Civil War Project Timeline By Blueopus2 Jan 29, 1850 Compromise of 1850 Sep 18, 1850 Fugitive Slave Law Mar 20, 1852 Uncle Tom's Cabin Published Mar 30, 1854 Kansas Nebraska Act Passed Period: Mar 30, 1854 to Jan 29, 1861 Bleeding Kansas Mar 6, 1857 Dred Scott Decision Period: Aug 21, 1858 to Oct 15, 1858 Lincoln-Douglass Debates Period: Oct 16, 1858 to Oct 18, 1858 Harper's Ferry Nov 6, 1860 Lincoln Elected Apr 12, 1861 Battle of Fort Sumter Jul 21, 1861 1st Battle of Bull Run Sep 17, 1862 Battle of Antietam Jan 1, 1863 Emancipation Proclamation Mar 19, 1863 54th Massachusetts Regiment established Period: Jul 1, 1863 to Jul 3, 1863 Battle of Gettysburg Nov 19, 1863 Gettysburg Address Period: Feb 1, 1864 to Apr 30, 1865 Andersonville Prison in use Mar 9, 1864 Ulysses S. Grant made General in Chief Union Army Jan 31, 1865 Robert E. Lee Period: Apr 1, 1865 to Dec 31, 1867 Black Codes Passed Apr 15, 1865 Abraham Lincoln Assasinated Dec 6, 1865 13rh Amendment Passed Jul 9, 1868 14th Amendment passed Feb 3, 1870 15th Amendment