Timeline

Question 1

Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Texas secede to form with South Carolina the Confederate States of America

Answer 1

Jan-Feb 1861

Question 2

Confederate forces fire on Fort Sumter

Answer 2

12 April 1861

Question 3

Lincoln calls for 75,000 to suppress rebellion leading to secession of Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee and South Carolina

Answer 3

15 April 1861

Question 4

Battle of Bull Run

Answer 4

21 July 1861

Question 5

Battle of Shiloh

Answer 5

6-7 April 1862

Question 6

McClellan’s Virginia campaign

Answer 6

June-July 1862

Question 7

Battle of Antietam

Answer 7

17 September 1862

Question 8

Emancipation Proclamation comes into force

Answer 8

1 Jan 1863

Question 9

Battle of Gettysburg

Answer 9

1-3 July 1863

Question 10

Fall of Vicksburg

Answer 10

4 July 1863

Question 11

Draft riots in New York

Answer 11

13-16 July 1863

Question 12

Gettysburg Address

Answer 12

19 November 1863

Question 13

Battle of the Wilderness

Answer 13

4-5 May 1864

Question 14

Fall of Atlanta

Answer 14

1 September 1864

Question 15

Lincoln re-elected

Answer 15

Nob 1864

Question 16

Sherman’s March to the sea

Answer 16

15 Nov - 15 Dec 1864

Question 17

Siege of Petersburg

Answer 17

1865

Question 18

Fall of Richmond

Answer 18

2 April 1865

Question 19

Confederate surrender at Appomattox

Answer 19

9 April 1865

Question 20

Lincoln assassinated

Answer 20

14 April 1865