Civil War Timeline

Civil War: Timeline

The south wants to leave the Union

April 1861

The South claimed the right to leave the United States and form its own confederacy. President Lincoln led the Northern States. He was determined to stop the rebellion and keep the country united. This event is important because its was the start of the Civil War.

Bloodiest Day of the war

Sept. 17 1862

The armies of the South and the North met at Antietam Creek in Maryland. The Confederate Army (South), led by Robert E. Lee, failed to force back The Union troops led by George McClellan. This event was important because the Confederacy was going to have the political support of Britain and France. However, they delayed and The South didn’t receive the help they needed.

Emancipation Proclamation

The president Lincoln issued a preliminary Emancipation Proclamation that freed all slaves in the South. It also allowed African Americans into the Union Army. This was important because the African American could fight for their freedom and to keep the Union together.

Later in 1862

Scorched-earth policy

Gen. William T. Sherman left a path of destruction (known as the scorched-earth policy) as his army marched across Georgia and South Carolina. This was important because this helped the North to win important battles.

1864

End of the Civil War

Gen. Lee surrender to the Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. This was important because it was the end of the war. This was a significant war because most Americans died in the Civil War than in any other US conflict. Gen. Lee surrender to the Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. This was important because it was the end of the war. This was a significant war because most Americans died in the Civil War than in any other US conflict.

April 1865

Abraham Lincoln’s death

John Wilkes Booth, a Confederate sympathizer shot Abraham Lincoln in the head, in April 14. Lincoln dies in the next morning. This is an important event because Abraham Lincoln was leader of the Union..

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Andrew Johnson becomes president

Andrew Johnson became the president of the United States. Andrew was a southerner. He gave pardons to many Southerners, which give them back their political rights. This was important because it destroyed the meaning of the civil war, the fight of the country to abolish slavery.

April 1865

Slavery continues

The majority of the former Confederate States (the people of the South) canceled the acts of secession (separation from the country). However, they refused to abolish slavery. Only Tennessee gave full citizenship to African American men.

End of 1865

Oath of loyalty

The Republicans didn’t let rebel leaders govern. The Union blocked the people from voting, if they didn’t take an oath of loyalty to the Union. To the congress the rights of the African Americans were important and strongly supported. This is a significant event because they guaranteed important to the African American.

End of 1865

Changes in the Southern states

The House of Representatives tried to impeached president Johnson, but the senate was one vote shorter of the two-thirds majority required to remove Johnson from office. The Southern couldn’t send their representatives until they change their laws, barring slavery, conceding equal protection of the law to all citizens and finally allowing to all men citizen vote. This event is important because its meant to a strictly changes their laws to protect and respect all the people.

End of 1865