Timeline (A House Glorified)

Timeline (1861-1900)
April 12, 1861: The Confederate States of America attacks the United States Army's Fort Sumter installation, triggering a declaration of war by the United States government.

May 3, 1861: President Abraham Lincoln issues a Presidential Decree to conscript about 120,000 soldiers to fight the Confederacy.

June 21, 1861: The United States is defeated at the Battle of Bull Run and retreats towards the Potomac.

July 3, 1861: The Confederate States of America begins the Siege of Washington D.C.

August 15, 1861: General Ulysseus S. Grant wins a victory against the Confederate Army at the Battle of St. Louis, and maintains Union control of the Northern Mississippi River.

August 17, 1861: Stonewall Jackson defeats the Union Army in the Battle of Lexington, KY, and takes control of the Ohio River Valley, causing a pandemonium in the leadership in the Great Lakes states.

August 30, 1861: The Second Battle of Lexington begins, aswell as the Battle of Louisville.

January 4, 1862: The US Army under McClellan breaks the Confederate Siege of Washington D.C. after 6 months and one day. The CS Army is expelled across the Potomac and leads to the Second Battle of Bull Run -- A defeat for the Union.

January 21, 1862: The US Army wins the Lexington battle, but loses the Louisville battle, causing another fluctuation in power in Kentucky -- Managing to secure the Ohio River Valley for the Union, the battle continues to be a great stalemate.

January 30, 1862: President Davis decrees the "Personal Cotton Usage Act of 1862", declaring that "due to the hostility of the North, the CSA cannot export cotton to well-off nations without recognition of our sovereignity." This angers the British, French, Austrians, Prussians and Russians. Tsar Alexander dismisses it later, stating that Russia would be self-sufficient, however, the other four nations meet at Essen to discuss intervention.

March 1, 1862: The frontline has stabilized at the pre-war borders -- Neither side wants to surrender or status quo. The United Kingdom, France, and the Confederacy sign the Entente Cordiale in Birmingham. The United Kingdom and The French Empire declare war on the United States.

March 15, 1862: Essen Conference finally breaks down as King Wilhelm I and Emperor Franz Joseph both walk out of the conference, and sign the "German Interest Pact" in Frankfurt. Wilhelm I and Franz Joseph sign a compact of alliance with the United States diplomat to Austria.

March 16, 1862: The Kingdom of Prussia and Empire of Austria declare war on the Entente Cordiale, siding with the United States.

March 22, 1862: The United States is defeated in several battles as French and British reinforcements arrive in the Confederacy, delivered obviously a long time before -- Known as the Second XYZ affair, with the United Kingdom and France having shipped the CSA troops long before the Cotton Embargo.

March 25: The United States loses Washington D.C, and the city is burned down. Lincoln evacuates to Philadelphia.

March 26: Prussia captures Strassbourg, Austria invades the "French ally" of Italy, and conquers Milan.