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American Civil War

The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25 states supported the federal government...

Timeline of Events

1862

9.15.1862

American Civil War: Confederate forces capture Harpers Ferry, Virginia.

9.17.1862

American Civil War: George B. McClellan halts the northward drive of Robert E. Lee's Confederate army in the single-day Battle of Antietam, the bloodiest day in American history.

9.17.1862

American Civil War: The Allegheny Arsenal explosion results in the single largest civilian disaster during the war.

9.19.1862

American Civil War: Battle of Iuka

10.8.1862

American Civil War: Battle of Perryville

10.11.1862

American Civil War: In the aftermath of the Battle of Antietam, Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart and his men loot Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, during a raid into the north.

11.5.1862

American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln removes George B. McClellan as commander of the Union Army for the second and final time.

11.9.1862

American Civil War: Union General Ambrose Burnside assumes command of the Army of the Potomac, after George B. McClellan is removed.

11.14.1862

American Civil War: President Abraham Lincoln approves General Ambrose Burnside's plan to capture the Confederate capital at Richmond, Virginia, leading to the Battle of Fredericksburg.

11.28.1862

American Civil War: In the Battle of Cane Hill, Union troops under General John Blunt defeat General John Marmaduke's Confederates.

12.13.1862

American Civil War: At the Battle of Fredericksburg, Confederate General Robert E. Lee defeats the Union Major General Ambrose E. Burnside.

12.17.1862

American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant issues ''General Order No. 11'', expelling Jews from Tennessee, Mississippi, and Kentucky.

12.18.1862

American Civil War: In the Battle of Lexington, General Nathan Bedford Forrest defeats a Union force under Colonel Robert Ingersoll.

12.26.1862

American Civil War: The Battle of Chickasaw Bayou begins.

12.31.1862

American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln signs an act that admits West Virginia to the Union, thus dividing Virginia in two.

1863

1.1.1863

American Civil War: The Emancipation Proclamation takes effect in Confederate territory.

1.8.1863

American Civil War: Second Battle of Springfield

1.11.1863

American Civil War: Battle of Arkansas Post

4.22.1863

American Civil War: Grierson's Raid begins – troops under Union Army Colonel Benjamin Grierson attack central Mississippi.

5.1.1863

American Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville begins.

5.2.1863

American Civil War: Stonewall Jackson is wounded by friendly fire while returning to camp after reconnoitering during the Battle of Chancellorsville. He succumbs to pneumonia eight days later.

5.4.1863

American Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville ends with a Union retreat.

5.10.1863

American Civil War: Confederate General Stonewall Jackson dies eight days after he is accidentally shot by his own troops.

5.12.1863

American Civil War: Battle of Raymond: two divisions of James B. McPherson's XVII Corps (ACW) turn the left wing of Confederate General John C. Pemberton's defensive line on Fourteen Mile Creek, opening up the interior of Mississippi to the Union Army during the Vicksburg Campaign.

5.14.1863

American Civil War: The Battle of Jackson takes place.

5.18.1863

American Civil War: The Siege of Vicksburg begins.

5.21.1863

American Civil War: Siege of Port Hudson

5.27.1863

American Civil War: First Assault on the Confederate works at the Siege of Port Hudson.

5.28.1863

American Civil War: The 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, the first African American regiment, leaves Boston, Massachusetts, to fight for the Union.

6.9.1863

American Civil War: Battle of Brandy Station, Virginia.

6.14.1863

American Civil War: Battle of Second Winchester

6.14.1863

Second Assault on the Confederate works at the Siege of Port Hudson during the American Civil War.

6.17.1863

Battle of Aldie in the Gettysburg Campaign of the American Civil War.

6.20.1863

American Civil War: West Virginia is admitted as the 35th U.S. state.

7.3.1863

American Civil War: The final day of the Battle of Gettysburg culminates with Pickett's Charge.

7.4.1863

American Civil War: Siege of Vicksburg

7.9.1863

American Civil War: the Siege of Port Hudson ends.

7.19.1863

American Civil War: Morgan's Raid

7.26.1863

American Civil War: Morgan's Raid ends – At Salineville, Ohio, Confederate cavalry leader John Hunt Morgan and 360 of his volunteers are captured by Union forces.

8.8.1863

American Civil War: following his defeat in the Battle of Gettysburg, General Robert E. Lee sends a letter of resignation to Confederate President Jefferson Davis (which is refused upon receipt).

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