The Civil War

The Civil War

• May 6, 1861 - President Abraham Lincoln declares a state of insurrection in the southern states.
  
• May 21, 1861 - North Carolina is the 10th state to secede from the Union.
  
• May 21, 1861 - Richmond, Virginia becomes the official capital city of the Confederate States.
  
• June 8, 1861 - Tennessee is the 11th state to secede from the Union.
  
• July 21, 1861 - Confederate forces win the first Battle of Bull Run.
  
• October 22, 1861 - The transcontinental telegraph is completed.
  
• March 9, 1862 - The first ironclads, the Monitor and the Merrimack , meet at the Battle of the James River (resulting in a Union victory).
  
• April 7, 1862 - Union forces win the Battle of Shiloh.
  
• April 14, 1862 - Union forces begin the Peninsula Campaign.
  
• August 30, 1862 - Confederate forces win the second Battle of Bull Run.
  
• September 17, 1862 - Union forces win the Battle of Antietam.
  
• September 22, 1862 - The Emancipation Proclamation is issued.
  
• December 13, 1862 - Confederate forces win the Battle of Fredericksburg.
  
• February 24, 1863 - The New Mexico Territory is organized.
  
• February 24, 1863 - The Arizona Territory is organized.
  
• May 4, 1863 - Confederate forces win the Battle of Chancellorsville.
  
• June 20, 1863 - West Virginia is the 35th state admitted to the Union. On June 20, 1863, the wartime state of West Virginia was born by acceptance of the federal government.
  
• July 1, 1863 - The Battle of Gettysburg begins.
  
• July 3, 1863 - Union forces win the Battle Gettysburg.
  
• July 4, 1863 - Union forces capture Vicksburg, thereby taking the entire Mississippi River (second part of the Anaconda Plan).
  
• November 25, 1863 - Union forces win the Battle of Chattanooga.
  
• May 26, 1864 - The Idaho Territory is organized.
  
• May 26, 1864 - The Montana Territory is organized.
  
• September 1, 1864 - Union forces take Atlanta.
  
• October 31, 1864 - Nevada is the 36th state admitted to the Union. On October 31, 1864, at the urging of President Abraham Lincoln, Nevada became a state. Only a short four years earlier, it had been a wilderness.
  
• November 16, 1864 - Union forces begin the "march to the sea", from Atlanta to Savanah.
  
• February 1, 1865 - The 13th Amendment is passed by Congress.
  
• March 4, 1865 - Abraham Lincoln is sworn in as President for a second term.
  
• March 4, 1865 - Andrew Johnson is sworn in as the 16th Vice President of the United States.
  
• March 21, 1865 - Union forces finish the "march to the sea" (by taking Savanah, Georgia).
  
• April 2, 1865 - The fleeing Confederate government sets fire to Richmond.
  
• April 3, 1865 - Union forces occupy the Confederate capital, Richmond (third part of the Anaconda Plan).
  
• April 9, 1865 - The Confederate States of America surrender at Appomattox Courthouse, ending the Civil War.

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