Civil War Timeline

Civil War Timeline

Period: Jan 1, 1820 to Dec 31, 1865

Missouri Compromise

Mar 3, 1820

Admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state.

Andrew Jackson elected President of the United States

Mar 4, 1829

Panic of 1837

Apr 2, 1837

financial crisis in the United States in 1837

Compromise of 1850

Jan 29, 1850

North Gets
California admitted as a free state
Slave trade prohibited in Washington D.C.

Texas loses boundary dispute with New Mexico South Gets
No slavery restrictions in Utah or New Mexico territories
Texas gets $10 million
Slaveholding permitted in Washington D.C.
Fugitive Slave Law

Uncle Tom’s Cabin published

Mar 20, 1852

By Jossiah Priest

Dred Scott Supreme Court Decision

Mar 6, 1857

A Slave ran to a free state and was caught. The decision when all the way to the supreme count to find out if the slave was free or not. The slave turned out to have to go to his owner.

Oregon admitted as State

Feb 14, 1859

Abraham Lincoln elected

Nov 6, 1860

Battle at Fort Sumter

Apr 12, 1861

Confederate victory

Virginia Secedes

Apr 17, 1861

Battle of Gettysburg

Jul 1, 1863

Union victory

Appomattox court house surrender

Apr 9, 1865

Confederates Surrender.