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- 1775 - Slavery legal in all thirteen colonies
- 1787 - Constitutional Convention see 5 states abolish slavery
- 1792 - Invention of the Cotton Gin
- 1808 - Congress votes to abolish International slave trade
- 1820 - Concession to the minority interest of the Southern states
- 1832 - South Carolina\'s attempted nullification of the Constitution
- 1850 - One million tons of cotton per year being exported from U.S.
- 1850 - Concession to the minority interest of the Southern states
- 1854 - Concession to the minority interest of the Southern states
- 1857- Supreme Court disenfranchises blacks in territories - this increases anti-slavery forces
- Oct. 16-18, 1859- John Browns raid of Harper\'s Ferry
- 1860- Four million people in U.S. were slaves
- March 6, 1860 - Spencer Repeating Rifle patented - 7 shots
- ***July 20, 1860 - South Carolina secedes from Union
- October 16, 1860 - Henry Repeating Rifle patented - 15 shots
- November 6, 1860 - States call conventions - secession talks
- December 3, 1860 - Lame Duck president Buchanan warns against secession but says its legal
- ***December 26, 1860 - Union forces move into Fort Sumter to protect against secessionists.
- November 6, 1860 - Lincoln elected President - 33 states in Union
- December 14, 1860 - Southern Manifesto issued - Further efforts for conciliation fruitless
- December 20, 1860 - South Carolina secedes
1861- 1861 - Michigan, pop. 394,694 sends off 87,000 of its sons to the Civil War in the next four years
- January 2, 1861 - Confederate guns trained on Fort Sumter
- January 8, 1861 - Provisional Confederate Constitution adopted
- January 9, 1961 - Minnesota declares they are small, not powerful but yet for Union and Constitution
- January 9, 1961 - Mississippi secedes
- January 9, 1861 - Confederates fire on "Star of the West" - a U.S. transport harboring troops and supplies concealed - Anderson at Ft. Sumter ordered to fire at CSA batteries if they shoot
- January 9, 1861 - President Jeff Davis named president of the Confederacy
- January 10, 1861 - Florida secedes
- January 11, 1861 - Constitution of Confederacy adopted
- January 11, 1861 - Alabama secedes
- January 19, 1860 - Georgia secedes
- January 21, 1861 - Jeff Davis leaves U.S. Senate
- January 26, 1860 - Louisiana secedes
- January 29, 1861- Kansas joins Union just as other states are leaving
- January 30, 1861 - Monitor launched by Union
- February 1, 1861 - Texas secedes
- February 4, 1861 - Convention of 6 seceded states - at Montgomery, Alabama
- February 8, 1861 - Constitution of Confederacy adopted
- February 9, 1861 - Jeff Davis named Provisional President
- February 11, 1861 - Provisional CSA government adopted, sent to states for ratification
- ***February 18, 1861 - Jeff Davis inaugurated President CSA
- ***March 4, 1861 - President Lincoln inaugurated - 27 states remain in Union
- April 8, 1861 - Fleet departs to resupply Fort Sumter, South Carolina
- April 11, 1861 - Confederates demand surrender of Fort Sumter
- ***April 12, 13,1861 - The South fires on Fort Sumter - 4:30 a.m.
- April 14, 1861 - Sumter lowers U.S. flag and surrenders - Southern troops fire salute to US flag
- April 15, 1861 - President Lincoln calls for 75,000 militia
- April 17, 1861 - President Davis initiates Privateering against Union shipping
- April 17, 1861 - Virginia Secedes
- April 18, 1861 - Union abandons Harpers Ferry Arsenal, W. Virginia
- April 19, 1861 - Lincoln authorizes blockade of Confederate seacoast
- April 19, 1861 - Secessionist mob attacks Union troops in Baltimore, Maryland
- April 20, 1861 - Navy yard at Norfolk, Va. evacuated by Union
- April 29, 1861 - Maryland says no to secession
- May 3, 1861 - Anaconda Plan formulated by Union Gen. Winfield Scott
- May 6, 1861 - Virginia secedes despite objections of its western counties
- May 6, 1861 - Arkansas secedes
- May 6, 1861 - Confederate Congress declares war on United States
- May 20, 1861-North Carolina secedes
- May 20, 1861- Kentucky declares neutrality
- May 21, 1861- Richmond declared Confederate capital
- June 3, 1861 - Battle of Phillippi, Western, Va.
