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U.S. Civil War Major Events

 

 

 
Attack on Fort Sumter
  
Antietam
  
Sherman's Atlanta Campaign
  
April 1861
  
September 1862
  
Aug. to Nov. 1864
  
 
July 1861
  
July 1863
  
April 9, 1865
 
1st Battle of Bull Run
  
Gettysburg
  
Lee's Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
 

 

 

 

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U.S. Civil War Major Events

 
March 4, 1861
 
  • Abraham Lincoln is sworn in as 16th President
April 12, 1861
 
  • Confederates attack Fort Sumter
July 21, 1861
 
  • Union Army is defeated at the 1st Battle of Bull Run
Nov. 1, 1861
 
  • Lincoln appoints Gen. Geo. McClellan as general-in-chief
June 1, 1862
 
  • Robert Lee assumes command of the Army of Northern Virginia
Sept. 17, 1862
  
  • Battle of Antietam
Jan. 1, 1863
  
  • Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation
Jan. 29, 1863
  
  • Gen. Grant takes over the Army of the West
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