| 1860 |
| November |
6 |
Lincoln elected |
| December |
20 |
South Carolina secedes |
| 1861 |
| January |
9 |
USS Star of the West fired on in Charleston Harbor |
| 9 |
Mississippi secedes |
| 10 |
Florida secedes |
| 11 |
Alabama secedes |
| 19 |
Georgia secedes |
| 29 |
Kansas admitted as 34th state |
| February |
1 |
Texas secedes |
| 18 |
Davis inaugurated as provisional president of Confederacy |
| 23 |
Lincoln arrives in Washington DC |
| March |
4 |
Lincoln inaugurated |
| April |
12 |
Confederates fire on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor |
| 13 |
Sumter surrenders |
| 15 |
Lincoln calls for 75,000 volunteers |
| 17 |
Virginia convention votes secession |
| 18 |
Federal soldiers abandon Harpers Ferry |
| 19 |
Soldiers-civilians clash in Baltimore |
| 20 |
Confederates seize navy yard in Norfolk (VA) |
| May |
6 |
Arkansas secedes |
| 7 |
Tennessee negotiates alliance with Confederacy |
| 20 |
North Carolina secedes |
| 21 |
Confederate legislators vote to move capital to Richmond |
| 23 |
Virginia secedes (after popular vote) |
| 24 |
Union soldiers occupy Alexandria (VA) |
| June |
3 |
Battle at Philippi (now WV) |
| 10 |
Battle at Big Bethel (VA) |
| 11 |
Western Virginia counties create separate government |
| July |
11 |
Battle of Rich Mountain (now WV) |
| 21 |
Battle of First Manassas (Bull Run) |
| August |
10 |
Battle of Wilson's Creek (MO) |
| 11 |
Union soldiers occupy Hatteras Island (NC) |
| September |
6 |
Union troops take Paducah (KY) |
| October |
21 |
Battle of Ball's Bluff (VA) |
| November |
6 |
Davis elected to six-year term as president of Confederacy |
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| 1862
|
| January |
19 |
Battle of Mill Springs (KY) |
| February |
6 |
Union army/navy forces take Fort Henry on the Tennessee River |
| 8 |
Union soldiers take Roanoke Island (NC) |
| 16 |
Confederates surrender Fort Donelson on the Cumberland River (TN) |
| 22 |
Davis officially inaugurated Confederate president in Richmond |
| March |
7-8 |
Battle of Pea Ridge (AR) |
| 8 |
Confederate ironclad Merrimac enters Hampton Roads, destroys Union warships |
| 9 |
Battle of Monitor-Merrimac in Hampton Roads |
| 21 |
First battle of Kernstown (VA) |
| 28 |
Battle of Glorieta (NM) |
| April |
6-7 |
Battle of Shiloh (TN) |
| 8 |
Confederates surrender Island No. 10 on Mississippi River |
| 11 |
Union forces take Fort Pulaski (GA) |
| 25 |
New Orleans falls to Union naval forces under Farragut |
| May |
4 |
Confederates evacuate Yorktown |
| 5 |
Battle of Williamsburg (VA) |
| 8 |
Battle of McDowell (VA) |
| 15 |
Battle of Drewry's Bluff (VA) |
| 23 |
Battle of Front Royal (VA) |
| 25 |
Battle of Winchester (VA) |
| 31 |
Battle of Seven Pines (Fair Oaks) (VA) |
| June |
1 |
Lee takes command of Confederate army in Richmond |
| 6 |
Union forces occupy Memphis |
| 8 |
Battle of Cross Keys (VA) |
| 9 |
Battle of Port Republic (VA) |
| 26 |
Battle of Mechanicsville (VA) |
| 27 |
Battle of Gaines' Mill (VA) |
| 29 |
Battle of Savage's Station (VA) |
| 30 |
Battle of Glendale (VA) |
| July |
1 |
Battle of Malvern Hill (VA) |
| August |
9 |
Battle of Cedar Mountain (VA) |
| 29-30 |
Second battle of Manassas (Bull Run) (VA) |
| September |
1 |
Battle of Chantilly (VA) |
| 5 |
Lee crosses Potomac into Maryland |
| 14 |
Battles at South Mountain (MD) |
| 15 |
Harpers Ferry falls to Confederates |
| 17 |
Battle of Antietam |
| 22 |
Lincoln issues preliminary Emancipation Proclamation |
| October |
4 |
Battle of Corinth (MS) |
| 8 |
Battle of Perryville (KY) |
| December |
11 |
