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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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