- June 8, 1861 - Tennessee secedes
- June 10, 1861 - Confederates win minor battle at Big Bethel, Va.
- June 11, 1861 - West Virginia secedes from Virginia to become a new Union state
- June 11, 1861 - McClellan makes name at Rich Mountains, W. Va.
- July 18, 1861 - Bull Run campaign begins with Blackburn\'s Ford
- ***July 21, 1861 - First battle of Bull Run (Manassas), Virginia
- July 25, 1861 - McClellan named commander of Union forces
- July 27, 1861 - McClellan placed in command of all Union troops
- August 10, 1861 - Confederates defeat Union at Wilson\'s Creek, Missouri
- August 20, 1861 - Confederates capture garrison at Lexington, Missouri
- August 27, 1861 - Three day battle at Hatteras Inlet, N.C.
- August 29, 1861 - Fort Hatteras, N.C. captured by Union
- September 6, 1861 - Grant and troops move into Paducah, Ky.
- September 19, 1861 - Battle of Carnifix Ferry, western, Va.
- October 21, 1861 - Confederates win at Ball\'s Bluff, Virginia
- October 24, 1861 - Western Union completes telegraph line
- October 31, 1861 - Missouri secedes, pro-Union forces and gov\'t reverse
- November 7, 1861 - Confederates beat Grant at Belmont, Missouri
- November 7, 1861 - Union takes Port Royal, South Carolina
- November 8, 1861 - Trent Affair begins with arrest of Southern commissioners
- December, 1861 - Legal Tender Act - paper currency accepted, unbacked by gold
1862 - January 13, 1862 - Lincoln appoints Stanton Secretary of War
- January 19, 1862 - The South loses at Mill Springs, Kentucky
- February 6, 1862 - Grant captures Ft. Henry near Nashville, Tennessee
- February 8, 1862 - Union takes Roanoke Island, North Carolina
- February 13, 1862 - Battle of Ft. Donelson - Gen. Forrest escapes
- February 25, 1862 - Confederates abandon Nashville, Tennessee
- March 8, 1862 - Union wins at Pea Ridge, Arkansas
- March 8, 1862 - Confederate Merrimack destroys 15 Union ships
- March 9, 1862 - Confederate Merrimack and USS Monitor meet - a draw
- March 14, 1862 - Confederates abandon New Madrid, Missouri
- March 14, 1862 - Union Burnside captures New Berne, N.C.
- March 23, 1862 - Stonewall Jackson defeated at Kernstown, Virginia
- March 28, 1862 - Union destroys Sibley at La Glorieta Pass (The West\'s Gettysburg)
- April 3, 1862 - West Virginia created
- April 4, 1862 - Union McClellan lays siege to Yorktown, Va.
- ***April 6, 1862 - Confederates win day one at Shiloh, Tennessee
- April 7, 1862 - Union wins day two at Shiloh, Tennessee
- April 7, 1862 - Union takes Island Number Ten on Mississippi River
- April 8, 1862 - Union captures Island Number Ten at Memphis, Tennessee
- April 11, 1862 - Ft. Pulaski, near Savannah, Georgia, captured by Union
- April 16, 1862 - Confederacy adopts new draft law
- April 18-28, 1862- Farragut takes Fort Jackson and St. Phillip, La.
- April 25, 1862 - Adm. David Farragut captures New Orleans
- May 3, 1862 - Confederates evacuate Yorktown , Va. Peninsula
- May 4, 1862 - McClellan occupies Yorktown, Virginia
- May 5, 1862 - Union captures Williamsburg, Virginia
- May 8, 1862 - Stonewall Jackson takes McDowell, Virginia
- May 9, 1862 - Union forces Confederates to abandon Norfolk, Virginia
- May 12, 1862 - Union forces occupy Baton Rouge, La.
