Alphabetical Index
With Links to the Chronology
Note: Click on the year given to go to the appropriate Chronology page. Then look for the entry paragraph by month specified (or year for entries before 1860). The event or person will be mentioned in the paragraph.
Abolition 1619, 1770, 1820, 1831, 1833, 1859
Above the Clouds, Battle Sept. 1863
Alabama Platform 1848
Antietam, Battle of Sept. 1862
Anti-Slavery Society 1833
Appomattox, Surrender at Apr. 1865
Atlanta Campaign May-Sept. 1864
Banks, Gen. Nathaniel Shenandoah Valley I 1862
Battle Above the Clouds Sept. 1863
Battle of . See names inverted, as in Bull Run, Battle of
Beauregard, Gen. Pierre G. T. July 1861, Apr. 1862
Bentonville, Battle of Jan.-Mar. 1865
Bleeding Kansas 1854-59
Booth, John Wilkes Apr. 1865
Bragg, Gen. Braxton Dec. 1862, Sept. 1863
Breckinridge, John Nov. 1860
Brice’s Crossroads Raid June 1864
Brown, John 1859
Buchanan, James 1857-61
Bull Run, Battle of first July 1861, second Aug. 1862
Buren, Martin Van 1848
Burning, The Shenandoah Valley II May 1864
Burnside, Gen. Ambrose Dec. 1862
Calhoun, John C. 1828
Cedar Creek, Battle of Shenandoah Valley II May 1864
Cedar Mountain, Battle of See Aug. 1862
Chambersburg Pike skirmish June 1863
Chancellorsville, Battle of May 1863
Chattanooga Campaign Sept. 1863
Chickahominy River See Apr.-July 1862
Clay, Henry 1820, 1828
Cold Harbor, Battle of May-June 1864
Columbia, S.C., burned Jan.-Mar. 1865
Compromise of 1850 1850
Confederacy (described) Feb. 1861
Confederate Congress Feb. 1861
Corinth, capture of Apr. 1862
Crater, Battle of June 1864
Crittenden Compromise Dec. 1860
Cross Keys, Battle of See Shenandoah Valley I 1862
Davis, Jefferson Feb. 1861, May 1865
Douglas, Stephen 1858, Nov. 1860
Draft Riots July 1863
Dred Scott Case 1857
Early, Gen. Jubal Shenandoah Valley II May 1864
Elkhorn Tavern, Battle of Mar. 1862
Emancipation Proclamation Sept. 1862
Farragut, Adm. David Apr-May 1862, Aug. 1864
Fillmore, Millard 1850
Fisher’s Hill, Battle of Shenandoah Valley II May 1864
Five Forks, Battle of June 1864, Apr. 1865
Forrest, Gen. Nathan Apr. 1864
Fort Donelson Feb. 1862
Fort Henry Feb. 1862
Fort Pillow Massacre Apr. 1864
Fort Sumpter Jan. 1861, attacked Apr. 1861
Frayser’s Farm, Battle of See Apr.-July 1862
Fredericksburg, Battle of Dec. 1862
Free Soil Party 1848, 1854-59
Front Royal, Battle of See Shenandoah Valley I 1862
Fugitive Slave Act 1850
Gaines Mill, Battle of See Apr.-July 1862
Garrison, William Lloyd 1831, 1833, 1840
Gettysburg, Battle of July 1863
Grant, Gen. Ulysses S. Feb. 1862, Apr. 1862, Apr. 1863, Sept. 1863, Mar. 1864, May-June 1864, June 1864,
Apr. 1865
Halleck, Gen. Henry Mar. 1864
Hampton Roads Peace Conference Feb. 1865
Harper’s Ferry Raid 1859
Hood, Gen. John May-Sept. 1864, Dec. 1864
Hooker, Gen. Joseph May 1863, June 1863, Sept. 1863
Hunter, Gen. David Shenandoah Valley II May 1864
Island No. 10, Battle of Apr. 1862
Jackson, Gen. Stonewall July 1861, Apr.-July 1862, Shenandoah Valley I 1862, Aug. 1862, Sept. 1862, May 1863
Jefferson, Thomas 1798
Johnston, Gen. Albert Apr. 1862
Johnston, Gen. Joseph July 1861, Apr.-July 1862, Apr. 1863, May-Sept. 1864, Jan.-Mar. 1865, Apr. 1865
Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854, 1854-59
Kennesaw Mountain, Battle of May-Sept. 1864
Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions 1798
Lawrence, Sack of 1854-59
