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Compromise of 1850
The compromise was over the issue of slavery in land Gained from Mexico. The compromise was devised by Senator Henry Clay. It was that each territory would vote by popular sovereignty to see if slavery would exist in that territoy or state. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin Publication
A novel by author Harriet Beecher Stowe that showed many people the horrors of slavery. It impacted many people and strengthened the abolitionist cause. -
Dredd Scott Decision
A slave that sued his owners saying he should be a free man because his master died while they were in a free state. -
Linclon-Douglas Debates
A series of debates Between the two to see who would be senator for Illinois. Linclon didn't win but it put him on the map. -
Raid on Harpers Ferry
John Brown and his supporters went to raid Harpers Ferry to arm slaves and lead them to a slave revolt. The slaves didn't join and it failed. -
Election of 1860
The issue of whether the South would secede was at the forefront of politics. Linclon was not on the ballot in the South at all. Linclon ended up winning and the South seceded -
South Carolina Secedes
South Carolina Becomes the first state to leave the Union. -
Mississippi Secedes
Mississippi secedes from Union -
Florida Secedes
Florida Secedes from the Union -
Alabama Secedes
Alabama Secedes from the Union -
Georgia Secedes
Georgia Secedes from the Union -
Louisiana Secedes
Louisiana Secedes from the Union -
Texas Secedes
Texas seceded from the Union -
C.S.A. Is formed
The Confederate States of America is formed -
Bleeding Kansas 1855-1861
It was a small conflict that had pro-slavery activists and abolisionists fighting and killing each other. It was the 1st bloodshed over the issue. -
Fort Sumter
Decades of growing strife between North and South erupted in civil war on April 12, 1861, when Confederate artillery opened fire on this Federal fort in Charleston Harbor. Fort Sumter surrendered 34 hours later. Union forces would try for nearly four years to take it back. -
1st Battle of Bull Run
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The First Battle of Bull Run, also known as Battle of First Manassas (the name used by Confederate forces), was fought on July 21, 1861 in Prince William County, Virginia, near the city of Manassas, not far from Washington, D.C. It was the first major battle of the American Civil War. -
Monitor and Merrimack
The Battle of Hampton Roads, often referred to as either the Battle of the Monitor and Merrimack (or Virginia) or the Battle of Ironclads -
Battle of Shiloh
At Shiloh, Tennessee in April of 1862, a Confederate surprise attack backfires when the Union holds firm at the "Hornet's Nest." Also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing, the Battle of Shiloh took place from April 6 to April 7, 1862, and was one of the major early engagements -
Capture of New Orleans
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In the middle of the night of April 24, Admiral David Farragut led a fleet of 24 gunboats, 19 mortar boats, and 15,000 soldiers in a daring run past the forts. Now, the river was open to New Orleans except for the ragtag Confederate fleet. -
Battle of Antietam
The Battle of Antietam, also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg, particularly in the South, fought on September 17, 1862, near Sharpsburg, Maryland and Antietam Creek , was the first major battle in the American Civil War to take place on Union soil. It is the bloodiest single-day battle in America -
Fredericksburg
The Battle of Fredericksburg was fought December 11–15, 1862, in and around Fredericksburg, Virginia, between General Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and the Union Army of the Potomac -
Emacipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863. -
Chancellorsville
The Confederates won but Stonewall Jackson was wounded and later died of his wounds. -
The Siege Of Vicksburg
In May and June of 1863, Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant’s armies converged on Vicksburg, investing the city and entrapping a Confederate army under Lt. Gen. John Pemberton. On July 4, Vicksburg surrendered after prolonged siege operations. -
Battle Of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg was fought July 1–4, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, by Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War. The battle involved the largest number of casualties of the entire war. -
Sherman's March to Sea
From November 15 until December 21, 1864, Union General William T. Sherman led some 60,000 soldiers on a 285-mile march from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia. The purpose of this “March to the Sea” was to frighten Georgia’s civilian population into abandoning the Confederate cause. -
Surrender of Appomattox Court House
On April 9, 1865, Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his approximately 28,000 troops to Union General Ulysses S. Grant -
Lincoln's Assassination
On April 14, 1865, John Wilkes Booth, a famous actor and Confederate sympathizer, fatally shot President Abraham Lincoln at a play at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C. The attack came only five days after Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his massive army at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, effectively ending the American Civil War.
