American Civil War By eleanor_rf Mar 3, 1820 Missouri Compromise Jan 29, 1850 Compromise of 1850 Sep 18, 1850 Fugitive Slave Law Mar 20, 1852 Uncle Tom's Cabin May 30, 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act Mar 6, 1857 Dred Scott Decision Aug 21, 1858 Lincoln/Douglass Debates Oct 16, 1859 John Brown at Herper's Ferry Nov 6, 1860 Election of Lincoln Dec 20, 1860 South Carolina Secedes Jul 21, 1861 First Battle of Bull Run Aug 8, 1861 Confederacy Conscription Act Feb 6, 1862 Battle of Fort Henry Apr 6, 1862 Battle of Shiloh Jun 25, 1862 Seven Days Battles Aug 28, 1862 Second Battle of Bull Run Sep 17, 1862 Battle of Antietam Dec 11, 1862 Battle of Fredericksburg Jan 1, 1863 Emancipation Proclamation Apr 30, 1863 Battle of Chancellorsville May 10, 1863 Stonewall Jackson Dies May 18, 1863 Battle of Vicksburg Jul 1, 1863 Battle of Gettysburg Nov 19, 1863 Gettysburg Address May 5, 1864 Battle of the Wilderness Jun 9, 1864 Siege of Petersburg Nov 15, 1864 Sherman's March to the Sea Apr 9, 1865 Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse Apr 14, 1865 Lincoln's Assassination Apr 15, 1865 Lincoln's Death