Request a brochure Civil War Encyclopedia Blue and Gray Trail Civil War in Georgia On the Blue and Gray Trail Civil War by state Today in the Civil War Battles Images Places Feature Stories Links Search Who we are	The Civil War in Alabama Alabama Ordinance of Secession Chickamauga Campaign Confederate Order of Secession Convention of Seceding States First National Flag of the Confederate States Battle of Mobile Bay June 1, 1825 John Hunt Morgan born, Huntsville, Alabama Alabama   John Hunt Morgan June 3, 1850 June 12, 1850 Nashville Convention - 9 slave states hold a convention to determine their best course of action if the Compromise of 1850 passes. Louisiana Arkansas North Carolina Florida Texas South Carolina Mississippi Georgia Alabama   Compromise of 1850   Nashville Convention of 1850 [Resolutions]   Nashville Convention of 1850   Robert Barnwell Rhett January 4, 1861 Alabama troops seize an arsenal near Mobile Alabama January 11, 1861 Alabama secedes from the Union Alabama   Confederate Order of Secession   Alabama Ordinance of Secession February 4, 1861 Convention of Seceded States begins in Montgomery, Alabama. Georgian Howell Cobb is elected President of the Convention Alabama   Convention of Seceding States February 8, 1861 The Convention of Seceded States adopts a provisional constitution forming the Confederate States of America Alabama   Convention of Seceding States February 11, 1861 As President-elect Abraham Lincoln begins his journey to Washington D. C. from Springfield, Illinois, President-elect Jefferson Davis journeys from Vicksburg, Mississippi to Montgomery, Alabama to accept the Presidency of the Confederate States. Mississippi Alabama Illinois   Abraham Lincoln   Jefferson Davis   Convention of Seceding States February 18, 1861 Jefferson Davis is inaugurated "Provisional President of the Confederate States of America" in Montgomery Alabama   Jefferson Davis   Convention of Seceding States April 10, 1861 Braxton Bragg assumes command of the Department of Alabama and West Florida Florida Alabama   Braxton Bragg May 21, 1861 Confederate Congress votes to move its capital from Montgomery to Richmond Alabama Virginia   Richmond, Virginia April 29, 1862 Battle of Bridgeport Alabama April 27, 1863 Col. Abel Streight leaves Tuscumbia Alabama   Raid on Rome, Georgia April 30, 1863 Abel Streight [US] fights a pitched battle at Day's Gap. Alabama   Raid on Rome, Georgia May 1, 1863 Skirmishing increased in eastern Alabama as Col. Abel Streight moved towards Rome Alabama   Raid on Rome, Georgia May 3, 1863 Nathan Bedford Forrest ends Abel Streight's Raid on Rome, Georgia, in heavy skirmishing at Cedar Bluffs, Alabama. Alabama Georgia   Nathan Bedford Forrest   Raid on Rome, Georgia August 29, 1863 The Army of the Cumberland begins the Chickamauga Campaign, heading east for passes in Lookout Mountain Alabama Georgia   Army of the Cumberland   Chickamauga Campaign October 24, 1863 General Grant, in Chattanooga, approves the plan of "Baldy" Smith to open a "Cracker Line" between Chattanooga and the railhead at Stevenson, Alabama Alabama Tennessee   Ulysses S. Grant   Battles for Chattanooga   William Farrar Smith   Cracker Line November 15, 1863 Moving east from the Mississippi, General William Tecumseh Sherman arrives in Stevenson, Alabama with four divisions. Sherman then confers with Grant in Chattanooga. Alabama Tennessee   William Tecumseh Sherman   Ulysses S. Grant January 26, 1864 Battle of Athens Alabama August 3, 1864 August 23, 1864 Battle of Mobile Bay Alabama   David Farragut   Gordon Granger   Battle of Mobile Bay August 3, 1864 Gordon Granger lands on Dauphin Island and invests Fort Gaines, one of two forts defending Mobile Alabama   Gordon Granger   Battle of Mobile Bay August 5, 1864 18 Union ships sail past the entrance to Mobile Bay. The C. S. S. Tennessee, prize ironclad of the Confederate Navy awaited the attack. As the U. S. S. Tecumseh sinks Admiral David Farragut orders "Damn the torpedoes, go ahead." His flag vessel Hartford took the lead. The ships destroyed the Confederate fleet Alabama   Battle of Mobile Bay   David Farragut August 8, 1864 Fort Gaines, at the entrance to Mobile Bay, surrenders Alabama   Battle of Mobile Bay August 9, 1864 Federals lay siege to Fort Morgan at Mobile Bay Alabama   Battle of Mobile Bay August 23, 1864 Fort Morgan, last of the Confederate forts on Mobile Bay, falls into federal hands following a spectacular barrage Alabama   Battle of Mobile Bay October 26, 1864 Battle of Decatur, Alabama Alabama   John Bell Hood   Nashville Campaign October 28, 1864 William Tecumseh Sherman, in Gaylesville, AL, decides to return to his field headquarters in Kingston, GA. rather than pursue John Bell Hood into Alabama. Alabama Georgia   John Bell Hood   William Tecumseh Sherman March 22, 1865 Major General James Wilson [US] begins a "raid" in Selma. Alabama March 27, 1865 Battle of Spanish Fort Alabama April 2, 1865 April 9, 1865 Battle of Fort Blakely Alabama April 2, 1865 Battle of Selma Wilson [US] defeats Forrest [CS] Alabama   Nathan Bedford Forrest May 4, 1865 General Richard Taylor [CS] surrenders the remaining troops in Alabama and Mississippi based on an agreement signed two days earlier Mississippi Alabama December 2, 1865 Alabama ratifies the 13th Amendment, the 27th state to do so Alabama   The Emancipation of Slaves April 2, 1866 The United States declares that a state of peace exists with Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia Alabama Georgia Mississippi Tennessee South Carolina Virginia Florida North Carolina Arkansas Louisiana June 25, 1868 Congress passes congressional representation for North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama and Louisiana over President Andrew Johnson's veto Alabama Georgia South Carolina Florida North Carolina Louisiana   Andrew Johnson July 13, 1868 Alabama ratifies the 14th Amendment Alabama   14th Amendment
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