Lee, Gen. Robert E. Apr.-July 1862, Aug. 1862, Sept. 1862, Dec. 1862, May 1863, June 1863, July 1863,
May-June 1864, June 1864, Feb. 1865, Apr. 1865
Legal Tender Act Feb. 1862
Liberator 1831
Liberty Party 1840
Lincoln, Abraham debates 1858, Nov. 1860, inaug. Mar. 1861, Sept. 1862, reelected Nov. 1864, inaug. Mar. 1865, assassinated Apr. 1865
Longstreet, Gen. James Apr.-July 1862, Aug. 1862, July 1863
McClellan, George Nov. 1861, Apr.-July 1862, Sept. 1862, Dec. 1862
McDowell, Irvin July 1861, Nov. 1861, Apr.-July 1862
McDowell, Battle of See Shenandoah Valley I 1862
Madison, James 1798
Malvern Hill, Battle of See Apr.-July 1862
March to the Sea, Sherman’s Nov. 1864
Meade, Gen. George June 1863, July 1863
Mechanicsville, Battle of See Apr.-July 1862
Memphis, Battle of See Apr. 1862 (end of Shiloh entry)
Merrimack See Monitor and Merrimack
Mill Springs, Battle of Jan. 1862
Missouri Compromise 1820
Missionary Ridge, Battle of Sept. 1863
Mobile Bay, Battle of Aug. 1864
Monitor and Merrimack Mar. 1862
Monocacy, Battle of Shenandoah Valley II May 1864
Murfreesboro, Battle of (Stones River, Battle of) Dec. 1862
Nashville, Battle of Dec. 1864
Nat Turner Rebellion 1831
New Madrid, Battle of Mar. 1862
New Market, Battle of Shenandoah Valley II May 1864
New Orleans, Battle of Apr. 1862
Nullification 1798, 1828
Peachtree Creek, Battle of May-Sept. 1864
Pemberton, Gen. John C. Apr. 1863
Peninsular Campaign Apr.-July 1862
Petersburgh Campaign beginning June 1864
Pickett, Gen. George Picketts charge July 1863, June 1864
Piedmont, Battle of Shenandoah Valley II May 1864
Pope, Gen. John Aug. 1862
Popular Sovereignty 1850, 1854
Port Hudson, Battle of Apr. 1863
Port Republic, Battle of See Shenandoah Valley I 1862
Pottawatomie Massacre 1854-59
Republican Party 1854
Richmond, Fall of Apr. 1865
Rosecrans, Gen. William Dec. 1862, Sept. 1863
Saint Albans Raid Oct. 1864
Savages Station, Battle of See Apr. -July 1862
Savannah, Ga., Capture of Nov.-Dec. 1864
Scott, Dred 1857
Secession, Ordinance of Dec. 1860
Secessions Jan. 1861 (1), Apr. 1861
Seven Days’ Battles See Apr.-July 1862
Seven Pines, Battle of See Apr.-July 1862
Shenandoah Valley, battles in See Shenandoah Valley I 1862, Shenandoah Valley II May 1864
Sheridan, Gen. Philip Shenandoah Valley II May 1864, Apr. 1865
Sherman, Gen. William Techumseh Sept. 1863, May-Sept. 1864, March to Sea Nov.-Dec. 1864, March North Jan.-Mar. 1865
Shiloh, Battle of Apr. 1862
Slavery beginnings of 1619, 1770 (See also Abolition)
Smith, Gen. Kirby Apr. 1865
South Mountain, Battle of See Sept. 1862
Spotsylvania Courthouse May-June 1864
Staunton, VA occupied Shenandoah Valley II May 1864
Stephens, Alexander Feb. 1861
Stowe, Harriet Beecher 1838
Taylor, Zachary 1848
Thirteenth Amendment passed Feb. 1865
Thomas, Gen. George Jan. 1862, Sept. 1863, Dec. 1864
Trent Affair Nov. 1861
Tubman, Harriet 1838
Underground Railroad 1838
Vicksburg Campaign Apr. 1863
Wakarusa War 1854-59
Wallace, Gen. Lew Shenandoah Valley II May 1864
War strategy, Union Apr. 1861, Confederate See Confederacy (described) Feb. 1861
Washington Conference Feb. 1861
Waynesboro, Battle of Shenandoah Valley II May 1864
West Virginia, opposed secession June 1861
Wheeling Convention June 1861
Wilderness Campaign May-June 1864
Wilmot Proviso 1846
Wilson’s Creek, Battle of Aug. 1861
