American Civil War

18 Feb	Jefferson Davis is made provisional president of the Confederacy.
4 Mar	Abraham Lincoln is sworn in as president of the USA.
12 Apr	Confederate forces open fire on Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina, the first shots of the Civil War.
14 Apr	Fort Sumter surrenders.
15 Apr	Robert E Lee is offered command of the Union Army.
	Lincoln calls for 75.000 militiamen.
17 Apr	Virginia secedes from the Union.
18 Apr	Union forces abandon Harpers Ferry Arsenal, Virginia.
19 Apr	Lincoln orders the blockade of Confederate ports.
20 Apr	Robert E Lee resigns from the Union Army and accepts command of the forces of Virginia.
	Union forces abandon Navy yard at Norfolk, Virginia.
6 May	Arkansa secedes from the Union.
	Confederate Congress declare war on the Union.
20 May	North Carolina secedes from the Union.
21 May	Richmond, Virginia, named capital of the Confederacy.
8 June	Tennessee secedes from the Union.
10 June	Confederate forces defeat the Union forces at Big Bethel, Virginia.
11 June	West Virginia secedes from Virginia and joins the Union.
4 July	The US congress calls for 500.000 men.
21 July	Confederate forces defeat the Union forces at Bull Run, Virginia.
10 Aug	Confederate forces defeat the Union forces at Wilson's Creek, Missouri.
20 Aug	Confederate forces defeat the Union forces at Lexington, Missouri.
29 Aug	Fort Hatteras, North Carolina, captured by Union forces.
21 Oct	Confederate forces defeat the Union forces at Ball's Bluff, Virginia.

19 Jan	Union forces defeat the Confederate forces at Mill Springs, Kentucky.
6 Feb	Union forces capture Fort Henry, Tennessee.
8 Feb	Union forces capture Roanoke Island, North Carolina.
25 Feb	Confederate forces abandon Nashville, Tennessee.
8 Mar	The ironclad CSS Virginia (formerly USS Merrimac) sinks USS Congress and USS Cumberland.
	Union forces defeat the Confederate forces at Pea Ridge, Arkansas.
9 Mar	A battle between CSS Virginia and USS Monitor ends in a draw.
14 Mar	Confederate forces abandon New Madrid, Missouri.
	Union forces capture New Berne, North Carolina.
23 Mar	Union forces defeat the Confederate forces at Kernstown, Virginia.
28 Mar	Union forces defeat the Confederate forces at Glorieta Pass, New Mexico.
4 Apr	Union forces lay siege to Yorktown, Virginia.
7 Apr	Union forces defeat the Confederate forces at Shiloh, Tennessee.
11 Apr	Union forces capture Fort Pulaski, Georgia.
24 Apr	Union ships move up the Mississippi River and capture New Orleans.
28 Apr	Fort Jackson and Fort St. Philip, Louisiana, surrenders.
4 May	Union forces capture Yorktown, Virginia.
5 May	Union forces capture Williamsburg, Virginia.
8 May	Confederate forces defeat the Union forces at McDowell, Virginia.
23 May	Confederate forces defeat the Union forces at Front Royal, Virginia.
25 May	Confederate forces defeat the Union forces at Winchester, Virginia.
31 May	The Battle of Seven Pines ends in a draw.
1 June	Robert E Lee takes command of the Army of Northern Virginia, replacing the wounded Joseph E. Johnston.
6 June	Union forces capture Memphis, Tennessee.
8 June	Confederate forces defeat the Union forces at Cross Keys, Virginia.
9 June	Confederate forces defeat the Union forces at Port Republic, Virginia.
16 June	Confederate forces defeat the Union forces at Secessionville. South Carolina.
26 June	The Seven Days' Battles begin.
1 July	The Seven Days' Battles ends with a draw.
11 July	Henry W. Halleck made commander of the Union forces.
9 Aug	Confederate forces defeat the Union forces at Cedar Mountain, Virginia.
30 Aug	Confederate forces defeat the Union forces at Bull Run, Virginia.
	Confederate forces defeat the Union forces at Richmond, Kentucky.
4 Sep	Lee crosses the Potomac River and invades the Union.
14 Sep	Union forces defeats the Confederate forces at South Mountain, Maryland.
15 Sep	Confederate forces capture Harper's Ferry, Virginia.
17 Sep	Union forces defeat the Confederate forces at Antietam, Maryland.
19 Sep	Union forces defeat the Confederate forces at Iuka, Mississippi.
22 Sep	Lincoln issues the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.
4 Oct	Battle at Corinth, Mississippi ends with a draw.
8 Oct	Union forces defeat the Confederate forces at Perryville, Kentucky.
7 Nov	Ambrose E. Burnside named Commander of the Army of the Potomac.
16 Nov	Union forces capture Corpus Christi, Texas.
13 Dec	Confederate forces defeat the Union forces at Fredericksburg, Virginia.