- May 15, 1862 - U.S. Navy repulsed at Drewry\'s Bluff on James River below Richmond
- May 20, 1862 - Homestead Act passed by Congress
- May 23, 1862 - Stonewall Jackson beats Union at Front Royal, Virginia
- May 25, 1862 - Stonewall Jackson routs Union forces at Winchester, Virginia - First Battle of Winchester
- May 31, 1862 - Battle of Seven Pines (Fair Oaks) Virginia - Johnston and McClellan
- June 1, 1862 - Lee made commander of Army of Northern Virginia
- June 4, 1862 - Confederates evacuate Ft. Pillow, Tennessee
- June 6, 1862 - Union captures Memphis, Tennessee following naval battle
- June 8-9, 1862- Stonewall Jackson defeats Union at Cross Keys and Port Republic, Virginia
- June 12-16, 1862 - Jeb Stuart rides around McClellan\'s army
- June 14-15, 1862 - Union loses at Winchester by troops of Lee
- June 16, 1862 - Union loses in numbers at Secessionville, S.C.
- June 25 - July 1, 1862 - Seven Days battles at Oak Grove, Mechanicsville, Gaines Mill, Savage Station, White Oak Swamp, Malvern Hill, Virginia
- June 26, 1862 - Battle of Mechanicsville, aka Beaver Dam Creek, Ellerson\'s Mill
- June 27, 1862 - Battle of Gaines Mill, aka First Cold Harbor, Chickahominy
- June 29, 1862 - Battle of Savage\'s Station, Va.
- June 30, 1862 - Battle of Glendale, aka Frayser\'s Farm, White Oak Swamp, Va.
- July 1, 1862 - Battle of Malvern Hill
- August 9, 1862 - Stonewall Jackson defeats Union at Cedar Mountain, Virginia
- August 16-18, 1862- Union siege, Corpus Christi, Texas
- August 17, 1862 - Starving Sioux attack settlers at Acton, Minn.
- August 28, 1862 - Battle of Groveton, Va.
- August 29-30, 1862 - Confederates defeat John Pope at 2nd Bull Run (Manassas)
- August 29-30, 1862 - Confederates rout Union at Richmond, Kentucky
- September 1, 1862 - Battle of Britton\'s Lane, Tennessee
- September 1, 1862 - Battle of Chantilly, Va.
- September 4, 1862 - Lee\'s first invasion of the North - He crosses Potomac River
- September 13, 1862 - Lee\'s famous Lost order found by McClellan\'s troops
- September 14, 1862 - Battle of South Mountain, Maryland - Lee and McClellan
- September 15, 1862 - Stonewall Jackson wins at Harper\'s Ferry, W. Virginia
- ***September 17, 1862 - Battle of Antietam, aka, Sharpsburg, Maryland - Lee and McClellan
- September 19, 1862 - Confederates lose at Iuka, Mississippi - Price and Rosecrans
- September 22, 1862 - Lincoln issues preliminary Emancipation Proclamation
- October 3-4, 1862 - Battle at Corinth, Mississippi - Draw between Van Dorn and Rosecrans
- October 8, 1862 - Battle of Perryville, (Chaplin Hills) Kentucky - Bragg and Buell
- October 9-12, 1862 - Jeb Stuart raids Chambersburg, PA, rides around McClellan 2nd time
- November 7, 1862 - McClellan removed as commander - Burnside installed
- November 16, 1862 - Union occupies Corpus Christi, Texas, December 13, 1862 - Union loses with heavy losses at Fredericksburg, Virginia - First Battle of
- December 27, 1862 - Three day Battle of Chickasaw Bluffs, Ms.
- December 29, 1862 - Sherman bested at Chickasaw Bluffs, Missouri
- December 31, - Jan. 2, 1863 - Battle of Murfreesboro (Stones River), Tennessee
1863 - January 1, 1863 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation
- January 1, 1863 - Confederates win at Galveston, Texas
- January 5, 1863 - Three day battle at Murfreesboro, Tn. Union occupies
- January 19-23, 1863 - Burnside and Potomac Army make "Mud March"
- January 26, 1863 - Burnside removed as commander - Joe Hooker installed
- ***March 1-4, 1863 - Battle of Chancellorsville, Va.
