Civil War Project: Timeline

John C. Calhoun, William T. Sherman, Millard Fillmore, Henry Clay, Jefferson Davis

Battles:The Peninsular Campaign (Yorktown, Virginia; March through July 1862)

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The Battle of Chickamauga (September 19–20, 1863 at Chickamauga, Georgia)

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Battle at Nashville (Nashville, Tennessee;  December 15–16, 1864)

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Capture of New Orleans (April 25 - May 1, 1862; New Orleans, Louisiana)

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Battle of Pea Ridge ( March 6–8, 1862; Pea Ridge in northwest Arkansas)

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People:John C. Calhoun: On March 4, 1850, John C. Calhoun presented his view openly to the Senate that the southern states had the right to leave the Union if that were necessary for their own protection.

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William T. Sherman: On December 21, 1864, Sherman entered Savannah and took control of it without a fight. This event showed how much the Southerners feared Sherman.

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Millard Fillmore: On July of 1850, Millard Fillmore become president after President Taylor’s death.

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Henry Clay: On September 1850, Clay proposed a plan for a compromise over slavery known as the Compromise of 1850.

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Jefferson Davis: On April 10, Davis ordered General P.G.T. Beauregard to demand that Fort Sumter surrender. Later, Beauregard successfully took Fort Sumter.

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