CIVIL WAR TIMELINE

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1861

APRIL 17, 186111 states in the confederacy

APRIL 19, 1861 Lincoln blockades the South – tries to

cut off supplies from getting to the south

BLOCKADE RUNNERS Small boats that tried to get past the

Union ships to get supplies into the South

At the beginning of the war, Lincoln didn’t have enough boats to effectively blockade the South

Throughout the war he got more boats

BLOCKADE RUNNERS Wilmington – Blockade Runners supplied

the city throughout the war One brought in Yellow Fever Sometimes they sank

SITE OF A WRECK

GUNS BROUGHT UP FROM A WRECK

MORE FROM THE WRECKS

EXAMPLES OF GUNS

PORTHOLE FROM THE PETERHOV

JULY 21, 1861 Battle of Bull Run

Believing that the war wouldn’t last long, people brought picnics to sit and watch the battle

Union defeat

FEBRUARY 6, 1862 Victory for Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in

Tennessee, capturing Fort Henry, and ten days later Fort Donelson.

Grant earns the nickname "Unconditional Surrender" Grant. 

MARCH 8/9, 1862 Merrimac vs. Monitor

The Confederate Ironclad 'Merrimac' sinks two wooden Union ships then battles the Union Ironclad 'Monitor' to a draw.

Naval warfare changes making wooden ships obsolete

SEPTEMBER 17, 1862 Battle of Antietam

The bloodiest day in U.S. military history By nightfall 26,000 men are dead,

wounded, or missing. Confederates withdraws to Virginia. 

DECEMBER 13, 1862 Battle of Fredericksburg

Union defeatOne of the greatest victories for the

Confederates

JANUARY 1, 1863 President Lincoln issues the

Emancipation Proclamation freeing all slaves in territories held by

Confederates encourages the enlisting of black

soldiers in the Union Army. The war becomes the war to end slaveryIt wasn’t easy to enforceNot many slaves knew about it

JULY 1-3, 1863 Battle of Gettysburg South loses Turning Point of the war

Devastated the South Economy South loses support of England

NOVEMBER 19, 1863President Lincoln delivers a two minute

Gettysburg Address at a ceremony dedicating the Battlefield as a National Cemetery. 

THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS Stop here and watch America the Story

of Us Wednesday

Students complete Gettysburg address activity

JUNE 15, 1864 Union army misses the chance to

capture Petersburg Instead they put Petersburg under siege

for 9 months

SEPTEMBER 2 General Sherman (Union) captures

Atlanta Victory helps Lincoln get re-elected

NOVEMBER 8, 1864 Abe Lincoln is re-elected

DECEMBER 21, 1864 Sherman’s March to the Sea

Sherman marches his troops from Atlanta to Savannah destroying everything in his path

SHERMAN’S MARCH TO THE SEA

JANUARY 13-15 The Battle of Ft. Fisher Union wins and now controls the

entrance to the South’s last major Port

THE MOUNDS

THE BLOODY GATE – BUTTER STORY

RE-ENACTORS

THE BATMAN

JANUARY 31, 1865 13th Amendment approved Officially abolishes slavery

LINCOLN STUFF FROM PREZI Watch “The Powers of War” Why was it so important to pass the 13th

amendment before the end of the war?

Lincoln didn’t think the Emancipation Proclamation would hold up in court…therefore the slaves had to be freed by law

LINCOLN’S STRUGGLE He needed votes to pass the

Amendment In order to secure Republican votes, he

made a deal to discuss peace with the South

This upset many

LINCOLN Watch the clip and take notes on:

how Lincoln chooses to handle this problem why does he change the telegraph that he

is sending to U. S. Grant?Why does he stop the Confederates from

coming to talk peace? 1:14:25 "No 16 Year olds left"

THE ANSWER He believes that the freedom of the

slaves must be done before ending the war. Therefore he can't talk peace yet.

Watch the Clip "Morning of the Vote“ How does George Pendleton try to stop

the vote?

FEBRUARY 22, 1865 Wilmington is captured Bellamy Mansion becomes Union

headquarters Lee said, “If Wilmington falls, the Confederacy falls” Wilmington was the last port for the South

APRIL 2, 1865 The Union takes Richmond, Virginia –

Confederate Capitol

APRIL 9, 1865 Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomattox

Court House

APRIL 14, 1865 Lincoln and his wife go to a play at

Ford’s Theatre John Wilkes Booth sneaks in and shoots

Lincoln

APRIL 15, 1865 Lincoln dies VP Andrew Johnson assumes presidency

APRIL 26, 1865 John Wilkes Booth is shot and killed in a

barn

MAY 1, 1865 Reconstruction begins