Civil War By BJeanineC Dec 1, 1844 Joseph Smith Killed Period: Jan 24, 1848 to Dec 1, 1855 Calfornia Gold Rush Jan 29, 1850 Compromise of 1850 Dec 1, 1852 Uncle Tom's Cabin published Dec 1, 1854 Republican Party Formed Dec 1, 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act Dec 1, 1854 Perry opens Japan Dec 1, 1855 Know Nothing Party formed Period: Dec 1, 1855 to Dec 1, 1861 Bleeding Kansas Dec 1, 1856 Sen. Charles Sumner Assaulted Dec 1, 1857 Dred Scott Case Period: Dec 1, 1857 to Dec 1, 1858 Mormon v US war averted Dec 1, 1858 Lincoln-Douglas Debates Oct 1, 1859 John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry Dec 1, 1859 Comstock Lode Dec 20, 1860 South Carolina secedes Mar 4, 1861 Abraham Lincoln Elected Apr 12, 1861 Ft Sumter Attacked Jul 21, 1861 1st Battle of Bull Run Fought Period: Apr 25, 1862 to May 1, 1862 David Farragut captures New Orleans Sep 17, 1862 Battle of Antietam Period: Sep 22, 1862 to Jan 1, 1863 Emancipation Proclamation Dec 1, 1862 Homestead Act Dec 1, 1862 Penninsula Campaign Dec 11, 1862 Battle of Fredricksburg Period: Jul 1, 1863 to Jul 3, 1863 Battle of Gettysburg Dec 1, 1863 Siege of Vicksburg Nov 1, 1864 Chivington Massacre Nov 8, 1864 Abraham Lincoln Re-elected Dec 1, 1864 Grant elected Dec 1, 1864 Sherman's March to Sea Dec 1, 1864 Wades Davis Bill Apr 1, 1865 Lincoln Assassinated Dec 1, 1865 Grant becomes Commander of the Army of the Potomac Dec 1, 1865 Surrender at Appomattox Dec 6, 1865 13th Amendment Ratified Dec 1, 1866 Johnson vetoes Freedman's Bureau Bill Apr 25, 1868 Ft Laramie Treaty Jul 9, 1868 14th Amendment Ratified Dec 1, 1868 Johnson Impeached Feb 3, 1870 15th Amendment Ratified Dec 1, 1871 KKK Act Passed Dec 1, 1873 Panic of 1853 Jun 25, 1876 Battle of Little Bighorn Dec 1, 1876 Hayes-Tilden Election Dec 1, 1877 Reconstruction Ends Dec 1, 1878 Posse Comitatus Acte