Events of the US Civil War (Simple List)
The South Secedes
The South Creates a Government
The South Seizes Federal Forts
Lincoln's Inauguration
Attack on Fort Sumter
Four More States Join the Confederacy
First Battle of Bull Run
General McDowell Is Replaced
Northern Blockade of the South
Lincoln Issues War Order
McClellan Loses Command
Battle of Monitor and Merrimack
The Battle of Shiloh
The Peninsular Campaign
Stonewall Jackson Defeats Union Forces
The Battle of Seven Pines (Fair Oaks)
The Seven Days' Battles
Halleck Named Chief of Union Army
Pope's Campaign
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Fredericksburg
Emancipation Proclamation
The First National Conscription Act
The Battle of Chancellorsville
The Vicksburg Campaign
The Gettysburg Campaign
The Battle of Chickamauga
Grant's Wilderness Campaign
Confederate Troops Approach Washington, D.C
General William T. Sherman's Atlanta Campaign
General William T. Sherman's March to the Sea
Abraham Lincoln Is Re-Elected
The Fall of the Confederacy
Sherman's March through Carolina
Fallen Richmond
Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
The Assassination of President Lincoln
Final Surrenders among Remaining Confederate Troops
