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Civil War Timeline (8th Grade)

 

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January - General Sherman

February - General Joseph Hooker

March - Jacob Parrott

April - David Porter

Abraham Lincoln

May - General John Pemberton

June - General Robert E. Lee

July - Alfred Pleasonton

August - General Braxton Bragg

September - General Leonidas Polk

October - General Joe Wheeler

November -

December - General James Longstreet

 

1864 - Full Video

Dylan Video | Austin Video | Genevieve Video | James Video

March 10-May 22, 1864 - The Red River Campaign
April 12, 1864 - "Fort Pillow Massacre."
April 22, 1864 - Coinage Act of 1864
May 5-7, 1864 - Battle of the Wilderness
May 8-21, 1864 - Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
May 22-June 3, 1864 - Battle of Cold Harbor
June/July, 1864 - Revenue Acts of 1864
June 7-8, 1864 - Republican National Convention
June 1864-April 1865 - The Siege of Petersburg
June 27, 1864 - Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
July 1, 1864 - Internal Revenue Act
July 22, 1864 - The Battle of Atlanta
August-October, 1864 - Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign
August 29, 1864 - Union Democratic Convention
September 2, 1864 - Capture of Atlanta
October 31-November 24, 1864 - Hood Marches into Tennessee
November 8, 1864 - Reelection of Abraham Lincoln
November 12, 1864 - Sherman's March to the Sea.

 

November 29, 1864 - Sand Creek Massacre
December 10-21, 1864 - Sherman Captures Savannah
December 15-16, 1864 - Battle of Nashville

 

 

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