17325. With three Union armies under his command, General William T. Sherman marched south from Tennessee into Georgia against the Confederate Army of Tennessee under General Joseph Johnston, the objective being the city of Atlanta. - Bristoe Station Campaign. On April 25, the fleet arrived at New Orleans where they demanded the surrender of the city. General Simon Bolivar Buckner enters into terms for surrender of the Army of the Trans-Mississippi, which are agreed to on June 2, 1865.The Civil War officially ends. June 14-15, 1863- Battle of Second Winchester,Virginia. For Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) fans, the events of Civil War happened a whole year ago in 2016, but for Peter Parker, it's actually only been a few months. Confederate troops under General James Longstreet lay siege to the city of Knoxville held by Union forces under General Ambrose Burnside. Union forces break the Confederate siege of the city in successive attacks. Battle of Ball's Bluff, Virginia. The Battle of Cathar played a large part in changing the situation. In a murderous daylight raid, Confederate and Missouri guerillas under William Clarke Quantrill storm into Lawrence and destroy most of the town. Despite several attempts to disrupt the Union advance in the coming weeks, the battle for control of the Shenandoah Valley is over. May 25, 1862- First Battle of Winchester, Virginia. The Civil War is the central event in America's historical consciousness. Union forces cross the Potomac River and occupy Arlington Heights, the home of future Confederate General Robert E. Lee. May 1-4, 1863- The Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia. In Captain America: Civil War, there’s a moment where the Vision refers to the moment that Tony Stark publicly announced that he was Iron Man; a moment, Vision adds, that took place eight years … Union attempts to capture this important railroad into Petersburg were stopped by Confederate counterattacks. - Draft Riots begin in New York City and elsewhere as disgruntled workers and laborers, seething over the draft system that seemingly favors the rich, attack the draft office and African American churches. That night the Army of Northern Virginia crosses the Potomac River and the Gettysburg Campaign ends. Rosecrans' army retreats to the supply base at Chattanooga, Tennessee. - Battle of Resaca, Georgia. As a result of this call for volunteers, four additional southern states secede from the Union in the following weeks. The Confederate defeat at Five Forks initiates General Lee's decision to abandon the Petersburg-Richmond siege lines. Battle of Franklin, Tennessee. February 17, 1864- First Successful Submarine Attack of the Civil War. The Union Army under Banks defeats the attempt by Confederate forces under General Richard Taylor to drive them out of Louisiana. September: Robert E. Lee led his army across the Potomac and invaded Maryland, and the two armies met in the epic Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862. General Lee's army attacks the "Army of the Potomac" under General George McClellan in a succession of battles beginning at Mechanicsville on June 26 and ending at Malvern Hill on July 1. Leading the Union infantry charge is the 54th Massachusetts Colored Infantry commanded by Colonel Robert Gould Shaw who is killed and buried with the dead of his regiment. The bloodiest battle of the Civil War dashes Robert E. Lee's hopes for a successful invasion of the North. As America began to expand—first with the lands gained from … - Battle of Fisher's Hill, Virginia. August 5, 1864- Battle of Mobile Bay. Sheridan's 20-mile ride became the subject of a poem by Thomas Buchanan Read which played a part in the 1864 election campaign. April 26: John Wilkes Booth was located hiding in a barn in Virginia and was killed by federal troops. List parameters. - General Sherman's Army of Georgia begins the "March to the Sea". Stuart blocked a force of Union cavalry under General Philip Sheridan. It is during the occupation of nearby Alexandria that Colonel Elmer Ellsworth, commander of the 11th New York Infantry and a close friend of the Lincolns, is shot dead by the owner of the Marshall House just after removing a Confederate flag from its roof. As 1864 began both sides in the deepening war believed they could win. Within two days the forts fall into Union hands and the mouth of the great river is under Union control. - Abraham Lincoln is nominated by his party for a second term as president. - Wilmington, NC, falls to Union troops, closing the last important southern port on the east coast. Battle of Memphis, Tennessee. Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia. Johnston remains on this line until July 2, when he retreats at the threat being flanked by Sherman's mobile force. Longstreet finally attacks on November 30 but is repulsed with heavy losses. May 8-21, 1864- Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia. July 20, 1864- Battle of Peachtree Creek, Georgia, the first major battle around the city of Atlanta. The Union victory further secures the career of Union General Ulysses S. Grant. It was a bitter defeat for the Union. Battles also took place in Georgia, Tennessee, Louisiana, Florida and Alabama. The decisive Union victory sends the Confederate Army south into Georgia where General Bragg reorganizes his forces before resigning from command on November 30. July 9: The Battle of Monocacy, in Maryland, ended Early's campaign and prevented a disaster for the Union. It is a Confederate victory. Conscription, or the drafting of soldiers into military service, begins in the North. After two weeks of maneuvering and battles at Cross Keys and Front Royal, General "Stonewall" Jackson attacks Union forces at Winchester and successfully drives them from the city. General Ulysses S. Grant, accompanying the