1861, April 12. Fort Sumter fired on by Confederate batteries -- the conflict begins.
1861, April 19. President Lincoln issued proclamation declaring blockade of Southern ports from South Carolina to Texas.
1861, July, the first bull run outside Washington--- shock people who dream this is a quick war
1861, November 8, USS San Jacinto, Captain C. Wilkes, stopped British mail steamer Trent in Old Bahamas Channel and removed Confederate Commissioners James Mason and John Slidell.
1861, November 12, Fingal (later CSS Atlanta), purchased in England, entered Savannah laden with military supplies -- the first ship to run the blockade solely on Confederate government account.
1862, January 9, Flag Officer D. G. Farragut was appointed to command the Western Gulf Blockading Squadron -- the beginning of the New Orleans campaign.
1862, February 6, Naval forces under Flag Officer A. H. Foote captured strategic Fort Henry on the Tennessee River. This breached the Confederate line and opened the flood gates for the flow of Union power deep into the South.
1862, March 8, ironclad ram CSS Virginia, Captain F. Buchanan, destroyed wooden blockading ships USS Cumberland and Congress in Hampton Roads.
1862, March 9, the first ironclad naval battle in the world
1862, April 24-25, Union Forces captured New Orleans, Union ships under the command of David Farragut sailed through the Gulf of Mexico and seized the vital southern port of New Orleans at the mouth of the Mississippi.
1862, April 16, Union navy passed Vicksburg
1862, April 30, Union navy ferried army across Mississippi
1862, September 17, Union attack Lee’s army at Sharpsburg--- the most bloodiest battle in civil war and Lee retreated to Virginia
1862, December, General Ambrose Burnside try to head to South for decisive victory however he loses at Fredericksburg, Virginia
1863, May 18, Union navy helped the ground force in the siege of Vicksburg, Union force captured whole of the Mississippi
1863, May 22, start the siege of the Vicksburg
1863, July 1, Start of land battle of Gettysburg with General Lee and General George Meade
1863, July 4, The Confederacy lost its last chance to control the Mississippi River (success of the Vicksburg war)
1863, June 6, the Battle of Memphis, the Tennessee city surrendered.
1863, July 4, The Confederacy lost its last chance to control the Mississippi River
1863, July 16, David Glasgow Farragut promoted to Rear Admiral, the first officer to hold that rank in the history of the U.S. Navy.
1863, September 2, General Sherman occupied Atlanta and force resident living there to leave
1863, September 25, USS Kensington and Rachel Seaman and mortar schooner Henry James bombarded Sabine City, Texas, and forced Confederate troops to withdraw from the city.
1864, June 15, north army cross Appomattox River and start the war of Petersburg
1865, April 9, Lee surrendered to Grant formally
1865, June 19, South surrender and the civil war end