carolina | | | | | | | Civil War Timeline Facts | 1865 | May | May 12-13, 1865: Confederate Victory at Palmito Ranch. The last major conflict in the American Civil war
All remaining Confederate forces surrender to the Union refer to the End of the Civil WarReconstruction of the South (1865-1877) following the in the Civil War. The South is occupied by Federal troops while state governments and economies are established and the infrastructure of the South is rebuilt. | Civil War Timeline Facts: 1865 Civil War Timeline Chart Fact Sheet |
Civil War Timeline Facts- President Abraham Lincoln Video
The article on the Civil War Timeline provides an overview of the major events during the war that divided the nation. The following Abraham Lincoln video will give you additional important facts and dates about the political events experienced by the 16th American President whose presidency spanned from March 4, 1861 to April 15, 1865. | | |
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