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Events of the Civil War. By: Shanell James. Firing on Fort Sumter. April 12, 1861 Charleston Harbor in South Carolina Confederate The Battle of Antietam Battle of Gettysburg and Battle of Vicksburg John Wilkes Booth Declared that all slaves in the rebellious states had to be freed.
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Events of the Civil War By: Shanell James
Firing on Fort Sumter • April 12, 1861 • Charleston Harbor in South Carolina • Confederate • The Battle of Antietam • Battle of Gettysburg and Battle of Vicksburg • John Wilkes Booth • Declared that all slaves in the rebellious states had to be freed
Battle of Antietam • September 17, 1862 • In Maryland near Antietam Creek • The Union Won
Battle of Gettysburg • July 1, 1963 • Gettysburg, Pennsylvania • The Union won
Siege of Vicksburg • 1863 • At the Mississippi River port • Union won
Emancipation Proclamation • January, 1863 • In Washington D.C.
Assassination of Lincoln • April 15, 1865 • Washington D.C. at ford’s theatre
Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Court House • April, 1865 • At the house of Wilmer Mclean in the village of Appomattox Court House