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Key Events of the Civil War: A Comprehensive Timeline from 1861 to 1865

Explore the critical events of the American Civil War with this detailed timeline spanning from April 1861 to May 1865. Key highlights include the formation of the Confederacy, pivotal battles such as Bull Run and Gettysburg, the strategic blockade by Union forces, and the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation. Significant moments like President Lincoln's Gettysburg Address and the passage of the 13th Amendment are also covered, culminating in the surrender of General Lee and Lincoln's assassination. This timeline serves as a vital educational tool for understanding this transformative period in U.S. history.

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Key Events of the Civil War: A Comprehensive Timeline from 1861 to 1865

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  1. Civil War Timeline

  2. Set up timeline on two pages with a line all the way across the middle 1861

  3. April 17, 1861 • 11 states in the confederacy

  4. April 19, 1861 • Lincoln blockades the South – tries to cut off supplies from getting to the south

  5. Blockade Runners • Small boats that tried to get past the Union ships to get supplies into the South • At the beginning of the war, Lincoln didn’t have enough boats to effectively blockade the South • Throughout the war he got more boats

  6. Blockade Runners • Wilmington – Blockade Runners supplied the city throughout the war • One brought in Yellow Fever • Sometimes they sank

  7. Site of a wreck

  8. Guns brought up from a wreck

  9. More from the wrecks

  10. Examples of guns

  11. Porthole from the Peterhov

  12. July 21, 1861 • Battle of Bull Run • Believing that the war wouldn’t last long, people brought picnics to sit and watch the battle • Union defeat

  13. February 6, 1862 • Victory for Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in Tennessee, capturing Fort Henry, and ten days later Fort Donelson. • Grant earns the nickname "Unconditional Surrender" Grant. 

  14. March 8/9, 1862 • Merrimac vs. Monitor • The Confederate Ironclad 'Merrimac' sinks two wooden Union ships then battles the Union Ironclad 'Monitor' to a draw. • Naval warfare changes making wooden ships obsolete

  15. September 17, 1862 • Battle of Antietam • The bloodiest day in U.S. military history • By nightfall 26,000 men are dead, wounded, or missing. • Confederates withdraws to Virginia. 

  16. December 13, 1862 • Battle of Fredericksburg • Union defeat • One of the greatest victories for the Confederates

  17. January 1, 1863 • President Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation • freeing all slaves in territories held by Confederates • encourages the enlisting of black soldiers in the Union Army. • The war becomes the war to end slavery • It wasn’t easy to enforce • Not many slaves knew about it

  18. July 1-3, 1863 • Battle of Gettysburg • South loses • Turning Point of the war • Devastated the South Economy  • South loses support of England

  19. November 19, 1863 • President Lincoln delivers a two minute Gettysburg Address at a ceremony dedicating the Battlefield as a National Cemetery. 

  20. The Gettysburg Address • Stop here and watch America the Story of Us • Wednesday • Students complete Gettysburg address activity

  21. June 15, 1864 • Union army misses the chance to capture Petersburg • Instead they put Petersburg under siege for 9 months

  22. September 2 • General Sherman (Union) captures Atlanta • Victory helps Lincoln get re-elected

  23. November 8, 1864 • Abe Lincoln is re-elected

  24. December 21, 1864 • Sherman’s March to the Sea • Sherman marches his troops from Atlanta to Savannah destroying everything in his path

  25. Sherman’s March to the sea

  26. January 13-15 • The Battle of Ft. Fisher • Union wins and now controls the entrance to the South’s last major Port

  27. The Mounds

  28. The Bloody Gate – butter story

  29. Re-enactors

  30. The Batman

  31. January 31, 1865 • 13th Amendment approved • Officially abolishes slavery

  32. Lincoln stuff from Prezi • Watch “The Powers of War” • Why was it so important to pass the 13th amendment before the end of the war? • Lincoln didn’t think the Emancipation Proclamation would hold up in court…therefore the slaves had to be freed by law

  33. Lincoln’s Struggle • He needed votes to pass the Amendment • In order to secure Republican votes, he made a deal to discuss peace with the South • This upset many

  34. Lincoln • Watch the clip and take notes on: • how Lincoln chooses to handle this problem • why does he change the telegraph that he is sending to U. S. Grant? • Why does he stop the Confederates from coming to talk peace? • 1:14:25 "No 16 Year olds left"

  35. The Answer • He believes that the freedom of the slaves must be done before ending the war. Therefore he can't talk peace yet.

  36. Watch the Clip "Morning of the Vote“ • How does George Pendleton try to stop the vote?

  37. February 22, 1865 • Wilmington is captured • Bellamy Mansion becomes Union headquarters • Lee said, “If Wilmington falls, the Confederacy falls” • Wilmington was the last port for the South

  38. April 2, 1865 • The Union takes Richmond, Virginia – Confederate Capitol

  39. April 9, 1865 • Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomattox Court House

  40. April 14, 1865 • Lincoln and his wife go to a play at Ford’s Theatre • John Wilkes Booth sneaks in and shoots Lincoln

  41. April 15, 1865 • Lincoln dies • VP Andrew Johnson assumes presidency

  42. April 26, 1865 • John Wilkes Booth is shot and killed in a barn

  43. May 1, 1865 • Reconstruction begins

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