Civil War Timeline

By EvelynJ

  • Missouri Compromise

    http://www.history.com/topics/missouri-compromise

  • Monroe Doctrine

  • Second Great Awakening

  • Indian Removal Act

  • Tariff of 1832

  • Ordinance of Nullification

    The OoN proclamied the Tariffs of 1828 and 1832 null and void in South Carolina. This started the Nullification Crisis.

  • Force Bill

  • Texas War of Independence begins

  • Panic of 1837

  • Trail of Tears

    This was the forced removal of Cherokee Indians which lead to over 4,000 deaths.

  • Annexation of Texas

  • Beginning of U.S. - Mexican War

  • Treaty of Guadalupe-Hildago

  • California Gold Rush

  • Compromise of 1850

  • Kansas-Nebraska Act

  • Dred Scott Decision

  • John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry

  • The Civil War Begins

  • Battle of Philippi

  • First Battle of Bull Run

  • Battle of Wilson's Creek

  • Battle of Port Royal Sound

  • Battle of Belmont

  • Battle of Fort Henry

  • Battle Of Hampton Roads

  • Battle of Shiloh

  • Battle of Winchester

  • The Seven Days Battle

  • Battle of Vicksburg

  • Second Battle of Bull Run

  • Battle of Antietam

  • Battle of Fredericksburg

  • Battle of Chancellorsville

  • Battle of Gettysburg

  • Battle Of Chattanooga

  • Battle of Fort Pillow

  • Battle Of The Wilderness

  • Battle of Petersburg

  • Battle of Fort Pillow

  • Battle of Nashville

  • Battle of Sailor’s Creek

  • Battle of Appomattox Courthouse

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

    Battles of the Civil War

  • Battle of Palmetto Ranch