Interactive Timeline – 1861-1865

Schaller, 3e_Chapter 14_Interactive Timeline

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Apr Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, VA
May Battle of Spotsylvania, VA
May Confederates win Battle of Chancellorsville VA
Mid-Jun Siege of Petersburg, V, begins
Dec Sherman occupies Savannah, GA
Jul Union wins Battle of Gettysburg VA
Jun Confederates win Battle of Cold Harbor, VA but Union forces push south toward Petersburg
Sep Fall of Atlanta, GA
May Battle of the Wilderness, VA
May Benjamin Butler, Union commander at Fortress Monroe on York Peninsula, declares three slaves who entered his camp "contraband" and refuses to return them to their owners
Jul Confederates win Battle of Bull Run VA and drive Union army back to Washington, DC
THE WORLD: First Geneva Convention established to regulate treatment of injured soldiers
Dec 1860 to Feb 1861 Secession of lower South TX, LA, MS, AL, FL, GA, SC
Nov Sherman's forces leave Atlanta for Savannah
Jan Lincoln signs Final Emancipation Proclamation, freeing all slaves held in Confederate-controlled territory
Feb Union forces capture Forts Henry and Donelson TN, giving the North control of the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers
THE WORLD: "January Uprising" of Poles against Russia begins
Nov Union wins Battle of Chattanooga TN, forcing Confederates back into Georgia
THE WORLD: War of the Triple Alliance--Paraguay against Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay--begins
Sep Lincoln issues Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation
Apr Lincoln calls up 75,000 militia; precipitates secession of upper South VA, NC, AR, TN
Apr Petersburg and Richmond evacuated
Apr 12 Confederates open fire on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor
Apr Joseph Johnston surrenders to William T. Sherman at Durham Station, NC
Jun U.S. Congress outlaws slavery in U.S. territories
Late Sep-Oct Union wins decisive victories in Battles of Winchester, Fisher's Hill, and Cedar Creek, VA, giving Federals control of lower Shenandoah valley
Dec 13th Amendment ratified, abolishing slavery in United States
Nov-Dec Union wins decisive victories in Battles of Franklin and Nashville, completing Union control of western theater
Apr President Lincoln signs legislation abolishing slavery in DC, with compensation for the owners
Aug U.S. Congress passes First Confiscation Act, which provides U.S. Army with authority to confiscate slaves whose owners employ them in direct support of Confederate military
Dec Confederates win Battle of Fredericksburg VA with heavy Union causalities
THE WORLD: End of Taiping Rebellion in China, which leaves 20 million dead over 14 years of fighting
Apr Union wins Battle of Shiloh TN, forcing Confederates back to Corinth, MS
Jun U.S. Congress passes Second Confiscation Act that frees the slaves of any rebel in areas of the Confederacy controlled by Union army and giving Lincoln authority to use contrabands as soldiers
Sep McClellan claims victory in Battle of Antietam MD after forcing retreat of Lee's army back across the Potomac
Sep Confederates win Battle of Chickamauga TN, forcing Union troops back into Chattanooga
Feb Fall of Columbia, SC
Jun-Jul Lee repulses McClellan's advance on Richmond, VA during Seven Days' Battles
Oct Battle of Perryville KY forces Braxton Bragg to abandon Confederate invasion of Kentucky
Aug Confederates win Second Battle of Bull Run, VA and drive Union forces back toward Washington, DC
Mar Confederate Congress passes legislation providing for the enlistment of black men into Confederate military units
Jul Union captures Vicksburg, MS, and gains control of the Mississippi River
THE WORLD: Kingdom of Italy proclaimed at Turin Tsar Alexander II abolishes serfdom in Russia
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