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Civil War Timeline

  • Jefferson Davis

    Jefferson Davis

    President of the south during the civil war
  • Abraham Lincoln

    Abraham Lincoln

    The 16th president of the United states, President during the civil war
  • William Tecumseh Sherman

    William Tecumseh Sherman

    Served as a general for the union in the civil war
  • Harriet Tubman

    Harriet Tubman

    An abolitionist who helped slaves escape through the underground rail road
  • Ulysses S. Grant

    Ulysses S. Grant

    An American military leader who became the 18th president of the United States
  • Stonewall Jackson

    Stonewall Jackson

    One of the most known confederate generals after Robert E. Lee
  • The Kansas Nebraska Act

    The Kansas Nebraska Act was were Kansas and Nebraska got to chose if they were slave or free states ignoring the Missouri compromise
  • John Brown’s Raid on Harpers Ferry

    John Brown’s Raid on Harpers Ferry

    The raid was lead by an abolitionist that believed violence was the only was to solve slavery
  • Election of 1860

    Election of 1860

    It was the election of Abraham Lincoln that made the south split
  • Confederate States of America is formed

    Confederate States of America is formed

    The southern states that separated when Abraham became president
  • Fort Sumter

    Fort Sumter

    It was a fort in the south that the north wanted to keep after the south left but the south disagreed so they fought over it
  • Civil War

    Civil War

    A war between the north and south of the U.S.A
  • Battle of Bull Run

    Battle of Bull Run

    It was a very bloody battle and the first ground battle of the war
  • Emancipation Proclamation

    Emancipation Proclamation

    It was a proclamation by president Abraham that stated all slaves in rebellious states are free
  • Gettysburg

    Gettysburg

    An invasion lead by the confederate that the union clamed victory on
  • Sherman’s March to the Sea

    Sherman’s March to the Sea

    Was a march involving union operations in a confederate state
  • 13th amendment

    13th amendment

    A law saying that slavery was illegal
  • 14th amendment

    14th amendment

    Gave citizenship to all persons
  • 15th amendment

    15th amendment

    This would have granted African American men the right to vote