American Civil War Timeline

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  Event
1808
Prologue
1850
Slave or Free States
1854
1861
Bleeding Kansas
1857
Dred Scott Decision
1859
1859
John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry
1860
Lincoln's Election
Secession and Outbreak
1861
1865
Confederate States of America
1861
1861
Battle of Fort Sumter
1861
Union Blockade
1861
First Battle of Bull Run
1861
1861
Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries
1861
Trent Affair
Eastern and Western Theaters
1862
Battle of Mill Springs
1862
Battle of Fort Henry
1862
1862
Battle of Fort Donelson
1862
1862
Battle of Island Number Ten
1862
1862
Peninsula Campaign
1862
1862
Jackson's Valley Campaign
1862
1862
Battle of Pea Ridge
1862
1862
Battle of Hampton Roads
1862
First Battle of Kernstown
1862
1862
Battle of Shiloh
1862
1862
Battle of Forts Jackson & St Philip
1862
1862
Capture of New Orleans
1862
Battle of McDowell
1862
Battle of Front Royal
1862
First Battle of Winchester
1862
1862
Battle of Seven Pines
1862
First Battle of Memphis
1862
Battle of Cross Keys
1862
Battle of Port Republic
1862
1862
Seven Days Battles
1862
Battle of Oak Grove
1862
Battle of Mechanicsville
1862
1862
Battle of Garnett's & Golding's Farm
1862
Battle of Gaines' Mill
1862
Battle of Savage's Station
1862
Battle of Glendale
1862
Battle of Malvern Hill
1862
Militia Act of 1862
1862
Battle of Cedar Mountain
1862
1862
Kentucky Campaign
1862
1862
Second Battle of Bull Run
1862
1862
Battle of Richmond
1862
1862
South invades the North
1862
Battle of Antietam
1862
Battle of Perryville
1862
1862
Battle of Fredericksburg
1862
1863
Battle of Stones River
1863
Emancipation Proclamation
1863
Enrollment Act
1863
1863
Battle of Chancellorsville
1863
Battle of Champion Hill
1863
1863
Siege of Vicksburg
1863
1863
Siege of Port Hudson
1863
Battle of Brandy Station
1863
1863
Second Battle of Winchester
1863
1863
Tullahoma Campaign
1863
1863
Battle of Gettysburg
Turning Points
1863
Vicksburg surrenders
1863
1863
Battle of Chickamauga
1863
1863
Chattanooga campaign
1863
Battle of Lookout Mountain
1863
Battle of Missionary Ridge
1863
Battle of Ringgold Gap
Union Dominance and Total War
1864
1864
Meridian Campaign
1864
Sinking of USS Housatonic
1864
1864
Red River campaign
1864
Battle of Sabine Crossroads
1864
1864
Valley Campaigns of 1864
1864
1864
Overland Campaign
1864
1864
Battle of the Wilderness
1864
1864
Atlanta Campaign
1864
1864
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
1864
Battle of Yellow Tavern
1864
1864
Battle of Cold Harbor
1864
1865
Siege of Petersburg
1864
Battle of Brice's Cross Roads
1864
Battle of Monocacy
1864
1864
Battle of Fort Stevens
1864
Battle of the Crater
1864
1864
Battle of Mobile Bay
1864
1864
Battle of Jonesborough
1864
Third Battle of Winchester
1864
Battle of Cedar Creek
1864
Battle of Westport
1864
Abraham Lincoln re-elected
1864
1864
Sherman's March to the Sea
1864
Battle of Franklin
1864
1864
Battle of Nashville
Conclusion
1865
1865
Second Battle of Fort Fisher
1865
1865
Battle of Bentonville
1865
Battle of Fort Stedman
1865
1865
Appomattox Campaign
1865
Battle of Five Forks
1865
1865
Battle of Fort Blakeley
1865
Third Battle of Petersburg
1865
Battle of Sailor's Creek
1865
Lee surrenders
1865
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
1865
End of the War
1866

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