Winchester, Battle of See Shenandoah Valley I 1862, Shenandoah Valley II May 1864
Wyandotte Constitution 1854-59
Yorktown, Siege of See Peninsular Campaign Apr.-July 1862
Abolition 1619, 1770, 1820, 1831, 1833, 1859
Above the Clouds, Battle Sept. 1863
Alabama Platform 1848
Antietam, Battle of Sept. 1862
Anti-Slavery Society 1833
Appomattox, Surrender at Apr. 1865
Atlanta Campaign May-Sept. 1864
Banks, Gen. Nathaniel Shenandoah Valley I 1862
Battle Above the Clouds Sept. 1863
Battle of . See names inverted, as in Bull Run, Battle of
Beauregard, Gen. Pierre G. T. July 1861, Apr. 1862
Bentonville, Battle of Jan.-Mar. 1865
Bleeding Kansas 1854-59
Booth, John Wilkes Apr. 1865
Bragg, Gen. Braxton Dec. 1862, Sept. 1863
Breckinridge, John Nov. 1860
Brice’s Crossroads Raid June 1864
Brown, John 1859
Buchanan, James 1857-61
Bull Run, Battle of first July 1861, second Aug. 1862
Buren, Martin Van 1848
Burning, The Shenandoah Valley II May 1864
Burnside, Gen. Ambrose Dec. 1862
Calhoun, John C. 1828
Cedar Creek, Battle of Shenandoah Valley II May 1864
Cedar Mountain, Battle of See Aug. 1862
Chambersburg Pike skirmish June 1863
Chancellorsville, Battle of May 1863
Chattanooga Campaign Sept. 1863
Chickahominy River See Apr.-July 1862
Clay, Henry 1820, 1828
Cold Harbor, Battle of May-June 1864
Columbia, S.C., burned Jan.-Mar. 1865
Compromise of 1850 1850
Confederacy (described) Feb. 1861
Confederate Congress Feb. 1861
Corinth, capture of Apr. 1862
Crater, Battle of June 1864
Crittenden Compromise Dec. 1860
Cross Keys, Battle of See Shenandoah Valley I 1862
Davis, Jefferson Feb. 1861, May 1865
Douglas, Stephen 1858, Nov. 1860
Draft Riots July 1863
Dred Scott Case 1857
Early, Gen. Jubal Shenandoah Valley II May 1864
Elkhorn Tavern, Battle of Mar. 1862
Emancipation Proclamation Sept. 1862
Farragut, Adm. David Apr-May 1862, Aug. 1864
Fillmore, Millard 1850
Fisher’s Hill, Battle of Shenandoah Valley II May 1864
Five Forks, Battle of June 1864, Apr. 1865
Forrest, Gen. Nathan Apr. 1864
Fort Donelson Feb. 1862
Fort Henry Feb. 1862
Fort Pillow Massacre Apr. 1864
Fort Sumpter Jan. 1861, attacked Apr. 1861
Frayser’s Farm, Battle of See Apr.-July 1862
Fredericksburg, Battle of Dec. 1862
Free Soil Party 1848, 1854-59
Front Royal, Battle of See Shenandoah Valley I 1862
Fugitive Slave Act 1850
Gaines Mill, Battle of See Apr.-July 1862
Garrison, William Lloyd 1831, 1833, 1840
Gettysburg, Battle of July 1863
Grant, Gen. Ulysses S. Feb. 1862, Apr. 1862, Apr. 1863, Sept. 1863, Mar. 1864, May-June 1864, June 1864,
Apr. 1865
Halleck, Gen. Henry Mar. 1864
Hampton Roads Peace Conference Feb. 1865
Harper’s Ferry Raid 1859
Hood, Gen. John May-Sept. 1864, Dec. 1864
Hooker, Gen. Joseph May 1863, June 1863, Sept. 1863
Hunter, Gen. David Shenandoah Valley II May 1864
Island No. 10, Battle of Apr. 1862
Jackson, Gen. Stonewall July 1861, Apr.-July 1862, Shenandoah Valley I 1862, Aug. 1862, Sept. 1862, May 1863
Jefferson, Thomas 1798
Johnston, Gen. Albert Apr. 1862
Johnston, Gen. Joseph July 1861, Apr.-July 1862, Apr. 1863, May-Sept. 1864, Jan.-Mar. 1865, Apr. 1865
Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854, 1854-59
Kennesaw Mountain, Battle of May-Sept. 1864
Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions 1798
Lawrence, Sack of 1854-59
Lee, Gen. Robert E. Apr.-July 1862, Aug. 1862, Sept. 1862, Dec. 1862, May 1863, June 1863, July 1863,
