Timeline (Rise of the South Map Game)

1865

 * April 2nd - The Union fails to capture Sutherland Station, allowing General Robert E. Lee to maintain supplies.


 * April 3rd - Union assault on the fortress protecting the city of Petersburg, taking the life of General Ulysses S. Grant and killing over 7,000 Union troops.


 * April 7th - Union troops are forced to retreat from Virginia from orders by General William T. Sherman who replaced Ulysses S. Grant.


 * May 25th - Confederate General Robert E. Lee and his armies retakes much of the Union occupied territory within the Confederacy.

1867

 * July 29th - The Confederacy pushes Union troops out of the


 * December 18th - Confederate troops capture Washington D.C. President Abraham Lincoln is moved to Boston for safety.


 * December 25th - Boston is setup as a temporarily capitol of the United States of America.

1868

 * February 20th - Confederate troops invade the states of Colorado and Utah as well as capturing the state of Oklahoma.


 * April 16th - Union troops in Colorado and Utah manage to hold back Confederate troops attempting to capture the Colorado and Utah.


 * August 9th - General Robert E. Lee has captured the southern counties of Utah and Colorado from the Union making a steady advance into the north.


 * December 16th - Confederate troops have halted their advance into the Mid-Western territories of the United States due to harsh weather.

1870

 * January 11th - Confederate troops manage to take the states of Colorado and Utah,