Civil War Timeline
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Updated: 10 Nov 2017
Jasmine K. 4th Per
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Created byJasmine Kuwamura
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CIVIL WAR BEGINSCIVIL WAR ENDSStart of Civil War:
Attack on Fort Sumter
@Charleston, South CarolinaEnd of Civil War:
Lee surrenders to Grant
@Appomattox Courthouse, VABattle of Antietam
@Sharpsburg, MDBattle of Atlanta
@Atlanta, GA1st Battle of Bull Run (Manassas)
@Prince William County, VA2nd Battle of Bull Run (Manassas)
@Prince William County, VABattle of Gettysburg
@Gettysburg, PABattle of Vicksburg
@Warren County, MSLincoln suspends habeas corpus (1)Lincoln suspends habeas corpus (2)Union begins ConscriptionCongress passes first tax on incomeDraft Riots in NYULYSSES S. GRANT
1863ROBERT E. LEE
1862-1863THOMAS "STONEWALL" JACKSON
1862-1863WILLIAM T. SHERMAN
1864Emancipation ProclamationGettysburg AddressLincoln's 2nd Inaugural AddressLincoln's DeathLincoln wins 1860 electionSouth Carolina secedes from UnionConfederate States of America formedCritten CompromisePickett's ChargeBattle of IroncladsRecontruction Era begins13th Amendment ratifiedBattle of ShilohPeriods
Union Advantages of Civil War:
- North had larger population -> could supply
more troops
- Larger military supply -> produced more guns
in North compared to South
- Upper hand in technology
-Huge Railroad line for Transportation
- Easier to send troops to South
- Telegraph Lines
- Easier to communicate war plans/
strategies over long distancesTIDES TURN: 1863
- South beginning to run low on supplies and
food
- HUGE INFLATION RATES
- Hurt Southern moraleNORTH BEGINS TO WIN CIVIL WAR:
AFTER STONEWALL JACKSON'S DEATH
- Lee not as good of strategist as Jackson
- Jackson's death hurt Confed. troops
- War begins to favor North
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