May-June 1864, June 1864, Feb. 1865, Apr. 1865
Legal Tender Act Feb. 1862
Liberator 1831
Liberty Party 1840
Lincoln, Abraham debates 1858, Nov. 1860, inaug. Mar. 1861, Sept. 1862, reelected Nov. 1864, inaug. Mar. 1865, assassinated Apr. 1865
Longstreet, Gen. James Apr.-July 1862, Aug. 1862, July 1863
McClellan, George Nov. 1861, Apr.-July 1862, Sept. 1862, Dec. 1862
McDowell, Irvin July 1861, Nov. 1861, Apr.-July 1862
McDowell, Battle of See Shenandoah Valley I 1862
Madison, James 1798
Malvern Hill, Battle of See Apr.-July 1862
March to the Sea, Sherman’s Nov. 1864
Meade, Gen. George June 1863, July 1863
Mechanicsville, Battle of See Apr.-July 1862
Memphis, Battle of See Apr. 1862 (end of Shiloh entry)
Merrimack See Monitor and Merrimack
Mill Springs, Battle of Jan. 1862
Missouri Compromise 1820
Missionary Ridge, Battle of Sept. 1863
Mobile Bay, Battle of Aug. 1864
Monitor and Merrimack Mar. 1862
Monocacy, Battle of Shenandoah Valley II May 1864
Murfreesboro, Battle of (Stones River, Battle of) Dec. 1862
Nashville, Battle of Dec. 1864
Nat Turner Rebellion 1831
New Madrid, Battle of Mar. 1862
New Market, Battle of Shenandoah Valley II May 1864
New Orleans, Battle of Apr. 1862
Nullification 1798, 1828
Peachtree Creek, Battle of May-Sept. 1864
Pemberton, Gen. John C. Apr. 1863
Peninsular Campaign Apr.-July 1862
Petersburgh Campaign beginning June 1864
Pickett, Gen. George Picketts charge July 1863, June 1864
Piedmont, Battle of Shenandoah Valley II May 1864
Pope, Gen. John Aug. 1862
Popular Sovereignty 1850, 1854
Port Hudson, Battle of Apr. 1863
Port Republic, Battle of See Shenandoah Valley I 1862
Pottawatomie Massacre 1854-59
Republican Party 1854
Richmond, Fall of Apr. 1865
Rosecrans, Gen. William Dec. 1862, Sept. 1863
Saint Albans Raid Oct. 1864
Savages Station, Battle of See Apr. -July 1862
Savannah, Ga., Capture of Nov.-Dec. 1864
Scott, Dred 1857
Secession, Ordinance of Dec. 1860
Secessions Jan. 1861 (1), Apr. 1861
Seven Days’ Battles See Apr.-July 1862
Seven Pines, Battle of See Apr.-July 1862
Shenandoah Valley, battles in See Shenandoah Valley I 1862, Shenandoah Valley II May 1864
Sheridan, Gen. Philip Shenandoah Valley II May 1864, Apr. 1865
Sherman, Gen. William Techumseh Sept. 1863, May-Sept. 1864, March to Sea Nov.-Dec. 1864, March North Jan.-Mar. 1865
Shiloh, Battle of Apr. 1862
Slavery beginnings of 1619, 1770 (See also Abolition)
Smith, Gen. Kirby Apr. 1865
South Mountain, Battle of See Sept. 1862
Spotsylvania Courthouse May-June 1864
Staunton, VA occupied Shenandoah Valley II May 1864
Stephens, Alexander Feb. 1861
Stowe, Harriet Beecher 1838
Taylor, Zachary 1848
Thirteenth Amendment passed Feb. 1865
Thomas, Gen. George Jan. 1862, Sept. 1863, Dec. 1864
Trent Affair Nov. 1861
Tubman, Harriet 1838
Underground Railroad 1838
Vicksburg Campaign Apr. 1863
Wakarusa War 1854-59
Wallace, Gen. Lew Shenandoah Valley II May 1864
War strategy, Union Apr. 1861, Confederate See Confederacy (described) Feb. 1861
Washington Conference Feb. 1861
Waynesboro, Battle of Shenandoah Valley II May 1864
West Virginia, opposed secession June 1861
Wheeling Convention June 1861
Wilderness Campaign May-June 1864
Wilmot Proviso 1846
Wilson’s Creek, Battle of Aug. 1861
Winchester, Battle of See Shenandoah Valley I 1862, Shenandoah Valley II May 1864
Wyandotte Constitution 1854-59
Yorktown, Siege of See Peninsular Campaign Apr.-July 1862
