Nov 1860 - Lincoln is elected President

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1858 - Graffiti House built by James Barbour

Feb - Confederate States of America is formed
April - Fort Sumter is attacked; Lincoln calls for 75,000 volunteers
July -  Federal army is defeated at Manassas

     
1861

 May/July - Federal forces stall then retreat in front of Richmond following Robert E. Lee’s appointment to command
Aug/Sep - Confederate forces win at 2nd Manassas but are stopped at Antietam
Dec - Federal forces suffer costly defeat at Fredericksburg

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1862

Aug - Battle of Cedar Mountain.  Army of Northern Virginia moves toward Manassas
Oct - Confederate forward position established at Rappahannock River

 

1862

Aug - Norfolk Light Artillery signatures

Jan - Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation
May - Confederates defeat Federal forces at Chancellorsville but “Stonewall” Jackson is mortally wounded
July - Lee invades the North for a second time but is stopped at Gettysburg.
Nov - Army of the Potomac winters in Culpeper County, Virginia

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1863

March - Battle of Kelly’s Ford
April - Stoneman’s Cavalry Raid
June - Initiation of the Gettysburg campaign; The Battle of Brandy Station
Aug - Confederate forward position established at Rappahannock River
Nov - Confederates retire to the Rapidan River and the Army of the Potomac’s winter encampment begins

 

1863

March - Maryland Scroll created
April - Beverly’s Ford battle report
June - Casualty signatures from battle of Brandy Station
July - Visitors after Gettysburg campaign
Nov/Dec - Winter encampment drawings & history

May/June - Federal offensive begins with battles at the Wilderness, Spotsylvania and Cold Harbor.  Despite heavy casualties Federal forces remain in contact with the Confederates.
June - Federal siege of Petersburg begins
Nov - Lincoln is re-elected President

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1864

May - The Federal spring offensive begins

Jan/May - Winter encampment drawings & history
March -  "Old" 3rd Corps abolished

 

1864

April - Federal forces break through Confederate lines at Five Forks.  

The Confederate government evacuates Richmond and surrenders shortly after.
April 14th - Lincoln is assassinated.

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