CIVIL WAR TIMELINE

EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION

• The emancipation proclamation main factor
• is that all slaves in The North and in few
• rebelling territories were freed.

CIVIL WAR

1861- FORT SUMTER

• Fort Sumter, a federal fort in
• Charleston Harbor, was fired
• upon by rebel forces to begin
• the Civil War
• -April 1861-

1862- BATTLE OF ANTIETAM

• The very first battle of the Civil War to take place
• on North soil, (Sharpsburg, Maryland) in which
• it was the bloodiest 1 day battle in American History
• The Union had victory while Lee withdrew to Virgina
• -September 1862-

1862-1863 EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION

• This changes the nature of the war since
• the Northern and rebelling territories
• slaves were freed
• -Announced in September 1862-
• -Signed in January 1863-

1863- SIEGE OF VICKSBURG

• The North captured this stronghold
• to gain control of the Mississippi River
• and divided the Southern States
• -May to July 1863-

1863- BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG

• The turning point of the Civil
• War;Lee's invasion of northern
• territory is repelled;South is no
• longer capable of an offensive into Union
• -July 1863-

1865- LEE SURRENDERS

• Lee surrenders at Appomattox Court
• House - brings civil war to a close as
• the Confederate forces surrender.
• Now these states can back to the US
• -April 1865-