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Soldiers in the trenches before battle, Petersburg, Va., 1865. 111-B-157.

Soldiers in the trenches before battle, Petersburg, Va., 1865. 111-B-157. 

 

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    Summary of Civil War Battles

     

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    Timeline 1861-1865

    Source: memory.loc.gov

    • January 1861 -- The South Secedes  
        
    • February 1861 -- The South Creates a Government  
        
    • February 1861 -- The South Seizes Federal Forts  
        
    • March 1861 -- Lincoln's Inauguration  
        
    • April 1861 -- Attack on Fort Sumter  
        
    • April 1861 -- Four More States Join the Confederacy  
        
    • June 1861 -- West Virginia Is Born  
        
    • June 1861 -- Four Slave States Stay in the Union  
        
    • July 1861 -- First Battle of Bull Run  
        
    • July 1861 -- General McDowell Is Replaced  
        
    • July 1861 -- A Blockade of the South  
        
    • 1862 Events
    • 1863 Events
    • 1864 Events
    • 1865 Events
     

    Fort Sumter: The War Begins

    Excerpt from nps.gov (Fort Sumter National Monument)

    bombardment of Fort Sumter

    The War Begins -- April 12, 1861

    At 4:30 a. m., a mortar at Fort Johnson fired a shell which arched across the sky and burst almost directly over Fort Sumter. This was the signal for opening the bombardment. Within a few minutes, a ring of guns and mortars about the harbor--43 in all-- were firing at Sumter.

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