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Civil War Dates in American History
Important Dates during the American Civil War
1861
| March 4 | - | Abraham Lincoln inaugurated 16th President of the U. S. |
| April 12-13 | - | Bombardment and surrender of Fort Sumter |
| April 15 | - | President Lincoln calls for 75,000 volunteers |
| April 17 | - | Virginia secedes |
| April 19 | - | Confederates occupy Harpers Ferry, (now West Virginia) |
| June 10 | - | Engagement at Big Bethel, First land battle in Virginia |
| July 11 | - | Engagement at Rich Mountain, Virginia (West Virginia) |
| July 21 | - | First battle of Manassas (Bull Run), Virginia |
| July 27 | - | George McClellan takes command Union Army of the Potomac |
| October 21 | - | Battle of Ball's Bluff, Virginia |
1862
| March 9 | - | USS Monitor vs. CSS Virginia in Hampton Roads, Virginia First naval battle between ironclad vessels |
| March 23-June 9 | - | Stonewall's Shenandoah Valley Campaign |
| • | - | March 23 - Battle of Kernstown |
| • | - | May 8 - Battle of McDowell |
| • | - | May 23 - Battle of Front Royal |
| • | - | May 25 - First Battle of Winchester |
| • | - | June 8 - Battle of Cross Keys |
| • | - | June 9 - Battle of Port Republic |
| April 5-May 4 | - | McClellan's Army of the Potomac begins advance up the Virginia peninsula toward Richmond |
| May 15 | - | Battle of Drewry's Bluff, Virginia |
| May 31-June 1 | - | Battle of Seven Pines (Fair Oaks), Virginia |
| June 1 | - | Robert E. Lee assumes command Army of Northern Virginia |
| June 25-July 1 | - | Seven Days' Battles Richmond, Virginia |
| • | - | June 25 - Battle of Oak Grove |
| • | - | June 26 - Battle of Mechanicsburg |
| • | - | June 27 - Battle of Gaines' Mill |
| • | - | June 29 - Battle of Savage's Station |
| • | - | June 30 - Battle of Glendale (Fraser's Farm) |
| • | - | July 1 - Battle of Malvern Hill |
| August 9 | - | Battle of Cedar Mountain, Virginia |
| August 28-30 | - | Battle of Second Manassas (Bull Run), Virginia |
| September 1 | - | Battle of Chantilly (Ox Hill), Virginia |
| September 12-15 | - | Siege and capture Harpers Ferry, (West Virginia) |
| September 14-17 | - | Battles of South Mountain and Antietam, Maryland |
| November 7 | - | Burnside replaces McClellan Army of the Potomac Commander |
| December 11-13 | - | Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia |
1863
| January 1 | - | Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation |
| January 19-23 | - | Burnside's Mud March |
| January 26 | - | Hooker succeeds Burnside as commander of the Army of the Potomac |
| April 11-May 4 | - | Siege of Suffolk, Virginia |
| April-May | - | Chancellorsville Campaign, Virginia |
| • | - | April 29-May 8 - Stoneman's Road |
| • | - | May 1-4 - Battle of Chancellorsville |
| • | - | May 3 - Second Battle of Fredericksburg |
| • | - | May 3-4 - Battle of Salem Church |
| • | - | May 10 - Stonewall Jackson dies at Guiney's Station, Virginia |
| June 3-July 13 | - | Gettysburg Campaign, Pennsylvania |
| • | - | June 9 - Battle of Brandy Station, Virginia |
| • | - | June 13-15 - Second Battle of Winchester, Virginia |
| • | - | June 28 - Meade replaces Hooker as Army of the Potomac Commander |
| • | - | July 1-3 - Battle of Gettysburg |
| July 13-16 | - | New York City draft riots |
| October 9-22 | - | Bristoe Campaign, Virginia |
| • | - | October 14 - Battle of Briscoe Station |
| November 6 | - | Battle of Droop Mountain, West Virginia |
| November 7 | - | Engagement at Rappahannock Station, Virginia |
| November 19 | - | Lincoln delivers his Gettysburg Address |
| Nov 26-Dec 2 | - | Mine Run Campaign, Virginia |
1864
| May 5-6 | - | Battle of the Wilderness, Virginia |
| May 8-21 | - | Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia |
| May 9-24 | - | Sheridan's Richmond Raid |
| May 15 | - | Battle of New Market, Virginia |
| May 16 | - | Battle of Drewry's Bluff, Virginia |
| May 23-26 | - | Battle of North Anna River, Virginia |
| May 31-June 12 | - | Battle of Cold Harbor, Virginia |
| June 5 | - | Battle of Piedmont, Virginia |
| June 11-12 | - | Battle of Trevilian Station, Virginia |
| June 15-18 | - | Battle of Petersburg, Virginia |
| June 17-18 | - | Battle of Lynchburg, Virginia |
| June 18-Dec 31 | - | Siege of Petersburg, Virginia |
| • | - | July 30 - Battle of the CraterStation |
| • | - | August 18-25 - Battle of Weldon Railroad and Ream's Station |
| • | - | September 29 - Engagement at New Market Heights |
| • | - | September 30 - Battle of Fort Harrison (Chaffin's Farm) |
| • | - | September 29-Oct 2 - Battle of Peebles' Farm |
| • | - | October 27-28 - Battle of Burgess' Mill (Boydton Plank Road) |
| June 23-July 25 | - | Early's Washington Raid |
| • | - | July 9 - Battle of Monocacy, Maryland |
| • | - | July 12 - Battle of Fort Stevens, near Washington, D.C. |
| • | - | July 24 - Second Battle of Kernstown, Virginia |
| August 7-October 19 | - | Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley, Campaign |
| • | - | September 19 - Third Battle of Winchester (Opequon Creek) |
| • | - | September 22 - Battle of Fisher's Hill |
| • | - | October 19 - Battle of Cedar Creek |
| November 8 | - | Lincoln reelected President of the United States |
1865
| January 1-April 2 | - | Siege of Petersburg continued |
| • | - | February 5-7 - Battle of Hatcher's Run |
| • | - | March 25 - Battle of Fort Stedman |
| • | - | April 1 - Battle of Five Forks |
| • | - | April 2 - Petersburg lines breached |
| April 2 | - | Confederates evacuate Richmond and Petersburg |
| April 3 | - | US forces occupy Richmond |
| April 6 | - | Battle of Sayler's Creek, Virginia |
| April 9 | - | Lee surrenders at Appomattox Court House |
| April 14 | - | Lincoln shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theater, Washington, D.C. |
| May 23-24 | - | Grand Review of Federal armies in Washington, D.C. |
