American Civil War Timeline
- StartEndEvent
- 1808
Prologue
- 18541861
Bleeding Kansas
- 18611865
Confederate States of America
- 18611861
Battle of Fort Sumter
- 1861
Union Blockade
- 1861
Trent Affair
- 18621862
Battle of Fort Donelson
- 18621862
Battle of Island Number Ten
- 18621862
Peninsula Campaign
- 18621862
Jackson's Valley Campaign
- 18621862
Battle of Pea Ridge
- 18621862
Battle of Hampton Roads
- 18621862
Battle of Shiloh
- 18621862
Capture of New Orleans
- 18621862
Battle of Seven Pines
- 18621862
Seven Days Battles
- 18621862
Kentucky Campaign
- 18621862
Second Battle of Bull Run
- 18621862
Battle of Richmond
- 18621862
South invades the North
- 18621862
Battle of Fredericksburg
- 18621863
Battle of Stones River
- 1863
Enrollment Act
- 18631863
Battle of Chancellorsville
- 18631863
Siege of Vicksburg
- 18631863
Siege of Port Hudson
- 18631863
Second Battle of Winchester
- 18631863
Tullahoma Campaign
- 18631863
Battle of Gettysburg
- 18631863
Battle of Chickamauga
- 18631863
Chattanooga campaign
- 18641864
Meridian Campaign
- 18641864
Red River campaign
- 18641864
Valley Campaigns of 1864
- 18641864
Overland Campaign
- 18641864
Battle of the Wilderness
- 18641864
Atlanta Campaign
- 18641864
Battle of Cold Harbor
- 18641865
Siege of Petersburg
- 18641864
Battle of Fort Stevens
- 18641864
Battle of Mobile Bay
- 18641864
Battle of Jonesborough
- 18641864
Sherman's March to the Sea
- 18641864
Battle of Nashville
- 18651865
Second Battle of Fort Fisher
- 18651865
Battle of Bentonville
- 18651865
Appomattox Campaign
- 18651865
Battle of Fort Blakeley
- 1865
Lee surrenders
- 1865
End of the War
- 1866
Epilogue
Last Updated: Wed Jan 24 2024