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civil war table

a timeline on battles and generals

generalsbattlesdiscriptionplacetime/ date
(president) Abraham Lincoln (blank) Elected president, first Republican (blank) March 4, 1861
Jefferson Davis (blank) Graduated from West Point: Confederate states is formed with him as the President (blank) Feb. 9, 1861
Pierre Beauregard Fort Sumter Confederates attack under him and open fire on Fort Sumter with 50 cannons Charleston, South Carolina 4:30 AM March 12,1861
Robert E. Lee (blank) son of a Revolutionary War hero,is offered command of the Union Army. Lee declines. (blank) April 15, 1861
(president) Abraham Lincoln (blank) issues a Proclamation of Blockade against Southern ports (blank) April 19, 1861
Robert E. Lee (blank) resigns his commission in the United States Army (blank) April 20, 1861
Irvin McDowell (N) 1st Bull Run suffers a defeat from "Stonewall" Jackson:falls back into Washington 25 miles southwest of Washington July 21, 1861
Thomas J. Jackson 1st Bull Run earns the nickname "Stonewall," as his brigade resists Union attacks 25 miles southwest of Washington July 21, 1861
George B. McClellan (blank) Commander of the Department of the Potomac, replacing McDowell (blank) July 27, 1861
Ulysses S. Grant Fort Henry, then Fort Donelson Victory:Grant earns the nickname "Unconditional Surrender" Grant Fort Henry, then Fort Donelson Feb 6, 1862
Ulysses S. Grant Shiloh Confederates suprise attack him Shiloh on the Tennessee River March 8/9, 1862
David Farragut Shiloh 17 Union ships move up the Mississippi River then take New Orleans New Orleans April 24, 1862
Joseph E. Johnston Battle of Seven Pines (Shiloh) attacks McClellan's troop and almost defeats them, Johnston is wounded Richmond,Virginia May 31, 1862
Robert E. Lee Shiloh replaces Johnston because he is wounded;renames his force the Army of Northern Virginia (blank) June 1, 1862
Robert E. Lee Seven Days Battles Lee attacks McClellan;resulting in very heavy losses for both armies Richmond,Virginia June 25-July 1
John Pope Second Battle of Bull Run defeated by 55,000 Confederates under Gen. Stonewall Jackson and Gen. James Longstreet northern Virginia Aug 29/30, 1862
Robert E. Lee Second Battle of Bull Run Lee invades the North with 50,000 Confederates and heads for Harpers Ferry 50 miles northwest of Washington Sept 4-9, 1862
Robert E. Lee (S) and McClellan (N) Antietam The bloodiest day in U.S. military history ;26,000 men are dead, wounded, or missing. Lee then withdraws to Virginia Antietam in Maryland Sept 17, 1862
Lincoln Antietam announces the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation: free the slaves and preserve the Union (blank) Sept 22, 1862
Ambrose E. Burnside Antietam The president replaces McClellan with Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside as the new Commander of the Army of the Potomac (blank) Nov 7, 1862
Burnside Fredericksburg suffers a costly defeat with a loss of 12,653 men after 14 frontal assaults on well entrenched Rebels on Marye's Heights Fredericksburg,Virginia Dec 13, 1862
Lincoln (blank) issues the final Emancipation Proclamation freeing all slaves in territories held by Confederates and emphasizes the enlisting of black soldiers in the Union Army (blank) Jan 1, 1863
Joseph (Fighting Joe) Hooker (blank) appointed as Commander of the Army of the Potomac, replacing Burnside (blank) Jan 25, 1863
Grant (blank) placed in command of the Army of the West:orders to capture Vicksburg. (blank) Jan 29, 1863
Hooker Battle of Chancellorsville defeated by Lee's much smaller forces Virginia May 1-4, 1863
Stonewall Jackson (S) Battle of Chancellorsville mortally wounded by his own soldiers;Union losses are 17,000 killed, wounded and missing out of 130,000. The Confederates, 13, 000 out of 60,000. Virginia May 1-4, 1863
Stonewall Jackson (S) Battle of Chancellorsville gets hit with friendly fire, gets a disease, then dies: Lee says,"I have lost my right arm" Virginia May 10, 1863
Lee (S) (blank) 75,000 Confederates launches his second invasion of the North Pennsylvania June 3, 1863
George G. Meade (N) (blank) commander of the Army of the Potomac, replacing Hooker:5th man to command the Army in less than a year. (blank) June 28, 1863
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