Army of the Potomac under General Meade, issued orders for the campaign to begin on May 3. - Battle of Second Winchester,Virginia. August 31- September 1, 1864- Battle of Jonesborough, Georgia. A Union fleet under Admiral David Farragut steamed into Mobile Bay outside the city of Mobile, Alabama, defended by two strong forts and a small southern flotilla, including the formidable ironclad CSS Tennessee. In a feint toward Washington, Lee's Army of the Northern Virginia marches into northern Virginia in an attempt to flank the Army of the Potomac, under General Meade. Union officers and officials in Washington believe this to be the final battle in the Shenandoah Valley. - Chattanooga, Tennessee, is occupied by Union forces under General William Rosecrans whose Army of the Cumberland will soon invade northern Georgia. When Does Star Wars Rebels Take Place? October 19, 1864- The Battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia. The American Civil War took place in Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland, Kentucky and Arkansas, as well as South Carolina, North Carolina, West Virginia and Washington D.C. March 3, 1863- Conscription, or the drafting of soldiers into military service, begins in the North. May 10, 1865- Confederate President Jefferson Davis is captured near Irwinville, Georgia. Blair reported back to Lincoln, and Lincoln was receptive to meeting Confederate representatives at a later date. (Leslie's Illustrated History of the Civil War). April 12, 1864- Capture of Fort Pillow, Tennessee. Gettysburg, PA Battle of Big Bethel, the first land battle of the war in Virginia. Confederate efforts to retake the fort fail. The largest cavalry battle of the Civil War, it also marks the beginning of the Gettysburg Campaign. He was buried in Springfield the next day. Sherman will advance but take precautions against ordering any further massed assaults where high casualties may occur. A way to resolve this would be to say that Civil War took place near the end of 2016 and Black Panther near the beginning of 2017, thus making the time difference just a few months. The Galactic Civil War (4 BBY5 ABY), also referred to as the revolution or the rebellion, was a galactic power struggle in which the Alliance to Restore the Republic waged a rebellion against the ruling Galactic Empire in an attempt to restore democratic rule to the galaxy. This begins the first Union efforts to close southern ports along the Carolina coast. November 26-December 1, 1863- The Mine Run Campaign. The Union Army under General Irwin McDowell initially succeeds in driving back Confederate forces under General Pierre Gustav Toutant Beauregard, but the arrival of troops under General Joseph E. Johnston initates a series of reverses that sends McDowell's army in a panicked retreat to the defenses of Washington. Union forces under General Philip Sheridan attacked the Confederate army under Jubal Early near the city of Winchester and drove them southward, up the Shenandoah Valley. Morale surged in the Union Army. - General John Bell Hood replaces General Joseph Johnston as commander of the Army of Tennessee. Grant assumes command of all Union Armies in the field the following day. Lee was forced to withdraw back to Virginia, and the Union could claim victory. Likewise, the Hunley was also lost and never heard from again until discovered in 1995 at the spot where it sank after the attack. November 27 to December 3, 1863- Siege of Knoxville, Tennessee. President Lincoln observes the skirmishing from Fort Stevens as reinforcements from the Army of the Potomac arrive and quickly fill in the works. November 19: Abraham Lincoln delivered his Gettysburg Address at the dedication ceremony for a cemetery at the battlefield. Fort Hatteras at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, falls to Union naval forces. Six miles north of Richmond, Confederate cavalry under General J.E.B. General Sherman's armies are blocked at Resaca by General Johnston's Army of Tennessee. General Stuart was mortally wounded during the encounter. - General Joseph Johnston signs the surrender document for the Confederate Army of the Tennessee and miscellaneous southern troops attached to his command at Bennett's Place near Durham, North Carolina. May 31–June 1: The battle of Seven Pines was fought in Henrico County, Virginia. After weeks of digging, 109 Union officers made their escape from the notorious Libby Prison, the largest and most sensational escape of the war. Touted as "Lee's last offensive", Confederate troops under General John B. Gordon attack and briefly capture the Union fort in the Petersburg siege lines in an attempt to thwart Union plans for a late March assault. Union occupation of this fort at the mouth of the Cape Fear River closes access to Wilmington, the last southern seaport on the east coast that was open to blockade runners and commercial shipping. Within two days the forts fall into Union hands and the mouth of the great river is under Union control. - The Battle of Brandy Station, Virginia. By day's end, Early's forces are put to flight. December 13: Burnside led his men at the Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia. Six additional southern states secede from the Union. May 12, 1865 - The final battle of the Civil War takes place at Palmito Ranch, Texas. The Union Army of the Cumberland under General William Rosecrans is defeated and nearly routed by the Confederate Army of Tennessee commanded by General Braxton Bragg. Applauded by many abolitionists including. It is a Confederate victory. Lincoln will respond on May 3 with an additional call for 43,000+ volunteers to serve for three years, expanding the size of the Regular Army. October 21, 1861- Battle of Ball's Bluff, Virginia. At Savannah, his troops will take Fort McAllister and force Confederate defenders to evacuate