Union soldiers capture vicksburg during the american civil war

Civil War Timeline

By 25jdiaz
  • Period: to

    Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad

    Harriet Tubman was a freed slave who was a conductor for the underground railroad during slavery. The underground railroad was used to secretly transport slaves to the safety of Canada to be free. Harriet Tubman was known as a conductor and was well know for freeing 300 slaves in 19 trips for ten years.
  • Kansas Nebraska Act

    When division was taking place, and separated the states of where slaves could and couldn't be.
  • John Brown's Raid on Harpers Fairy

    An Abolitionists named John Brown went to harpers fairy with some followers to seize the towns arsenal, and citizens to take control.
  • Election of 1860

    When Abraham Lincoln was elected president in 1860 as a republican.
  • Civil War Start

    Civil War Start
    When the Confederate States of America attacked on the Union Base of Fort Sumter for the first shots of the Civil War.
  • The Confederate States of America are Formed

    The Confederate States of America are Formed
    The seceded states from the U.S. formed a new country named the Confederate States of America.
  • Fort Sumter

    A battle when the Confederate Army took control of everything around the island of Fort Sumter, Union was forced to give a Confederate Victory due to lack of supplies.
  • Jefferson Davis Is Elected

    Jefferson Davis Is Elected
    Jefferson Davis was elected as the president of the Confederate States of America.
  • Period: to

    Battle of Gettysburg

    The Single Bloodiest battle in US history.
    Union Victory
  • Sherman's March to the Sea

    General William Tecumseh lead 100,000 troops to destroy rrailroads and other valuable things to cripple the Confederacy.
  • 13th Amendment

    The 13th Amendment is created in the U.S. that stats that there shall be no slavery or involuntary service.
  • Abraham Lincoln

    Abraham Lincoln
    When Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in a theater in 1865.
  • 14th Amendment

    14th Amendment is created to state that everyone born in the U.S. are known as U.S. citizens even former slaves
  • 15th Amendment

    15th Amendment is created to give all U.S. Citizens the right to vote no matter the race.