April

1
1861

• April Fort Sumter (South Carolina)
• July First Battle of Bull Run

2
1862

• March - April Battle of Shiloh (TN)
• August Second Battle of Bull Run
• September Battle of Antietam

3
1863

• January Emancipation Proclamation takes Effect
• May Battle of Chancellorsville
• May Battle of Vicksburg Begins
• July Battle of Gettysburg and the end of the
  Battle of Vicksburg

4
November, 1863

• Lincolns Gettysburg Address

5
November December 1864

• Shermans famous March to the Sea
• Atlanta to Savannah
• After December, Sherman heads North to help Grant

6
May 1864 April 1865

• Battleground Virginia
• Grant takes on Lee
• April 2, 1865 Union Army gains Richmond
• April 9, 1865 Lee surrenders at Appomatox
  Courthouse (VA)

7
The End of the Civil War

• NOW WHAT?