Civil War Timeline Events
Directions: Identify or define the following terms with respect to their impact or importance to the
outcome of the Civil War. Arrange them in chronological order and put them on a timeline. Create a
theme for your timeline incorporating a global context.
Antietam
Appomattox
Atlanta Falls
Battle of Iron Clads (Monitor and Merrimac)
1st Battle of Bull Run (Manassas)
2nd Battle of Bull Run (Manassas)
Chancellorsville
Election of 1864
Emancipation Proclamation
Fredericksburg
Gettysburg
NYC Draft Riots
Seven Day’s Battle (Peninsula Campaign)
Sherman’s March
Shiloh
Trent Affair
Vicksburg Captured