Civil War Timeline (Civil War Continues)

1865
April 14, 1865-Conspirators attack Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, and William Seward. Johnson dies that night.

April 15, 1865-Abraham Lincoln and William Seward die

April 19, 1865-Lafayette S. Foster is sworn in as President

April 24, 1865-Ulysses S. Grant's forces first cross into Virginia

April 30, 1865-Confederate forces regather and lose the Third Battle of Bull Run

May 3, 1865-Confederacy declares war on Union

May 7, 1865-France, upset at the Union, sends reinforcements to the Confederacy.

May 8, 1865-Britain declares war on the Union.

May 13, 1865-France Declares War on the Union.

May 14, 1865-Spain Declares war on the Union.

May 17, 1865-Spanish, British, and Confederate ships begin to regain control of the Mississippi River.

May 17-20, 1865-Robert E. Lee's Soldiers manage to defend Nokesville, causing a Union retreat and retaining control of the Orange and Alexandria Railway.

May 27, 1865-Missouri formally secedes from the Union.

May 28, 1865-Third Battle of Lexington (Missouri), Union Victory

May 28-30, 1865-As Lee chases Ulysses S. Grant, they meet at the battle of Centreville. In the first major battle, with about 9,000 total casualties. It results in a Union retreat, though they head North.

May 29, 1865-French ships overcome American blockade of Norfolk.

May 30, 1865-Large amount of French reinforcements arrive at the port of Norfolk, Virginia.

May 30, 1865-Union successfully blockades Charleston.

June 1, 1865-William T. Sherman begins his campaign in Kentucky.

June 1, 1865-Grant's forces capture Leesburg, a formerly Confederate town.

June 3-4, 1865-Robert E. Lee's forces attack Leesburg. This is a Confederate Victory, and General Grant is wounded. Remaining Union forces disperse.

June 6, 1865-George McClellan is sent back to war to lead the forces in Virginia.

June 6, 1865-Ulysses S. Grant, after being wounded, announces that he will not return to the military.

June 7, 1865-Confederate President Jefferson Davis alerts all of his military leaders to not invade Union land, and instead hold their defenses.

June 8, 1865-Union Forces land in Charleston, begin campaign in South Carolina.

June 15, 1865-French reinforcements arrive in Leesburg and join with Robert E. Lee.