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American Civil War

Main chronology
DateEventStateNotes
03/06/1820The Missouri CompromiseDCSigned by President James Monroe
04/26/1846 to
02/03/1848		Mexican-American War
10/16/1859 to
10/18/1859		John Brown's raid on Harpers FerryWV
11/06/1860Abraham Lincoln wins 1st mandateUSABeating John C. Breckinridge
12/24/1860South Carolina's secession
03/04/1861Lincoln's First inaugural addressDC
04/12/1861 to
04/13/1861		Battle of Fort SumterSC
05/20/1861North Carolina's secession
05/23/1861Virginia's secession
07/21/1861First Battle of Bullrun/
Manassas		VA
02/06/1862Battle of Fort HenryKY
02/12/1862 to
02/16/1862		Battle of Fort DonelsonTN
04/06/1862 to
04/07/1862		Battle of ShilohTN04/06 Death of A. Sidney Johnston
05/31/1862 to
06/01/1862		Battle of Seven PinesVAJ.E. Johnston wounded
06/25/1862 to
07/01/1862		Seven Days BattlesVA
08/28/1862 to
08/30/1862 		Second Battle of Bullrun/
Manassas		VA
09/17/1862Battle of AntietamMD
09/22/1862Preliminary Emancipation ProclamationDC
12/11/1862 to
12/15/1862		Battle of FredericksburgVA
01/01/1863Emancipation ProclamationDC
04/30/1863 to
05/06/1863		Battle of ChancellorsvilleVA
05/10/1863Death of Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson VAShot by friendly fire at Chancellorsville
06/09/1863Battle of Brandy StationVABig cavalry engagement
07/01/1863 to
07/03/1863		Battle of GettysburgPA
07/04/1863Surrender of VicksburgMS
09/18/1863 to
09/20/1863		Battle of ChickamaugaGAGeorge H. Thomas' stand
11/23/1863 to
11/25/1863		 Battles for ChattanoogaTNMissionary Ridge's assault
04/08/1864Senate votes Amendment XIIIDCSlavery abolished
05/05/1864 to
05/07/1864		Battle of the WildernessVA
05/08/1864 to
05/20/1864		Battle of Spottsylvania Court HouseVA
05/31/1864 to
06/12/1864		Battle of Cold HarborVA
07/30/1864Battle of the Crater VASiege of Petersburg
08/05/1864Battle of Mobile BayAL
09/02/1864Surrender of AtlantaGA
10/19/1864Battle of Cedar CreekVA
11/08/1864Abraham Lincoln wins 2nd mandateUSABeating George B. McClellan
31/01/1865House votes Amendment XIIIDCSlavery abolished
03/04/1865Lincoln's Second inaugural addressDC
04/02/1865Surrender of PetersburgVAAt dawn
04/02/1865Surrender of RichmondVAEvening
04/09/1865Lee's surrender at AppomattoxVA
04/15/1865Death of president Abraham LincolnDCShot the day before
04/26/1865Joseph E. Johnston surrenderNCBennett Place
04/26/1865John Wilkes Booth killedVANear Port Royal
05/10/1865Jefferson Davis captured GANear Irwinville
Union commanders
05/27/1861Army and Department of Northeastern VirginiaIrvin McDowellTakes command
11/01/1861Union armiesGeorge B. McClellanTakes command
26/07/1861Army of the PotomacGeorge B. McClellanTakes command
06/26/1862Army of VirginiaJohn PopeTakes command
09/12/1862Army of VirginiaJohn PopeResigns, unit merged
into the Army of the Potomac
11/07/1862Army of the PotomacAmbrose E. BurnsideTakes command
01/26/1863Army of the PotomacJoseph HookerTakes command
06/28/1863Army of the PotomacGeorge Gordon MeadeTakes command
03/02/1864Union armiesUlysses S. GrantTakes command
Famous people during the civil war
Abraham Lincoln02/12/1809-04/15/1865 16th President of U.S.
Edwin McMasters Stanton12/19/1814-12/24/1869Secretary of War
William Henry Seward05/16/1801-10/10/1872Secretary of State
Andrew Johnson12/29/1808-07/31/1875 16th Vice President17th President of the U.S.
Winfield Scott06/13/1786-05/29/1866U.S. Army general
Ulysses S. Grant04/27/1822-07/23/1885Union General18th President of the U.S.
George Brinton McClellan12/03/1826-10/29/1885Union GeneralRun in 1864 election
John Pope03/16/1822-09/23/1892Union General
Ambrose Everett Burnside05/23/1824-09/13/1881Union General
Joseph Hooker11/13/1814-10/31/1879Union General
George Gordon Meade12/31/1815-11/06/1872Union General
William Tecumseh Sherman02/08/1820-02/14/1891Union General
George Henry Thomas07/31/1816-03/28/1870Union GeneralRock of Chickamauga
Winfield Scott Hancock02/14/1824-02/09/1886Union General
Philip Henry Sheridan03/06/1831-05/05/1888Union General
Andrew Hull Foote09/12/1806-06/26/1863Union R.Admiral
David Glasgow Farragut07/05/1801-08/14/1870Union Admiral
Benjamin Franklin Butler11/05/1818-01/11/1893Union General
William Starke Rosecrans09/06/1819-03/11/1898Union General
Henry Wager Halleck01/16/1815-01/09/1872Union General
John Alexander McClernand05/30/1812-09/20/1900Union General
John C. Frémont01/21/1813-07/13/1890Union General
Don Carlos Buell03/23/1818-11/19/1898Union General
Jefferson Davis06/03/1808-12/06/1889President of the C.S.
Robert Edward Lee01/19/1807-10/12/1870Confederate general
Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson01/21/1824-05/10/1863Confederate general
Albert Sidney Johnston02/02/1803-04/06/1862Confederate general
James Ewell Brown "Jeb" Stuart02/06/1833-05/12/1864Confederate general
Joseph Eggleston Johnston02/03/1807-03/21/1891Confederate general
Braxton Bragg03/22/1817-09/27/1876Confederate general
James Longstreet01/08/1821-01/02/1904Confederate general
Richard Stoddert Ewell02/08/1817-01/25/1872Confederate general
Jubal Anderson Early11/03/1816-03/02/1894Confederate general
Nathan Bedford Forrest07/13/1821-10/29/1877Confederate general
Robert Emmett Rodes03/29/1829-09/19/1864Confederate general
Stephen Dodson Ramseur05/31/1837-10/20/1864Confederate general
John Brown Gordon02/06/1832-01/09/1904Confederate general
Edward Porter Alexander03/26/1835-04/28/1910Confederate general
John C. Breckinridge01/16/1821-05/17/1875Confederate general
Ambrose Powell Hill11/09/1825-04/02/1865Confederate general
Pierre Gustave Toutant-Beauregard05/28/1818-02/20/1893Confederate general
John Bell Hood06/01/1831-08/30/1879Confederate general
George Edward Pickett 01/16/1825-07/30/1875Confederate general
John Wilkes Booth05/10/1838-04/26/1865ActorMurderer of A.Lincoln
David Edgar Herold06/16/1842-07/07/1865Booth's accomplice
Lewis Thornton Powell04/22/1844-07/07/1865Booth's accomplice
Mary Elizabeth Jenkins Surratt1820/1823?-07/07/1865Booth's accomplice
George Andrew Atzerodt06/12/1835-07/07/1865Booth's accomplice