- March 13, 1863 - U.S. Draft and Exemptions signed by Lincoln
- March 17, 1863 - Battle of Kelly\'s Ford, Va. Union victory of Maj. Gen. French
- April 7, 1863 - Union Ironclads fail at Fort Sumter, South Carolina
- April 16, 1863 - Porter\'s fleet runs past batteries at Vicksburg, Mississippi
- April 17 to May 2, 1863 - Union cavalry (Grierson) raids in Mississippi
- May 1, 1863 - Grant defeats Confederates at Port Gibson, Mississippi
- May 1-4, 1863 - Lee defeats Hooker at Chancellorsville
- May 2, 1863 - Stonewall Jackson shot by own men
- May 3-4, 1863- 2nd Battle of Fredericksburg
- May 10, 1863 - Stonewall Jackson Dies
- May 12, 1863 - Grant wins at Raymond, Mississippi
- May 14, 1863 - Grant captures Jackson, Mississippi
- May 16, 1863 - Union takes Champion\'s Hill, Ms.- Confederates retreat towards Vicksburg
- May 17, 1863 - Confederates routed at Big Black River - Union heads for Vicksburg
- ***May 18, 1863 - Grant begins siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi
- June 3, 1863 - Lee begins second invasion of the North
- June 9, 1863 - Cavalry of both sides engage at Brandy Station, Virginia
- June 14-15, 1863 - Union defeated at Winchester, Va.- Ewell and Milroy, 2nd Battle of Winchester
- June 20, 1863 - West Virginia formally enters Union side of Civil War
- June 26, 1863 - Lee\'s army enters Gettysburg area.
- June 26, 1863 - Meade replaces Hooker as commander
- June 28, 1863 - Confederates seize York, Pennsylvania
- ***July 1-3, 1863 - Three day Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania - Lee and Meade
- ***July 4, 1863 - Vicksburg, Mississippi surrenders - capture of 30,000 confederates
- July 9, 1863 - Port Hudson, Louisanna, surrenders to Union forces
- July 13, 1863 - Four days draft riots in New York City, New York
- July 22, 1863 - Battle of Manassas Gap, Va.
- July 26, 1863 - Raids by Confederates in Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio
- August 21, 1863 - Quantrill Massacre at Lawrence, Kansas
- August 30, 1863 - Confederates abandon Ft. Smith, Arkansas - Union occupies it until end of the war
- September 2, 1863 - Burnside occupies Knoxville, Tennessee
- September 8, 1863 - Battle of Sabine Pass, Texas
- September 9, 1863 - Union enters Chattanooga, Tennessee
- September 19-20, 1863 - Confederate General Braxton Bragg wins Chickamauga, Georgia
- September 21, 1863 - Bragg lays siege to Chattanooga
- October 9, 1863 - Lee\'s 10 day Bristoe Campaign against Meade starts
- October 14, 1863 - Engagement at Bristoe Station, Va.
- October 16, 1863 - Grant takes command of newly formed Dept. of Tennessee
- October 23, 1863 - Grant takes command at Chattanooga
- October 28, 1863 - Union fights against night attack at Wauhatchie, Tenn.
- November 4, 1863 - Longstreet sent to besiege Knoxville, Tenn.
- November 6, 1863 - Battle of Droop Mountain, W.Va.
- November 19, 1863 - President Lincoln delivers ten minute famous Gettysburg Address speech.
- November 23, 1863- Battle of Orchard Knob, Tenn.
- ***November 23,25, 1863 - Battle of Lookout Mountain, aka Cravens\' Farm, Chattanooga, Tennessee
- November 25, 1863 - Battle of Missionary Ridge, Chattanooga, Tennessee - Grant and Bragg
- November 29, 1863 - Union repulses attack at Ft. Sanders - Knoxville, Tennessee
- December 16, 1863 - Gettysburg veteran, John Buford dies of Typhoid Fever
1864 - February 17, 1864 - Confederate sub H.L. Hunley sinks Union Warship Housatonic off Charleston
- February 20, 1864 - Union forces lose at Olustee, Florida
- February 27, 1864 - Infamous Andersonville Prison opens doors for prisoners
- March 1, 1864 - Alleged Union attempt to kidnap or kill Davis fails
- March 10, 1864 - Grant made general-in-chief of all armies of the U.S.
- March 10, 1864 - Union Red River Campaign, La. starts
- March 11, 1864 - Union Ambulance Corps established
- March 13, 1864 - Red River Campaign started in Louisiana
- March 26, 1864 - Battle of Paducah, Ky.