the city. Leading the Union infantry charge is the 54. Hooker reorganized the Army of the Potomac and raises morale greatly. The Grand Review of the Army of the Potomac in Washington, DC, The Grand Review of General Sherman's Army in Washington, DC. On this same day, Joseph E. Johnston is restored to command the nearly shattered Army of the Tennessee, vice John B. May 24, 1865-The Grand Review of General Sherman's Army in Washington, DC May 3: Abraham Lincoln's funeral train reached his hometown of Springfield, Illinois. Universally referred to as Andersonville Prison Camp, it will become notorious for overcrowded conditions and a high death rate among its inmates. After a month of tunneling by soldiers of the 48th Pennsylvania Infantry, a massive mine was exploded under a Confederate fort in the Petersburg siege lines. The capture of this important southern town, well known for its industry and storage capabilities, severely hampers the efforts of Confederate commanders to sustain their armies in the deep south, Georgia and west of the Mississippi River. October 19: Sheridan's Ride, a heroic race to the front at Cedar Creek by Gen. Philip Sheridan, took place, and Sheridan rallied and reorganized the demoralized troops on to victory against Jubal Early. General Joseph Johnston, commander of the Confederate army in Virginia is wounded and replaced by Robert E. Lee who renames his command the "Army of Northern Virginia". The final southern counterattack against Union troops outside the city of Atlanta fails. Abraham Lincoln is inaugurated as the sixteenth president of the United States in Washington, DC. There’s a scene in Captain America: Civil War in which it is implied that the year is 2016, and obviously, four years have not passed between Civil War and Homecoming; it’s … That's not much to go on, but it does imply that he was across the globe for many months, which would also mean that his time learning about magic happened post-Captain America: Civil War. That’s more than have died in any war our country has fought, before or since. McNamara, Robert. May 4-5, 1864- Battle of the Wilderness, Virginia, the opening battle of the "Overland Campaign" or "Wilderness Campaign". December 20, 1860- South Carolina secedes from the Union. April 2: Lee informed Confederate president Jefferson Davis that he must leave the Confederate capital of Richmond. The arrival of Union reinforcements forces him to withdraw to Greeneville, Tennessee, where his corps will spend the winter. Union forces under William T. Sherman enter the city of Meridian, Mississippi after a successful month of campaigning through the central part of the state. A massive frontal assault on the well entrenched Federal line meets with disaster. McNamara, Robert. May 18, 1863- Siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi begins. When the Civil War began most Americans expected it to be a crisis that would come to a fast end. March 9, 1862- The naval battle between the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia (the old USS "Merrimack"), the first "ironclads", is fought in Hampton Roads, Virginia. A massive frontal assault on the well entrenched Federal line meets with disaster. On the same day, Fort Sumter, South Carolina is re-occupied by Union troops. November 30, 1864- Battle of Franklin, Tennessee. Wanda joins a new Avengers lineup, alongside Vision, and operates for the next year without incident. June 1: After his predecessor was wounded in Seven Pines, Gen. Robert E. Lee took command of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. Among the Union troops is the 54. March 4: President Lincoln took the oath of office for the second time. After two days of maneuvering and intense fighting, Johnston withdraws. Sherman's army is stalled in its drive northward from Fayetteville but succeeds in passing around the Confederate forces toward its object of Raleigh. Union occupation of this fort at the mouth of the Cape Fear River closes access to Wilmington, the last southern seaport on the east coast that was open to blockade runners and commercial shipping. In 2009, Tony Stark announced to the world that he was the armored superhero known as \"Iron Man\". At the end of March General Grant began a new push against the Confederate forces around Petersburg, Virginia. April 15, 1861- President Lincoln issues a public declaration that an insurrection exists and calls for 75,000 militia to stop the rebellion. The Battle of Antietam became legendary for its intense combat. April 14, 1865- President Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by actor John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theater in Washington, DC. It had begun in the South the year before. - Near Falling Waters, Maryland, Union troops skirmish with Lee's rearguard. December 16: Journalist and poet Walt Whitman learned that his brother was among the wounded at Fredericksburg and he rushed to Washington DC to search the hospitals for him. As Lincoln was inaugurated on March 4, 1861 the crisis intensified and more pro-slavery states left the Union. - President Abraham Lincoln is inaugurated for his second term as president in Washington, DC. The affair was investigated and though charges of an atrocity were denied by Confederate authorities, the events at Fort Pillow cast a pall over Forrest's reputation and remained an emotional issue throughout the remainder of the war and after. A Confederate defeat, the battle resulted in Union occupation of eastern North Carolina and control of Pamlico Sound, to be used as Northern base for further operations against the southern coast. The Confederate Army under John Bell Hood is thoroughly defeated and the threat to Tennessee ends. Confederate troops under General James Longstreet lay siege to the city of Knoxville held by Union forces under General Ambrose Burnside.