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Civil War Chronology
The following is a chronology of all the major battles and
events of
the American Civil War.
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| April 3, 1861 |
Attack on Fort Sumter |
| April 19, 1861 |
Bloodshed at Baltimore |
| June 3, 1861 |
Battle of Philippi |
| June 10, 1861 |
Battle of Big Bethel |
| June 11, 1861 |
Battle of Rich Mountain |
| July 21, 1861 |
1st Battle of Bull Run |
| August 10, 1861 |
Battle of Wilson's Creek |
| August 29, 1861 |
Forts at Hatteras Taken |
| September 10, 1861 |
Battle of Carnifex Ferry |
| September 20, 1861 |
Lexington Surrendered |
| October 21, 1861 |
Battle of Ball's Bluff |
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| January 19, 1862 |
Battle of Mill Springs |
| February 6, 1862 |
Fort Henry Taken |
| February 9, 1862 |
Roanoke Taken |
| February 16, 1862 |
Fort Donelson Taken |
| March 6-8, 1862 |
Battle of Pea Ridge |
| March 8, 1862 |
Merrimac and Monitor Naval Battle |
| March 14, 1862 |
Newbern Taken |
| April, 1862 |
Slavery Abolished in Washington DC |
| April 7, 1862 |
Battle of Pittsburgh Landing |
| April 7, 1862 |
Island No. 10 Taken |
| April 11, 1862 |
Fort Pulaski Taken |
| April 25, 1862 |
Beaufort Taken |
| April 28, 1862 |
New Orleans Taken |
| May 4, 1862 |
Yorktown Taken |
| May 5, 1862 |
Battle of Williamsburg |
| May 9, 1862 |
Pensacola Taken |
| May 12, 1862 |
Natches Taken |
| June 6, 1862 |
Memphis Taken |
| June 26, 1862 |
Battle of Mechanicsville |
| June 27, 1862 |
Battle of Cold Harbor |
| June 29, 1862 |
Battle of Savage's Station |
| June 30, 1862 |
Battle of Frazier's Farm |
| July 1, 1862 |
Battle of Malvern Hill |
| August 9, 1862 |
Battle of Cedar Mountain |
| August 30, 1862 |
2nd Battle of Bull Run |
| September 1, 1862 |
Battle of Chantilly |
| September 14, 1862 |
Battle of South Mountain |
| September 17, 1862 |
Battle of Antietam |
| September 19, 1862 |
Battle of Inka |
| December 13, 1862 |
Battle of Fredricsburg |
| December 31, 1862 |
Battle of Murfreesboro |
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| January 1, 1863 |
Emancipation Proclamation |
| January 4, 1863 |
Battle of Arkansas Post |
| February 27, 1863 |
The Nashville Destroyed |
| May 1, 1863 |
Fort Gibson Taken |
| May 2-3, 1863 |
Battle of Chancellorsville |
| June 17, 1863 |
The Atlanta Destroyed |
| July 1-3, 1863 |
Battle of Gettysburg |
| July 4, 1863 |
Vicksburg Surrendered |
| July 4, 1863 |
Battle of Helana |
| July 8, 1863 |
Port Hudson Surrendered |
| August 17, 1863 |
Fort Sumter Bombarded |
| August 22, 1863 |
Charleston Bombarded |
| September 10, 1863 |
Little Rock Taken |
| September 19, 1863 |
Battle of Chicamauga |
| November 24, 1863 |
Battle of Lookout Mountain |
| November 25, 1863 |
Battle of Missionary Ridge |
| November 26, 1863 |
Chattanooga Occupied |
| December 3, 1863 |
Siege of Knoxville Began |
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| February 20, 1864 |
Battle of Olustee |
| April 8, 1864 |
Battle of Mansfield |
| April 9, 1864 |
Battle of Pleasant Hill |
| April 12, 1864 |
Massacre at Fort Pillow |
| April 18, 1864 |
Plymouth Captured |
| May 5-7, 1864 |
Battle of The Wilderness |
| May 10-14, 1864 |
Battle of Spottsylvania, C.H. |
| May 14-15, 1864 |
Battle of Resaca |
| May 27-28, 1864 |
Battle of Dallas |
| June 14, 1864 |
Battle of Kenesaw Mountain |
| June 19, 1864 |
Kearsarge and Alabama Naval Battle |
| June 20, 22, 28 |
Battle before Atlanta |
| August 5, 1864 |
Battle of Mobile Bay |
| August 18, 1864 |
Battle of Ream's Station |
| September 1, 1864 |
Atlanta Evacuated |
| October 19, 1864 |
Battle of Cedar Run |
| October 27, 1864 |
Battle of Hatcher's Run |
| December 13,1864 |
Fort McAllister Taken |
| December 16-17, 1864 |
Battles before Nashville |
| December 20, 1864 |
Savannah Evacuated |
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1865 |
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| January 15, 1865 |
Fort Fisher Taken |
| February 18, 1865 |
Charleston Evacuated |
| February 22, 1865 |
Wilmington Taken |
| March 2, 1865 |
Battle of Fort Steadman |
| April 2, 1865 |
Richmond Evacuated |
| April 3, 1865 |
Battle of Spanish Fort |
| April 9, 1865 |
Battle of Blakely River |
| April 9, 1865 |
General Robert E. Lee Surrendered |
| April 12, 1865 |
Mobile Surrendered |
| April 13, 1865 |
Abraham Lincoln Assassinated |
| April 15, 1865 |
Andrew Johnson Inaugurated |
| April 26, 1865 |
General Joseph Johnston Surrendered |
| May 10, 1865 |
Jefferson Davis Captured |
| May 13, 1865 |
Battle of Brazos (Palmito Ranch) |
| May 22-23, 1865 |
Grand Review |
| May 29, 1865 |
Amnesty Proclamation |
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| April 2, 1866 |
Peace Declared |
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