- April 8, 1864 - Battle of Mansfield, La.
- April 12, 1864 - Confederates recapture Ft. Pillow, Tennessee
- April 30, 1864 - Confederates win at Jenkins Ferry, Arkansas
- May 5-7, 1864 - Battle of the Wilderness, Virginia - Lee and Grant
- May 7, 1864 - Sherman begins drive towards Atlanta
- ***May 4 -June 12, 1864 -Grant\'s Overland Campaign
- May 8-19, 1864 - Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia - Lee and Grant
- May 11, 1864 - Stuart mortally wounded at Yellow Tavern, Virginia
- May 12, 1864 - Sherman outflanks Johnston at Dalton, Georgia
- May 14-15, 1864 - Battle of Resaca, Georgia - Sherman and Johnston
- May 15, 1864 - Battle of New Market, Virginia - Sigel and Breckinridge
- May 16, 1864 - Battle of Drewry\'s Bluff
- May 23, 1864 - Four day Battle of North Anna River, Va.
- May 25, 1864 - Four day battle at New Hope Church, Georgia - Sherman and Johnston
- May 28, 1864 - Rebel\'s attack and burn Lamar, Mo.
- June 1-3, 1864 - Battle of Cold Harbor, Virginia - Grant and Lee
- June 10, 1864 - Union loses at Brices Crossroads, Mississippi
- June 12, 1864 - Grant begins flanking movement across James River to Petersburg
- ***June 18, 1864 - Grant sieges Petersburg, Virginia when assaults fail
- June 19, 1864 - Union Kearsarge sends Confederate raider Alabama to bottom off France
- June 23, 1864 - Early\'s Washington Raid begins
- June 27, 1864 - Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia - Sherman and Johnston
- July 6, 1864 - Confederate forces capture Hagerstown, Maryland - demand ransom.
- July 11, 1864 - Confederates attack Ft. Stevens, Washington D.C. and withdraw
- July 12, 1864 - Early\'s Confederate forces reach Washington D.C. but withdraw
- July 14, 1864 - Battle of Tupelo, Mississippi - Sherman and Forrest
- July 17, 1864 - CSA Hood replaces Joe Johnston - skirmishes around Atlanta
- July 20, 1864 - Battle of Peachtree Creek, Georgia - Sherman and Johnston
- July 22, 1864 - Battle of Atlanta - Sherman and Johnston
- July 24, 1864 - Second Battle of Kernstown, Va.
- July 28, 1864 - Battle of Ezra Church, Georgia
- July 30, 1864 - Battle of the Crater, Petersburg, Virginia - Grant and Mahone
- August 5, 1864 - Adm. Farragut wins Battle of Mobile Bay, Ala.
- August 7, 1864 - Battle of Moorefield, W.Va.
- August 18, 1864 - Battle of Weldon Railroad, Petersburg, Va.
- August 23, 1864 - Union captures Ft. Morgan, Alabama - last site of large Federal land campaign
- August 24, 1864 - Battle of Reams Station, Va.
- August 31, 1864 - Two day Battle of Jonesborough, Ga.
- September 1, 1864 - Confederates evacuate Atlanta, Georgia
- ***September 2, 1864 - Sherman occupies Atlanta, Georgia
- September 19, 1864 - Battle of Winchester, Virginia - Sheridan and Early - 3rd battle of
- September 29, 1864 - Battle of Fort Harrison, Va.
- September 29, 1864 - Two day Battle of Chaffin\'s Farm, Va.
- September 30, 1864 - Three day Battle of Peeble\'s Farm, Va.
- October 5, 1864 - Battle of Allatoona, Ga.
- October 9, 1864 - Third Battle of Winchester, Va.
- October 19, 1864 - Gen. Phil Sheridan, Union wins at Cedar Creek, Virginia
- October 19, 1864 - Confederate raiders attack St. Albans, Vermont
- October 19-Nov. 9, 1864- Forrest\'s raid at Johnsonville, Tennessee
- October 22, 1864 - Battle of Fisher\'s Hill, Va.
- October 23, 1864 - Battle of Westport, Mo.
- October 27, 1864 - Confederate raiders kill two dozen unarmed soldiers at Centralia, Mo.
- November 8, 1864 - Lincoln reelected
- November 16, 1864 - Sherman prepares March to the Sea leaving Atlanta, Ga.