1 Jan	Lincoln issues the final Emancipation Proclamation freeing all slaves in the Confederacy.
	Confederate forces defeats the Union forces at Galveston, Texas.
25 Jan	Joseph Hooker named Commander of the Army of the Potomac.
29 Jan	Ulysses S Grant named Commander of the Army of the West.
3 Mar	Conscription Act passed by the US Congress.
17 Mar	Confederate forces defeat the Union forces at Kelly's Ford, Virginia.
1 May	Union forces defeats the Confederate forces at Port Gibson, Mississippi.
4 May	Confederate forces defeat the Union forces at Chancellorsville, Virginia.
12 May	Union forces defeat the Confederate forces at Raymond, Mississippi.
14 May	Union forces capture Jackson, Mississippi.
16 May	Union forces defeat the Confederate forces at Champion's Hill, Mississippi.

17 May	Union forces defeat the Confederate forces at Big Black River Bridge, Mississippi.
18 May	Union forces lay siege to Vicksburg, Mississippi.
3 June	Lee begins his second invasion of the Union.
15 June	Confederate forces defeat the Union forces at Winchester, Virginia.
28 June	George G Meade named Commander of the Army of the Potomac.
	Confederate forces capture York, Pennsylvania
3 July	Union forces defeat the Confederate forces at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
4 July	Union forces capture Vicksburg, Mississippi.
9 July	Union forces capture Port Hudson, Louisanna.
13 July	Three day anti-draft riots begin in New York City. 120 people are killed before soldiers restore order.
18 July	The black soldiers of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment under Col. Robert G. Shaw assault Fort Wagner, South Carolina.
30 Aug	Union forces capture Fort Smith, Arkansas.
2 Sep	Union forces capture Knoxville, Tennessee.
8 Sep	Confederate forces defeat the Union forces at Fort Griffin, Texas.
20 Sep	Confederate forces defeat the Union forces at Chickamauga, Georgia.
19 Nov	Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address.
25 Nov	Union forces defeat the Confederate forces at Chattanooga, Tennessee.

