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April
7, 1863 Charleston Harbor / Fort Sumter
April
11-May 4, 1863 Suffolk / Fort Huger / Hill's Point
April
10, 1863 Franklin
April
12-13, 1863 Fort Bisland / Bethel Place
April
13-15, 1863 Suffolk / Norfleet House Battery
April
14, 1863 Irish Bend / Nerson's Woods / Franklin
April
17, 1863 Vermillion Bayou
April
26, 1863 Cape Girardeau
April
29, 1863 Grand Gulf
April
29-May 1, 1863 Snyder's Bluff / Snyder's Mill
April
30-May 6, 1863 Chancellorsville
May
1, 1863 Port Gibson / Thompson's Hill
May
1-2, 1863 Chalk Bluff
May
1863
-- The
Battle
of
Chancellorsville
.
On April 27, Union General Hooker crossed the
Rappahannock
River
to attack General Lee's forces. Lee split his army, attacking a surprised
Union army in three places and almost completely defeating them. Hooker
withdrew across the
Rappahannock
River
, giving the South a victory, but it was the Confederates' most costly
victory in terms of casualties.
May
10
Stonewall Jackson dies
Stonewall Jackson dies of pneumonia following amputation of his arm at
Chancellorsville
May
1863 -- The Vicksburg Campaign.
Union General Grant won several victories around
Vicksburg
,
Mississippi
, the fortified city considered essential to the Union's plans to regain
control of the
Mississippi River
. On May 22, Grant began a siege of the city. After six weeks, Confederate
General John Pemberton surrendered, giving up the city and 30,000 men. The
capture of Port Hudson, Louisiana, shortly thereafter placed the entire
Mississippi River
in Union hands. The Confederacy was split in two.
May
3, 1863 Fredericksburg II / Marye's Heights
May
3-4, 1863 Salem Church / Banks' Ford
May
12, 1863 Raymond
May
13, Big Black River (Map)
skirmishes at Baldwin's Ferry and Hall's Ferry
May
14, 1863 Jackson
May
16 Champion Hill / Bakers Creek
May
17 Big Black River Bridge
May
18-July 4, 1863 Vicksburg
May
21, 1863 Plains Store / Springfield Road
May
21-July 9, 1863 Port Hudson
June
7, 1863 Milliken's Bend
June
9
-- Battle
of Brandy Station, 1863.
The victorious Confederate Army of Northern Virginia streamed into
Culpeper
County
after its victory at
Fredericksburg
. Under the leadership of Gen.
Robert E. Lee, the troops seemed invincible and massed around
Culpeper preparing to carry the war north into
Pennsylvania
.
By June 5, two infantry corps under Longstreet and Ewell were camped in
and around Culpeper. Six miles north of town, holding the line of the
Rappahannock
River
, Gen. J.E.B. Stuart bivouacked his cavalry troopers, screening the
Confederate Army against surprise by the enemy.
June
9, 1863 Brandy Station / Fleetwood Hill
June
17, 1863 Aldie
June
17-19, 1863 Middleburg
June
13-15, 1863 Winchester Second
June
13
-- The
Gettysburg
Campaign.
Confederate General Lee decided to take the war to the enemy. On June 13,
he defeated Union forces at
Winchester
,
Virginia
, and continued north to
Pennsylvania
. General Hooker, who had been planning to attack
Richmond
, was instead forced to follow Lee. Hooker, never comfortable with his
commander, General Halleck, resigned on June 28, and General George Meade
replaced him as commander of the Army of the
Potomac
.
June
20 --
West Virginia
admitted to the
Union
June
20-21, 1863 LaFourche Crossing
June
21, 1863 Upperville
June
24-26, 1863 Hoover's Gap
June
28, 1863 Donaldsonville
June
29–30, 1863 Goodrich's Landing / The Mounds / Lake Providence
June
30, 1863 Hanover
July
1
--
Battle
of
Gettysburg
A chance encounter between
Union
and Confederate forces began the Battle of Gettysburg. In the fighting that
followed, Meade had greater numbers and better defensive positions. He won
the battle, but failed to follow Lee as he retreated back to
Virginia
. Militarily, the Battle of Gettysburg was the high-water mark of the
Confederacy; it is also significant because it ended Confederate hopes of
formal recognition by foreign governments. On November 19, President
Lincoln dedicated a portion of the
Gettysburg
battlefield as a national cemetery, and delivered his memorable "Gettysburg
Address."
