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One month after Lincoln was elected president on November sixth, the delegates gathered in South Carolina for the Secession Convention. The representatives from South Carolina resign from Congress, other Southerners follow. Major Anderson removed his Federal troops from Fort Moultrie to Fort Sumter.
A printable chronology of the important events that occurred during the first year of the American Civil War: 1861.
In April of 1861 the first gallons of blood begin to pour and as December slowly rolled around, news spreads of a battle fought by one Native American tribe loyal to the Union against another tribe siding with the Rebels. For the next two years the great momentum of the war would be on the side of the Confederacy.
Click here to read about the heavy influence religion had in the Rebel states during the American Civil War.
A printable chronology of the major events that took place during 1862, the second year of the American Civil War.
The high hopes that both sides enjoyed during the previous year had entirely vanished and were replaced instead by a sense of grim determination.
Here is a chronology of the major events that took place during 1863, the bloodiest year of the American Civil War.
Here is a printable chronology of the important events that occurred during 1864, the most decisive year of the American Civil War.
Attached is a printable chronology of the important events that occurred during 1865, the last year of the American Civil War.
Here is a printable chronology of the important events that occurred during 1863, the most slaughterous year of the American Civil War.
The blood flowed deep in 1863 and the year proved to be a decisive one for the Union Army as the Rebels were driven out of Pennsylvania – at the same time the Confederate defense of Vicksburg (Mississippi) collapsed. General Sherman continued his march to the sea while the women of Mobile (Alabama) cried out for bread. In the North, President Lincoln suspended habeas corpus and draft riots broke out in Boston and New York City.
