Civil War

By munrok

  • Uncle Tom's Cabin was Published

    Uncle Tom's Cabin is an anti-slavery novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe.

  • Dred Scott vs. Sandford decision is rendered

    Considered the worst decision ever rendered by the Supreme Court. Declared that slaves were not considered US citizens and could not sue in federal courts.

  • John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry

    An effort to initiate an armed slave revolt. This was done by taking over a United states arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia.

  • Abraham Lincoln Elected President

    Abraham Lincoln ran for the National Union Party. He was president from March 4, 1861 - April 15, 1865

  • South Carolina votes to Secede from the United States

    South Carolina became the first slave state in the south to declare that it had seceded From the United States.

  • Confederate Forces fire on Fort Sumter

    Robert Anderson, garrison commander, surrendered the fort and was evacuated the next day.

  • The First battle of Bull Run is Fought

    Also known as The First Battle of Manassas was fought in Virginia.

  • Jefferson Davis Elected President of the Confederacy

    Jefferson Davis was elected president, and Alexander H. Stephens was elected vice president. They were elected to 6 year terms under the Provisional Confederate States Constitution.

  • Robert E. Lee is named commander of the Army of Northern Virginia

    Robert E. Lee commanded northern Virginia from 1862 until his surrender in 1865.

  • Battle of Antietam

    Also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg, that is known as the single bloodiest days in American history. The Union Victory led to the Emancipation Proclamation.

  • Emancipation Proclamation is Announced

    In the midst of the Civil War, President Lincoln released the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation. This was announced September 22, 1862, saying that if the rebels did not end the fighting by January 1, 1863, then all slaves in the rebellious states would be freed.

  • Battle of Fredericksburg

    Battle fought in/ around Fredericksburg, Virginia. Known as one of the greatest Confederate victories.

  • Battle of Gettysburg

    Considered the most important battle in the civil war, and also the bloodiest. The Union won, and that stopped General Robert E. Lee's second invasion of the north.

  • Lincoln Gives his Gettysburg Address

    Known as one of the best speeches in American history. The speech was given at the dedication of the soldiers' National cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

  • Abraham Lincoln defeats George McClellan to win re-election

    Abraham Lincoln won a re-election against George McClellan in the election of 1864.

  • President Lincoln Assasination

    President Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth in a theater. Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States, and John Wilkes Booth was a popular stage actor.

  • John Wilkes Booth is Killed

    Union soldiers tracked him down to a Virginia farm 12 days after he assassinated Lincoln.