20 Feb	Confederate forces defeat the Union forces at Olustee, Florida.
9 Mar	Grant made Commander of all Union Forces.
26 Mar	Confederate forces defeat the Union forces at Paducah, Kentucky.
8 Apr	Confederate forces defeat the Union forces at Mansfield, Louisiana.
12 Apr	Confederate forces capture Fort Pillow, Tennessee.
7 May	The Battle of the Wilderness, Virginia, ends in a draw.
21 May	The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ends in a draw.
3 June	Confederate forces defeat the Union forces at Cold Harbor, Virginia.
10 June	Confederate forces defeat the Union forces at Brices Cross Roads, Mississippi.
18 June	Union forces lay siege to Petersburg, Virginia.
23 June	Confederate forces begin raids towards Washington DC.
27 June	Confederate forces defeat the Union forces at Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia.
13 July	Confederate forces advancing on Washington DC are forced to withdraw.
14 July	Union forces defeat the Confederate forces at Tupelo, Mississippi
20 July	Union forces defeat the Confederate forces at Peachtree Creek, Georgia.
24 July	Confederate forces defeat the Union forces at Kernstown, Virginia.
28 July	Union forces defeat the Confederate forces at Ezra Church, Georgia.
30 July	Confederate forces defeat the Union forces at Petersburg, Virginia.
5 Aug	Union forces defeat the Confederate forces in Mobile Bay, Alabama.
23 Aug	Union forces capture Fort Morgan, Alabama.
1 Sep	Union forces defeat the Confederate forces at Jonesborough, Georgia.
2 Sep	Union forces capture Atlanta, Georgia.
19 Sep	Union forces defeat the Confederate forces at Winchester, Virginia.
5 Oct	Union forces defeat the Confederate forces at Allatoona, Georgia.
19 Oct	Union forces defeat the Confederate forces at Shenandoah Valley, Virginia.
23 Oct	Union forces defeat the Confederate forces at Westport, Missouri.
8 Nov	Lincoln defeats George B. McClellan and is re-elected president.
22 Nov	Union forces capture Milledgeville, Georgia.
30 Nov	Union forces defeat the Confederate forces at Franklin, Tennessee.
13 Dec	Union forces capture Fort McAllister, Georgia.
16 Dec	Union forces defeat the Confederate forces at Nashville, Tennessee.
21 Dec	Union forces capture Savannah, Georgia.

15 Jan	Union forces capture Fort Fisher, North Carolina.
31 Jan	US Congress approves the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution abolishing slavery.
3 Feb	A peace conference help in Hampton Roads, Virginia, between Lincoln and Confederate Vice President Alexander Stephens ends in failure.
5 Feb	The battle at Hatcher's Run, Virginia, ends with a draw.
16 Feb	Union forces capture Columbia, South Carolina.
18 Feb	Union forces capture Fort Sumter, South Carolina
	Union forces capture Charleston, South Carolina
22 Feb	Union forces capture Wilmington, North Carolina.
11 Mar	Union forces capture Fayetteville, North Carolina.
13 Mar	Confederate Congress authorizes use of slaves for soldiers.
25 Mar	Union forces defeat the Confederate forces at Fort Stedman, Virginia.
1 Apr	Union forces defeat the Confederate forces at Five Forks, Virginia.
2 Apr	Union forces capture Selma, Alabama.
	Union forces capture Petersburg, Virginia.
6 Apr	Union forces defeat the Confederate forces at Sailor's Creek, Virginia.
9 Apr	Lee surrenders his troops at Appomattox, Virginia.
14 Apr	Lincoln is shot by John Wilkes Booth when watching a performance of "Our American Cousin" at the Ford's Theater in Washington DC.
15 Apr	Lincoln dies and Andrew Johnson becomes president.
26 Apr	Last session of the Confederate congress.
	Joe Johnston surrenders with his troops.
4 May	Richard Taylor surrenders with his troops.
10 May	Jefferson Davis captured at Irwinville, Georgia.
13 May	The last battle of the war at Palmito Ranch, Texas.
26 May	Kirby Smith surrenders with his troops in New Orleans.
22 June	Stand Watie surrenders with his troops at Doaksville as the last Confederate general.

Confederacy
KIA	94.000
Disease etc	164.000
Tot`l	258.000

Union
KIA	110.070
Disease etc	250.152
Total	360.222

31 Oct	Missouri secedes from the Union, but is forced to remain in the Union.
1 Nov	George B. McClellan replaces Winfield Scott as commander of the Union armed forces.
7 Nov	Confederate forces defeat the Union forces at Belmont, Missouri.
	Union forces capture Port Royal, South Carolina.
8 Nov	Two Confederate officials sailing toward the United Kingdom are seized by the US Navy. The UK demands their release and they are soon set free.

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