American Civil War

Students, history and Civil War buffs can have answers lickety split at their fingertips. This timeline in 6 laminated pages includes the critical people and events that played a part in this heroic and tragic turning point that fortified American pride.

Topics covered include:

• The Crisis of the Union, 1848-1856


• The Specter of Secession, 1857–1860


• The War Begins, 1861


• The Fighting Deepens, 1862


• The Turning Point, 1863


• The Union's Hard Road to Victory, 1864


• The War at Sea & on the Rivers, 1861–1865


• The War on the Home Front, 1861–1865


• The Union Preserved, 1865


• Presidential Reconstruction, 1863–1866


• Radical Reconstruction, 1867–1877

Suggested uses:

• Students - Review before relevant history tests, support class lessons and textbook, impress your teachers & professors


• Teachers/Professors - fact bank to build tests & quizzes, lesson plan support, reference for documentary film viewing, supplement to the textbook


• Reenactors - Indestructible reference during muddy Civil War reenactments