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The Civil War 1861 - 1865

Begun	April 12, 1861
Ended	April 9, 1865
Casualties	970,000
Total dead	620,000
United States of America
President	Abraham Lincoln
Secretary of War	Simon Cameron, Edwin M. Stanton
Secretary of the Navy	Gideon Welles
Secretary of State	William Seward
Confederate States of America
President	Jefferson Davis
Secretary of War	Leroy Pope Walker, Judah P. Benjamin, George W. Randolph, James Seddon, John C. Breckinridge
Secretary of the Navy	Stephan Mallory
Secretary of State	Robert Toombs, Robert M.T. Hunter, Judah P. Benjamin

For the social, political, economic and diplomatic history see American Civil War homefront


March 4	Abraham Lincoln is inaugurated as President
April 12	Civil War begins when Confederates attack Fort Sumter, South Carolina
July 21	First Battle of Bull Run, Virginia, also called First Manassas


February 16	Battle at Fort Donelson, Tennessee
March 9	Naval battle between Union Monitor and Confederate Merrimac in the Atlantic Ocean. Merrimac withdraws
April 6-7	Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee
April 25	Union Admiral David G. Farragut captures New Orleans, Louisiana
May 31-June 1	Battle of Fair Oaks (Seven Pines), Virginia
June 25-July 1	Seven Day's Battles, Maryland and Virginia
September 16-17	Battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg), Maryland
September 23	President Lincoln issues preliminary Emancipation Proclamation freeing slaves in South as of January 1, 1863
December 13	Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia


January 1	President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation
May 2-4	Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia
July 1-3	Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania; Union victory marks turning point in the war
July 4	Union forces win siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi
September 19-20	Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia
November 19	President Lincoln delivers Gettysburg Address to dedicate battlefield.
November 23-25	Battle of Chattanooga, Tennessee


March 9	Gen. Grant becomes General-in-Chief of Union armies
May 5-6	Battle of the Wilderness, Virginia
May 8-12	Battle of Spotsylvania, Virginia, Court House
June 15-18	Battle of Petersburg, Virginia
July 11-12	Confederate raid under Gen. Jubal Early almost reaches Washington
July 30	Battle of the Crater, Petersburg, Virginia
August 5	Naval battle of Mobile Bay, Alabama
September 2	Gen. William T. Sherman occupies Atlanta, Georgia
November 8	Abraham Lincoln re-elected President
November 15	Sherman begins his March to the Sea
December 15-16	Battle of Nashville, Tennessee
December 21	Sherman occupies Savannah, Georgia


February 6	Gen. Robert E. Lee becomes General-in-Chief of Confederate armies
March 25	Confederate attempts to break out of Petersburg, Virginia, fails
April 2	Confederates retreat from Richmond, Virginia
April 9	Gen. Lee surrenders to Gen. Grant at Appomattox Court House
April 14	President Lincoln assassinated
April 26	Presidential assassin John Wilkes Booth shot and killed
May 4	Last Confederate army surrenders

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 == Chronology of the Civil War ==