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This is a table of events during the Civil War. The events are ordered chronologically and set from top to bottom, earliest to latest.
[1861] | [1862] | [1863] | [1864] | [1865]
| 1861 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Confederate troops attack Fort Sumter |
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April 12 | |
| April 15 |
|
Lincoln calls for troops | |
| Lincoln blockades south |
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April 19 | |
| May 21 |
|
Confederates choose Richmond, VA as capital | |
| Northern troops retreat after battle of bull run |
|
July 21 | |
| 1862 | |||
| Feb. 6 |
|
Union forces capture fort Henry | |
| Grant's troops captured Fort Donelson |
|
Feb.16 | |
| March 9 |
|
The first ironclad, the Monitor, and the Merrimac battle to a draw | |
| Union wins battle of Shiloh |
|
April 6-7 | |
| April 16 |
|
Confederates begin draft | |
| Farragut captures New Orleans |
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April 18-25 | |
| May 4 |
|
Union troops occupy Yorktown, VA and advance on Richmond | |
| Northern forces occupy Corinth, Miss. |
|
May 30 | |
| June 6 |
|
Memphis falls to Union armies | |
| Lee saves Richmond in the battles of the seven day. |
|
June 25-July 1 | |
| Aug. 27-30 |
|
Confederates win the second battle of bull run | |
| confederates retreat after battle of Antietam |
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Sept. 17 | |
| Sept. 22 |
|
Lincoln gives preliminary emancipation proclamation | |
| Bragg's invasion of Kentucky foiled by Bruell's forces |
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Oct. 8 | |
| Dec. 13 |
|
Union forces receive crushing blow in battle of Fredericksburg | |
| Union troops route confederates in the battle of murfreesboro |
|
Dec. 31-Jan. 2 | |
| 1863 | |||
| Jan. 1 |
|
Lincoln issues emancipation proclamation | |
| North passes a draft law |
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March 3 | |
| May 1-4 |
|
North is defeated at Chancellorsville | |
| Confederates defeated in Mississippi |
|
May1-19 | |
| July 1-3 |
|
Battle of Gettysburg ended in a southern defeat | |
| Vicksburg falls to the north |
|
July 4 | |
| July 8 |
|
North occupies Port Hudson, La. | |
| South wins battle of Chickamauga |
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Sept. 19-20 | |
| Nov. 19 |
|
Lincoln delivers Gettysburg Address | |
| Union wins the battle of Chattanooga |
|
Nov. 23-25 | |
| 1864 | |||
| March 9 |
|
Grant becomes general in chief in North | |
| Battle of Wilderness |
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May 5-6 | |
| May 8-19 |
|
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House | |
| Union suffers heavy losses on the final day of the Battle of Cold Harbor |
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June 3 | |
| June 20 |
|
Grant's troops siege to Petersburg, VA | |
| Early's confederate forces almost reach Washington, but are turned back. |
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July 11-12 | |
| Aug. 5 |
|
Farrgut wins the battle of Mobile Bay | |
| Northern troops capture Atlanta |
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Sept. 2 | |
| Sept. 19-Oct. 19 |
|
Sheridan leads rampage of the Shenandoah Valley | |
| Lincoln was reelected President |
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Nov. 8 | |
| Nov. 15 |
|
Sherman bean his march through Georgia | |
| Hood invaded Tennessee |
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Nov. 23 | |
| Nov. 30 |
|
Union forces inflict heavy losses in the battle of Franklin | |
| The battle of Nashville crushes Hood's army |
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Dec. 15-16 | |
| Dec. 21 |
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Sherman occupies Savannah, GA | |
| 1865 | |||
| Lee becomes general in cheif of the South |
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Feb. 6 | |
| April 2 |
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Confederate troops gave up Petersburg and Richmond | |
| Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomatox |
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April 9 | |
| April 14 |
|
Lincoln assassinated | |
| Johnston surrendered to Sherman |
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April 26 | |
| May 4 |
|
Confederate forces in Alabama and Mississippi surrender | |
| Jefferson Davis captured |
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May 11 | |
| May 26 |
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Last confederate troops surrender | |
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