Civil War Timeline

  • Harriet Tubman and the underground railroad

    Harriet Tubman and the underground railroad

    This was when the Woman Harriet Tubman snuck slaves from their plantations and to Canada using something called the underground railroad.
  • Kansas Nebraska act

    Kansas Nebraska act

    Got rid of the Missouri Compromise and made two new territories.
  • John Browns raid on Harpers ferry

    John Browns raid on Harpers ferry

    A group of abolitionist's traveled to Harpers ferry and seized the citizens and also caught the armory.
  • Election of 1860

    Election of 1860

    Showed how divided the U.S. was before the Civil war.
  • Confederate States of America is formed

    Confederate States of America is formed

    Lincoln was elected and the southern slave states were scared he was going to get rid of slavery. So they broke off from America and named themselves the Confederate States of America.
  • Civil war begins

    Civil war begins

    This was when the Confederate troops fired on fort Sumter.
  • Fort Sumter

    Fort Sumter

    Confederates attacked the fort and won it from the North.
  • Battle of bull run

    Battle of bull run

    The first major battle of the Civil war and 35,000 union troops forced 20,00 confederate troops along a river known as bull run.
  • Jefferson Davis elected

    Jefferson Davis elected

    The Confederates elected Jefferson Davis to be the president over the Confederacy.
  • Emancipation proclamation

    Emancipation proclamation

    This proclamation was made by Lincoln and stated that slaves in the rebellious states were declared free.
  • Gettysburg Battle

    Gettysburg Battle

    This was a big turning point in the war that helped the Union army
  • Sherman's march to the sea

    Sherman's march to the sea

    This march was used to scare the people in Georgia and they also destroyed train tracks.
  • 13th amendment

    13th amendment

    This Amendment stated that slavery was abolished.
  • Ulysses S. Grant Appomattox courthouse

    Ulysses S. Grant Appomattox courthouse

    This was one of the last battles of the Civil War and in this battle Lee Surrendered to Ulysses.
  • Abraham Lincoln assassination

    Abraham Lincoln assassination

    Abraham Lincoln got assassinated while at fords theatre.
  • 14th Amendment

    14th Amendment

    This Amendment granted citizenship to anyone that was born in the United States
  • 15th Amendment

    15th Amendment

    This made it so anyone could vote and it couldn't be taken away based on someone's color or race.