Also known as the War Between the States. See also Abraham Lincoln. Here are some key dates:
| 1861 | Confederacy formed - February 8 Lincoln sworn in a US President - March 4 Ft. Sumter attacked - April 12 First Battle of Bull Run - July 21 McClellan organizes Union army - November 1 Union blockade begins - November 7 |
| 1862 | Grant captures Fts. Henry & Donelson - February 6-16 Battle of Ironclads Monitor & Merrimac - March 9 Capture of New Orleans - May 1 Battle of Shiloh - April 6-7 Lee given command of Army of Northern Virginia - June 1 Second Battle of Bull Run - August 28-30 Battle of Antietam - September 17 Lincoln signs Emancipation Proclamation - September 22 Battle of Fredricksburg - December 13 |
| 1863 | Emancipation Proclamation takes effect - January 1 First US Conscription Act passed - March 3 Battle of Chancellorsville - May 1-4 Battle of Gettysburg - July 1-3 Vicksburg surrenders to Grant - July 4 New York City draft riots - July 13-16 Lincoln's Gettysburg Address - November 19 Grant routs rebels at Battle of Chattanooga - November 23-24 |
| 1864 | U.S. Grant given command of all Union forces - March 9 Battle of the Wilderness - May 5-6 Cold Harbor - June 1-3 Siege of Petersburg begins - June 15 Atlanta falls to W.T. Sherman - September 2 Sherman burns Atlanta, begins March to the Sea - November 15 |
| 1865 | Lee given command of all Confedeate forces - January 31 Richmond falls - April 2 Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomattox - April 9 Lincoln assassinated - April 14 Joe Johnston surrenders to Sherman - April 18 Confederate President Jefferson Davis captured - May 10 Last battle, Palmito Hill, TX - May 12-13 Texas blacks learn they are free - June 19 (Juneteenth) Thirteenth Amendment passes, abolishing slavery - December 6 |
Here is a page with a detailed Civil War timeline.
John Doyle \ Clear The Way \ Shadow and Light (Irish Brigade (US), Antietam & Fredericksburg) Anne Hills & Cindy Mangsen: Richmond on The James (Never Grow Old), Flying Fish Larry Kaplan: The Perfect Fields of Fredericksburg (Worth All the Telling), Folk-Legacy Ben Bedford \ Twenty One \ Land Of The Shadows \ Hopeful Sky (about Vicksburg) Tony Rice\ John Wilkes Booth\ Night Flyer\ Rounder Dar Williams \ Holly Tree \ Promised Land \ Razor & Tie Pat Wictor\ Marching Still\ Sunset Waltz\ Risky Disc Look Away \ KATE CAMPBELL \ Rosaryville \ Compass Big Houses \ HOUSE OF FREAKS \ Tantilla \ Rhino Letter from Lilac Acres \ JED MARUM \ Soul of a Wander \ boston Road Let the Band Play Dixie \ BOB GIBSON \ Uptown Saturday Night \ Hogeye For more Civil War stuff, check out Cathy Barton & Dave Para's "Johnny Whistletrigger" and "Rebel in the Woods", and Sparky & Rhonda Rucker's "The Blue and Gray in Black and White". Stan Freberg presents The United States of America, Vol. 1 (many tracks) Alison Krauss & Union Station\ Bright Sunny South\ New Favorite\ Rounder Wishing Chair\ Sue Mundy\ Underdog\ Self Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard\ Two Soldiers\ Hazel & Alice\ Rounder DAVID KINCAID - The Irish Volunteer The Irish Volunteer: Songs of the Irish Union Soldier, 1861-1865 - Ryko (R) COUNTRY GENTLEMEN - Legend of the Rebel Soldier The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 - Rebel BOB HEYER - Battle of Shiloh Hill Close to the Heart - Table Rock JAY UNGAR - Ashokan Farewell The Civil War Original Soundtrack - Elektra Nonesuch (M) JOHN HARTFORD - Lorena Songs of the Civil War - Columbia ACOUSTIC SHADOWS OF THE BLUE & GRAY - Vacant Chair Echoes Through Time...A Campfire Review - self HOYT AXTON - The Yellow Rose of Texas Songs of the Civil War - Columbia [about - Confederate] Richard Shindell\ Arrowhead Richard Shindell\ Reunion Hill [about] Ben Bedford \ Twenty One \ Land Of The Shadows \ Hopeful Sky (Union, Vicksburg) The Gordons\ Lincoln's Funeral Train\ Our Time\ Inside-Out Diana Jones\ Cold Grey Ground\ My Remembrance of You\ Newsong Scott & Michelle Dalziel\ April 9, 1865\ Thinking Out Loud\ Self Jack Kid - Requiem in Blue and Gray Jack Kid - Missing Mary Sue Twohy\ Missionary Ridge\ Songs to Hang On Stars\ Azalea City Gary Ferguson\ Last Day at Gettysburg\ I'm Really Leaving\ Webco There is a song - "Last Days at Gettysburg" written by Gary Ferguson. It is on his 1995 CD, I'm Really Leaving. (Pinecastle/Webco) Larry Sparks released it twice, Blue Mountain Memories - 1996, and Last Days at Gettysburg; Songs about the American Civil War - 2000. Both are on Rebel Records. Anne Hills\ Blur in the Photograph\ Bittersweet Street\ Redwing Bob Gibson\ Let the Band Play Dixie\ Stops ALong the Way\ Folk Era Rhys Jones & Christina Wheeler\ The Rebel's Raid\ Starry Crown\ Vigortone Tracy Grammer\ Laughlin Boy\ Flower of Avalon\ Signature Gibson & Camp\ Civil War Trilogy\ …Revisited\ Folk Era (beware low levels on this CD) Tony Rice\ John Wilkes Booth\ Native American (LP)\ Rounder Jed Marum\ Mama's Lily\ Demo\ Self Fiddle Fever\ Ashokan Farewell\ Best of\ Flying Fish Original Soundtrack recording: The Civil War - Elektra Nonesuch 79256 (this is the version used in Ken Burns' documentary. Composed by Jay Ungar.) Joan Baez\ The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down\ Ring Them Bells\ Guardian (or the original by The Band) Judy Collins \ In the hills of Shiloh Guy Clark\ Soldier's Joy, 1864\ The Dark Josh Williams: Last Widow of the Civil War / Now That You're Gone Fields of Gettysburg / The Cutters / Sail Away Larry Sparks/ Last Day At Gettysburg/ Blue Mountain Memories (Rebel) Gary Ferguson\ Last Day at Gettysburg\ I'm Really Leaving\ Bluegrass RENO & SMILEY / Appomatox / Folk Songs of the Civil War / King 756 The Road to Appomatox \ ANDREW MCKNIGHT \ Turning Pages \ Falling Mountain Gray Coat Soldier - Norman Blake - Fields of November (Flying Fish) ANDREW McKNIGHT - Road to Appomattox Turning Pages - Falling Mountain [from the era] JED MARUM: fighting tigers of ireland: a us civil war collection Jed Marum\ Chickahominy River\ Miles From Home\ Boston Road Ed Littlefield, Jr. / Kingdom Come / Going to the West / Sage Arts Rhonda and Sparky Rucker / The Blue and Gray Songs of the Civil War, Various Artists, Columbia "Tenting Tonight on the Old Campground" done by Well Tempered String Band, Rhonda & Sparky Rucker, others Phil Cooper, Margaret Nelson & Kate Early\ Tenting on the Old Campground\ Love & War\ Self Jim Taylor / The Civil War Collection Bob Dylan / Dixie / Masked & Anonymous soundtrack Dixie - Bobby Horton - Homespun songs of the CSA (Homespun) STEVE VAUS - Dixie American History - self American Songs of the Revoluntionary Times and the Civil War Era (Laserlight 12 180) "The Riddle Song" "When This Cruel War is Over" "Lincoln and Liberty" "All Quiet Along the Potomac" "Goober Peas" "Bonnie Blue Flag" Battlefields and Campires Smoothbore Music 97th Regimental String Band "Battle Cry of Freedom" "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" "The Bonnie Blue Flag" "Goober Peas"
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