- November 19, 1864 - Sherman begins famous march to the sea
- November 21, 1864 - Hood begins Nashville and Franklin Campaign
- November 22, 1864 - Sherman occupies Milledgeville, Georgia
- November 25, 1864 - Confederate plans to burn New York City fails
- November 30, 1864 - Battle of Franklin, Tennessee - 5 Confederate generals die
- December 13, 1864 - Sherman captures Ft. McAllister which guards Savannah, Georgia
- December 15-16, 1864 - Thomas beats Hood at Nashville, Tennessee
- December 16, 1864 - Union forces capture Wytheville, Va.
- December 21, 1864 - Sherman occupies Savannah, Georgia
- December 22, 1864 - Sherman gives Savannah to Lincoln as a Christmas gift
1865 - January 15, 1865 - Union forces capture Ft. Fisher - closing Wilmington, N.C. - The last CSA port
- February 1, 1865 - Sherman marches to the Carolinas
- February 5, 1865 - Three day Battle of Hatcher\'s Run, Va.
- February 16, 1865 - Sherman captures Columbia, South Carolina, South evacuates Charleston
- February 18, 1865 - Union forces seize Ft. Sumter and Charleston
- February 22, 1865 - Union captures Wilmington, N.C.
- February 25, 1865 - Joe Johnston made commander of Army of Tennessee
- March 4, 1865 - President Lincoln inaugurated for second term
- March 8, 1865 - Three day Battle of Kinston, N.C.
- March 11, 1865 - Sherman takes Fayetteville, North Carolina
- March 13, 1865 - Confederate Congress authorizes use of slaves for soldiers
- March 16, 1865 - Battle of Averasborough, N.C.
- March 19, 1865 - Battle of Bentonville, North Carolina - Sherman and Johnston
- March 25, 1865 - CSA Gordon fails at Fort Stedman, Petersburg, Va.
- March 31, 1865 - Confederate forces repel Union at Dinwiddie Court House, Va.
- April 1, 1865 - Battle of Five Forks, Virginia - Lee and Sheridan - Union victory
- April 2, 1865 - Capture of Selma, Alabama by Union
- April 2, 1865 - Battle of Fort Gregg - gateway to Petersburg
- April 2, 1865 - Grant captures Petersburg, Virginia - CSA abandons Richmond, Virginia
- April 2, 1865 - Union takes Ft. Gregg, Virginia - a strike against Petersburg, Virginia
- April 2-9, 1865- Siege of Fort Blakely, Ala.
- April 4-5, 1865 - Lincoln comes to Richmond
- April 6, 1865 - Battle of Saylers Creek, Virginia - Lee and Grant\'s command
- ***April 9, 1865 - Lee surrenders Army of Northern Virginia to Grant at Appomattox Court House, Va.
- April 10, 1865 - Lee bids farewell to Army of Northern Virginia - order number nine
- ***April 14, 1865 - President Lincoln shot by John Wilkes Booth, the actor
- April 15, 1865 - President Lincoln dies
- April 21, 1865 - Mosby refuses to surrender - disbands rangers at Millwood, Va.
- April 26, 1865 - Gen. Johnston\'s army surrenders to Sherman at Durham, North Carolina
- April 26, 1865 - Booth killed by Union forces at Bowling Green, Virginia
- April 26, 1865 - Confederate congress meets last time at Charlotte, North Carolina
- May 4, 1865 - CSA Richard Taylor surrenders army east of Mississippi at Citronelle, Ala.
- May 10, 1865 - Union forces capture Davis near Irwinville, Ga.
- May 12, 1865 - Final Battle of the war at Palmito Ranch, Texas
- May 13, 1865 - Last battle of war at Palmito Ranch, Brownsville, Texas
- May 23-24, 1865 - Union parades in Washington, D.C. before disbandment
- May 26, 1865 - CSA Kirby Smith surrenders Trans-Mississippi army at New Orleans
- June 22, 1865 - Brig. Gen. Stand Watie, Cherokee Nation Chief, surrenders
- November 10, 1865 - Andersonville Henry Wirz hanged for cruelty
- December 18, 1865 - 27 states ratify 13th amendment - Abolishment of slavery everywhere
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