Civil War Letters
Timeline of the War
1860
November 6
Election of Lincoln
December 20
Secession of SC
1861
February 4
Formation of CSA
March 4
Swearing-in of Lincoln
April 12
Battle of Fort Sumter
May 28
Ex Parte Merryman
July 21
1st Battle of Bull Run
August 10
Battle of Wilson's Creek
August 30
August 31
December 23
1862
February 11–16
Battle of Fort Donelson
February 26
February 28–April 8
Battle of New Madrid
March 6–8
Battle of Pea Ridge
March 26–28
Battle of Glorieta Pass
April 6–7
Battle of Shiloh
April 8
April 18–May 1
Battle of New Orleans
April 29–May 30
Siege of Corinth
May 23
May 25
1st Battle of Winchester
June 27
Battle of Gaines Mill
July 1
Battle of Malvern Hill
August 28–30
2nd Battle of Bull Run
September 17
Battle of Antietam
October 8
Battle of Perryville
October 8
October 12
November 15
December 13
Battle of Fredericksburg
December 31–January 2
Battle of Stones River
1863
January 1
Emancipation Proclamation
March 3
Habeas Corpus Suspension Act
April 30–May 6
Battle of Chancellorsville
May 6
May 16
Battle of Champion Hill
May 18–July 4
Siege of Vicksburg
May 21–July 9
Siege of Port Hudson
June 20
WV Admitted
July 1–3
Battle of Gettysburg
July 7
August 25
September 15
Habeas Corpus Suspended
September 19–20
Battle of Chickamauga
November 3
November 19
Gettysburg Address
November 24–25
3rd Battle of Chattanooga
1864
April 8
Battle of Mansfield
April 9
May 3
May 5–7
Battle of the Wilderness
May 8–21
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
May 31–June 12
Battle of Cold Harbor
June 15–18
2nd Battle of Petersburg
July 13
July 30
Battle of the Crater
August 2–23
Battle of Mobile Bay
August 22
August 31–September 1
Battle of Jonesborough
September 19
3rd Battle of Winchester
October 19
Battle of Cedar Creek
October 23
Battle of Westport
November 8
Lincoln Re-Elected
November 30
Battle of Franklin
December 1
December 15–16
Battle of Nashville
1865
January 13–15
2nd Battle of Fort Fisher
February 5
March 19–21
Battle of Bentonville
March 25
Battle of Fort Stedman
April 1
Battle of Five Forks
April 2
3rd Battle of Petersburg
April 9
Battle of Fort Blakely
April 9
Surrender at Appomattox
April 14
Lincoln Assassination
May 20
May 24