July
1-2, 1863 Cabin Creek
July
4, 1863 Helena
July
6-16, 1863 Williamsport / Hagerstown / Falling Waters
July
8, 1863 Boonsboro
July
9, 1863 Corydon
July
10-11, 1863 Fort Wagner / Morris Island
July
16, 1863 Grimball's Landing / Secessionville / James Island
July
18-September 7, 1863 Fort Wagner / Morris Island
July
12-13, 1863 Kock's Plantation / Cox's Plantation
July
10
--
Fort Wagner
South Carolina
Union artillery on
Folly
Island
together with Rear Adm. John Dahlgren's fleet of ironclads opened fire on
Confederate defenses of
Morris
Island
. The bombardment provided cover for Brig. Gen. George C. Strong's
brigade, which crossed Light House Inlet and landed by boats on the
southern tip of the island. Strong's troops advanced, capturing several
batteries, to within range of Confederate Fort Wagner. At dawn, July 11,
Strong attacked the fort. Soldiers of the 7th
Connecticut
reached the parapet but, unsupported, were thrown back.
July
18: -- After the July 11 assault on
Fort
Wagner
failed, Gillmore reinforced his beachhead on
Morris
Island
. At dusk July 18, Gillmore launched an attack spearheaded by the 54th
Massachusetts Infantry, a black regiment. The unit's colonel, Robert Gould
Shaw, was killed. Members of the brigade scaled the parapet but after
brutal hand-to-hand combat were driven out with heavy casualties. The
Federals resorted to siege operations to reduce the fort. This was the
fourth time in the war that black troops played a crucial combat role,
proving to skeptics that they would fight bravely if only given the
chance.
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December 18,1860 -- The
Crittenden Compromise
January 1861
-- The South Secedes.
When Abraham Lincoln, a
known opponent of slavery, was elected president, the
South Carolina
legislature perceived a threat. Calling a state convention, the
delegates voted to remove the state of South
Carolina from the union known as the
United States of America
. The Secession of South Carolina was followed by the secession of
six more states --
Mississippi
,
Florida
,
Alabama
,
Georgia
,
Louisiana
, and
Texas
-- and the threat of Secession by four more --
Virginia
,
Arkansas
,
Tennessee
, and
North Carolina
. These eleven states eventually formed the Confederate States of
America
. Ordinances
of Secession
January 7 - Speech
of Tennessee Governor Isham G. Harris
January 9 - Mississippi
seceded from the
Union
.
January 10 -
Florida
seceded from the
Union
.
January 11
Alabama
seceded from the
Union
. Speech
of E.S. Dargan
January 19 Georgia
seceded from the
Union
.
January 26
Louisiana
seceded from the
Union
.
January 29
Kansas
admitted to the
Union
.
February 1 Texas
seceded from the
Union
.
February 1861--
The South Creates a Government.
At a convention in Montgomery, Alabama, the seven seceding states
created the Confederate
Constitution,
a document similar to the United States Constitution, but with
greater stress on the autonomy of each state. Jefferson
Davis was named provisional president of the Confederacy
until elections could be held.
February 1861--
The South Seizes Federal Forts.
When President Buchanan --
Lincoln
's predecessor -- refused to surrender southern federal forts to the
seceding states, southern state troops seized them. At
Fort Sumter
,
South Carolina
troops repulsed a supply ship trying to reach federal forces based
in the fort. The ship was forced to return to
New York
, its supplies undelivered.
March 4 1861--
Lincoln's
Inauguration.
At
Lincoln
's inauguration the new president said he had no plans to end
slavery in those states where it already existed, but he also said
he would not accept secession. He hoped to resolve the national
crisis without warfare.
March 9 - Address
of George Williamson to the Texas Secession Convention
March 11 1861--
Confederate
Constitution.
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