Civil+War+TImeline

Civil War Timeline

1861 April 12, 1861 - Attack on Fort Sumter July 21, 1861 - First Battle of Bull Run (Manassas)

1862 September 17, 1862 - Antietam (Sharpsburg) Late September - Emancipation Proclamation was decided on December 11-13, 1862 - Battle of Fredricksburg

1863 January 1, 1863 - Emancipation Proclamation enacted April 30-May 6, 1863 - Battle of Chancellorsville July 1-3, 1863 - Battle of Gettysburg July 4, 1863 - Surrender of Vicksburg July 13-15, 1863 - Draft Riots November, 1863 - Gettysburg Address

1864 June, 1864 - Start of siege of Petersburg November-December, 1864 - Sherman's March

1865 April 9, 1865 - Confederate surrender at Appomattox Court House April 14, 1865 - Lincoln's Assassination