Civil War Timeline

  • Harriet Tubman and the underground railroad

    Led by Harriet Tubman, she helped hundreds of slaves escape to freedom but it wasn't easy
  • The Kansas Nebraska Act

    It was an act that made it so those people could choose whether to have slavery or not
  • John Brown’s Raid on Harpers Ferry

    It was an act that led by John Brown to try and end slavery but he didn't mean to harm anyone
  • Election of 1860

    It was date of Lincoln's election it is important because he did a lot for the U.S in the Civil War
  • Fort Sumter

    The battle was important because it was one of the last standing forts in the U.S
  • Battle of Bull Run

    It was one of the first major battles during the Civil War
  • Civil War Begins

    The Civil war began as soon as confederate troops fired at Fort Sumter
  • Jefferson Davis elected

    Jefferson Davis was elected president of the Confederate States of America in 1861 and led the Confederate states during the war
  • Confederate States of America is formed

    Seven Southern states seceded the Union and formed a new country so they could continue slavery
  • Gettysburg Battle

    It was one of the bloodiest battles in the war and was also a major turning point in the war
  • Emancipation Proclamation

    It was to make it so that all slaves in the union are set free
  • Sherman’s March to the Sea

    It was a march led by General William T. Sherman to try to frighten Georgia
  • Abraham Lincoln Assassination

    He was shot and killed and at Ford's Theater in 1865
  • Ulysses S. Grant Appomatox courthouse

    It was fought in Appomatox county and was one of the last battles in the war
  • 13th amendment

    It is saying that Slavery will no longer continue in the United States of America
  • 14th amendment

    It means that all people born in the U.S even former slaves have equal rights
  • 15th amendment

    It means that the rights people have to vote are no longer decide by their race or color