Union army crosses Rappahannock River into Fredericksburg |
| 13 |
Battle of Fredericksburg |
| 31-Jan 2 |
Battle of Stone's River (Murfreesboro) (TN) |
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| 1863 |
| January |
1 |
Emancipation Proclamation takes effect |
| April |
2 |
Bread riots in Richmond |
| May |
1-4 |
Battle of Chancellorsville |
| 10 |
Stonewall Jackson dies |
| 16 |
Battle of Champion's Hill (MS) |
| June |
9 |
Battle of Brandy Station (VA) |
| 15 |
Second Battle of Winchester |
| 20 |
West Virginia admitted to Union as 35th state |
| July |
1-3 |
Battle of Gettysburg |
| 4 |
Vicksburg surrenders to Grant |
| 13-16 |
New York City draft riots |
| August |
21 |
Lawrence (KS) burned by Quantrill |
| September |
7 |
Fort Wagner (SC) occupied by Union troops |
| 19-20 |
Battle of Chickamauga (GA) |
| November |
6 |
Battle of Droop Mountain (WVA) |
| 19 |
Lincoln delivers Gettysburg address |
| 23-25 |
Battles for Chattanooga (Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge) |
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| 1864 |
| February |
17 |
Confederate sub Hunley sinks Housatonic (SC) |
| April |
8 |
Battle at Sabine Crossroads (LA) |
| 12 |
Fort Pillow captured (TN) |
| May |
5-6 |
Battle of the Wilderness (VA) |
| 6 |
Atlanta Campaign opens |
| 7-19 |
Battle of Spotsylvania (VA) |
| 11 |
Battle of Yellow Tavern (VA) |
| 12-13 |
Second Battle of Drewry's Bluff (VA) |
| 15 |
Battle of New Market (VA) |
| 24 |
Battle of the North Anna River (VA) |
| 25-27 |
Battle of New Hope (GA) |
| June |
1-14 |
Battle of Cold Harbor (VA) |
| 10 |
Battle of Brice's Crossroads (MS) |
| 11-12 |
Battle of Trevilian Station (VA) |
| 15 |
Initial Union attacks at Peterburg |
| 18 |
Battle of Lynchburg (VA) |
| 27 |
Battle of Kennesaw Mountain (GA) |
| July |
9 |
Battle of Monocacy (MD) |
| 20 |
Battle at Peachtree Creek (GA) |
| 22 |
Battle of Atlanta |
| 24 |
Second battle of Kernstown (VA) |
| 30 |
Battle of "The Crater" at Petersburg |
| 30 |
Confederate cavalry burn Chambersburg (PA) |
| August |
5 |
Battle of Mobile Bay (AL) |
| September |
2 |
Union troops occupy Atlanta |
| 19 |
Third battle of Winchester |
| 22 |
Battle of Fisher's Hill (VA) |
| 29 |
Battle of Fort Harrison (Chaffin's Farm) (VA) |
| October |
19 |
Battle of Cedar Creek (VA) |
| 23 |
Battle of Westport (MO) |
| November |
8 |
Lincoln elected for second term |
| 15 |
Sherman begins "March to the Sea" |
| 30 |
Battle of Franklin (TN) |
| December |
15-16 |
Battle of Nashville |
| 21 |
Savannah occupied by Union troops |
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| 1865 |
| January |
15 |
Fort Fisher falls to Union forces |
| February |
3 |
Peace conference at Hampton Roads (VA) |
| 17 |
Columbia (SC) occupied by Union troops, burned |
| 18 |
Charleston (SC) occupied by Union troops |
| 22 |
Wilmington (NC) falls to Union troops |
| March |
2 |
Battle of Waynesboro (VA) |
| 4 |
Lincoln inaugurated |
| 25 |
Battle of Fort Stedman at Petersburg |
| April |
1 |
Battle of Five Forks (VA) |
| 2 |
Petersburg occupied by Union troops |
| 2-3 |
Richmond falls, Confederate government evacuates |
| 4 |
Lincoln visits Richmond |
| 6 |
Battle of Sailor's Creek (VA) |
| 9 |
Lee surrenders at Appomattox CH |
| 14 |
Lincoln shot at Ford's Theater |
| 15 |
Lincoln dies |
| 26 |
Johnston surrenders in North Carolina |
| 26 |
Lincoln assassin Booth trapped and killed |
| May |
10 |
Confederate president Davis captured in Georgia |
| 26 |
Smith surrenders Trans-Mississippi Confederate army |
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