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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

1863

9.6.1863

American Civil War: Confederates evacuate Battery Wagner and Morris Island in South Carolina.

9.8.1863

American Civil War: Second Battle of Sabine Pass

9.9.1863

American Civil War: The Union Army enters Chattanooga, Tennessee.

9.20.1863

American Civil War: The Battle of Chickamauga ends.

10.14.1863

American Civil War: Battle of Bristoe Station

10.15.1863

American Civil War: The ''H. L. Hunley'', the first submarine to sink a ship, sinks during a test, killing its inventor, Horace L. Hunley.

10.29.1863

American Civil War: Battle of Wauhatchie

11.16.1863

American Civil War: Battle of Campbell's Station near Knoxville, Tennessee. Confederate troops unsuccessfully attack Union forces.

11.17.1863

American Civil War: Siege of Knoxville begins – Confederate forces led by General James Longstreet place Knoxville, Tennessee under siege.

11.19.1863

American Civil War: U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the dedication of the military cemetery ceremony at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

11.23.1863

American Civil War: Battle of Chattanooga begins – Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant reinforce troops at Chattanooga, Tennessee and counter-attack Confederate troops.

11.24.1863

American Civil War: Third Battle of Chattanooga|Battle of Lookout Mountain

11.25.1863

American Civil War: Battle of Missionary Ridge

11.26.1863

American Civil War: Battle of Mine Run|Mine Run

11.27.1863

American Civil War: Confederate cavalry leader John Hunt Morgan and several of his men escape the Ohio Penitentiary and return safely to the South.

12.16.1863

American Civil War: Joseph E. Johnston replaces Braxton Bragg as commander of the Army of Tennessee.

1864

2.17.1864

American Civil War: The Ship becomes the first submarine to engage and sink a warship, the USS Housatonic.

2.20.1864

American Civil War: Battle of Olustee occurs – the largest battle fought in Florida during the war.

2.27.1864

American Civil War: The first Northern prisoners arrive at the Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia.

2.29.1864

American Civil War: Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid fails – plans to free 15,000 Union soldiers being held near Richmond, Virginia are thwarted.

3.10.1864

American Civil War: The Red River Campaign begins as Union troops reach Alexandria, Louisiana.

4.8.1864

American Civil War: Battle of Mansfield

5.5.1864

American Civil War: The Battle of the Wilderness begins in Spotsylvania County, Virginia.

5.7.1864

American Civil War: The Army of the Potomac, under General Ulysses S. Grant, breaks off from the Battle of the Wilderness and moves southwards.

5.15.1864

American Civil War: Battle of Resaca, Georgia ends.

5.19.1864

American Civil War: the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ends.

5.31.1864

American Civil War Overland Campaign: Battle of Cold Harbor

6.5.1864

American Civil War: Battle of Piedmont: Union forces under General David Hunter defeat a Confederate army at Piedmont, Virginia, taking nearly 1,000 prisoners.

6.10.1864

American Civil War: Battle of Brice's Crossroads. Confederate troops under Nathan Bedford Forrest defeat a much larger Union force led by General Samuel D. Sturgis in Mississippi.

6.12.1864

American Civil War, Overland Campaign: Battle of Cold Harbor

6.15.1864

American Civil War: The Siege of Petersburg begins.

7.11.1864

American Civil War: Battle of Fort Stevens; Confederate forces attempt to invade Washington, D.C..

7.22.1864

American Civil War: Battle of Atlanta

7.24.1864

American Civil War: Battle of Kernstown II|Battle of Kernstown

7.28.1864

American Civil War: Battle of Ezra Church

7.29.1864

American Civil War: Confederate spy Belle Boyd is arrested by Union troops and detained at the Old Capitol Prison in Washington, D.C..

7.30.1864

American Civil War: Battle of the Crater

8.18.1864

American Civil War: Battle of Globe Tavern

8.31.1864

During the American Civil War, Union forces led by General William T. Sherman launch an assault on Atlanta, Georgia.

9.7.1864

American Civil War: Atlanta, Georgia, is evacuated on orders of Union General William Tecumseh Sherman.

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