US Civil War Timeline by Aric Voll https://padlet.com/avoll3/yjx21smx3sm6ufsr Key events of a nation at war against itself en-us 2022-06-16 22:22:43 UTC 2025-11-08 05:51:41 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f1fa-1f1f2.png Nov. 6, 1860- Abraham Lincoln elected President avoll3 https://padlet.com/avoll3/yjx21smx3sm6ufsr/wish/2223426939 2022-06-16 22:26:17 UTC https://padlet.com/avoll3/yjx21smx3sm6ufsr/wish/2223426939 December 20, 1860- South Carolina secedes from the Union avoll3 https://padlet.com/avoll3/yjx21smx3sm6ufsr/wish/2223427439 2022-06-16 22:27:40 UTC https://padlet.com/avoll3/yjx21smx3sm6ufsr/wish/2223427439 January 1861- 6 more southern states secede from the Union avoll3 https://padlet.com/avoll3/yjx21smx3sm6ufsr/wish/2223512189 2022-06-17 00:52:59 UTC https://padlet.com/avoll3/yjx21smx3sm6ufsr/wish/2223512189 February 1861- The Confederate States of America are formed avoll3 https://padlet.com/avoll3/yjx21smx3sm6ufsr/wish/2223512667 2022-06-17 00:53:35 UTC https://padlet.com/avoll3/yjx21smx3sm6ufsr/wish/2223512667 April 12, 1861- Confederated fore on Fort Sumter, SC. The Civil War has begun avoll3 https://padlet.com/avoll3/yjx21smx3sm6ufsr/wish/2223516840 2022-06-17 00:58:52 UTC https://padlet.com/avoll3/yjx21smx3sm6ufsr/wish/2223516840 July 21, 1861- The 1st Battle of Bull Run (Confederate Victory) avoll3 https://padlet.com/avoll3/yjx21smx3sm6ufsr/wish/2223517482 2022-06-17 00:59:43 UTC https://padlet.com/avoll3/yjx21smx3sm6ufsr/wish/2223517482 April 6-7, 1862- Battle of Shiloh (Union Victory) avoll3 https://padlet.com/avoll3/yjx21smx3sm6ufsr/wish/2223518971 2022-06-17 01:01:35 UTC https://padlet.com/avoll3/yjx21smx3sm6ufsr/wish/2223518971 August 28-30, 1862- The 2nd Battle of Bull Run (Confederate Victory) avoll3 https://padlet.com/avoll3/yjx21smx3sm6ufsr/wish/2223520794 2022-06-17 01:03:49 UTC https://padlet.com/avoll3/yjx21smx3sm6ufsr/wish/2223520794 September 17, 1862- The Battle of Antietam (Union Victory. Single bloodiest day in American History avoll3 https://padlet.com/avoll3/yjx21smx3sm6ufsr/wish/2223521762 2022-06-17 01:05:03 UTC https://padlet.com/avoll3/yjx21smx3sm6ufsr/wish/2223521762 December 13, 1862- The Battle of Fredericksburg (Confederate Victory) avoll3 https://padlet.com/avoll3/yjx21smx3sm6ufsr/wish/2223522547 2022-06-17 01:06:02 UTC https://padlet.com/avoll3/yjx21smx3sm6ufsr/wish/2223522547 January 1, 1863- Abraham Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation avoll3 https://padlet.com/avoll3/yjx21smx3sm6ufsr/wish/2223523369 2022-06-17 01:07:08 UTC https://padlet.com/avoll3/yjx21smx3sm6ufsr/wish/2223523369 May 1-4, 1863- The Battle of Chancellorsville (Confederate Victory) avoll3 https://padlet.com/avoll3/yjx21smx3sm6ufsr/wish/2223524224 2022-06-17 01:08:02 UTC https://padlet.com/avoll3/yjx21smx3sm6ufsr/wish/2223524224 May 18, 1863- Siege of Vicksburg avoll3 https://padlet.com/avoll3/yjx21smx3sm6ufsr/wish/2223525053 2022-06-17 01:08:50 UTC https://padlet.com/avoll3/yjx21smx3sm6ufsr/wish/2223525053 July 1-3, 1863- The Battle of Gettysburg (Union Victory) avoll3 https://padlet.com/avoll3/yjx21smx3sm6ufsr/wish/2223525877 2022-06-17 01:09:42 UTC https://padlet.com/avoll3/yjx21smx3sm6ufsr/wish/2223525877 March 2, 1864- Ulysses Grant appointed to Lt. General of the Union Army avoll3 https://padlet.com/avoll3/yjx21smx3sm6ufsr/wish/2223527632 2022-06-17 01:11:23 UTC https://padlet.com/avoll3/yjx21smx3sm6ufsr/wish/2223527632 May 4-5, 1864- The Battle of the Wilderness (inconclusive result) avoll3 https://padlet.com/avoll3/yjx21smx3sm6ufsr/wish/2223528618 2022-06-17 01:12:27 UTC https://padlet.com/avoll3/yjx21smx3sm6ufsr/wish/2223528618 November 16, 1864- General William Tecumseh Sherman begins the "March to the Sea." avoll3 https://padlet.com/avoll3/yjx21smx3sm6ufsr/wish/2223529539 2022-06-17 01:13:26 UTC https://padlet.com/avoll3/yjx21smx3sm6ufsr/wish/2223529539 March 4, 1865- Abraham Lincoln's 2nd Inauguration avoll3 https://padlet.com/avoll3/yjx21smx3sm6ufsr/wish/2223530235 2022-06-17 01:14:06 UTC https://padlet.com/avoll3/yjx21smx3sm6ufsr/wish/2223530235 April 9, 1865- General Lee and the Confederate Army surrenders at Appomattox Court House. The War is over avoll3 https://padlet.com/avoll3/yjx21smx3sm6ufsr/wish/2223531674 2022-06-17 01:15:09 UTC https://padlet.com/avoll3/yjx21smx3sm6ufsr/wish/2223531674 April 14, 1865- Abraham Lincoln is assassinated. avoll3 https://padlet.com/avoll3/yjx21smx3sm6ufsr/wish/2223532467 2022-06-17 01:15:54 UTC https://padlet.com/avoll3/yjx21smx3sm6ufsr/wish/2223532467