Civil War Timeline

Basic Timeline

1860

• Nov. 6 - Abraham Lincoln elected president

• Dec. 20 - South Carolina secedes from the Union

1861

• Jan. 10-Feb. 9 - Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas secede from the Union

• Feb. 8 - Confederate Constitution adopted

• Feb. 9 - Jefferson Davis elected president of the Confederate States of America, Alexander Stephens is selected as vice president

• Feb. 10 - South seizes Federal Forts

• Feb. 18 - Jefferson Davis inaugurated as president of the Confederacy

• Mar. 4 - Lincoln inaugurated as President of the United States

• Apr. 12 - Union Fort Sumter is fired upon by the Confederate States of America

• Apr. 15 - Lincoln requests 75,000 volunteers to suppress the Southern rebellion.

• July 21 - Battle of 1st Bull Run (Manassas)

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1862

• Mar. 8-9 - Battle of the Ironclads

• Apr. 6-7 Battle of Shiloh

• Aug. 28-30 Battle of 2nd Bull Run (Manassas)

• Sept. 17 - Battle of Antietam

1863

•  May 18-Jul. 4 - Siege of Vicksburg

• July 1-3 Battle of Gettysburg

1864

• May 5-7 - Battle of the Wilderness

• May 31- June 12 - Battle of Cold Harbor

• Nov.-Dec. - Sherman's March through Georgia

1865

• April 9 - Lee Surrenders at Appomattox Court House

• April 15 - President Abraham Lincoln assasination