Civil War Timeline

Harriet Tubman and the underground railroad

Nov 30, 1849

Harriet Tubman helped slaves escape thorough the underground railroad

Kansas Nebraska act

May 30, 1854

repealed the Missouri compromise

John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry

Oct 18, 1859

An attempt at abolishing slavery

Election of 1860

Nov 6, 1860

Lincoln was elected president and would start in 1861

Confederate states formed

Jan 1, 1861

7 southern left the Union and created the confederacy

Civil war begins

Apr 12, 1861

Civil war began because the confederacy left the union and wanted to keep slavery

Fort Sumter

Apr 13, 1861

An island exchange that was being attacked and lasted a while before surrenduring

Battle of bull run

Jul 21, 1861

An "easy battle" they thought would be won but it was the starting point that the war would be long and bloody

Jefferson Davis Election

Nov 6, 1861

Jefferson Davis was elected 1st and only president of the Confederate States

Emancipation proclamation

Jan 1, 1863

Lincoln wrote it and it gave slaves freedom

Battle of Gettysburg

Jul 1, 1863

A bloody battle that the Union won and the most important battle

Sherman's march to sea

Nov 15, 1864

Sherman's army marched 285 miles all the way from atlanta to savannah

13th amendment passed

Jan 31, 1865

an amendment passed to get rid of slavery

Ulysses S. Grant Appomatox courthouse

Apr 9, 1865

Robert E lee surrendered to Ulysses S and the Union won the Civil War

Abraham Lincoln assacination

Apr 15, 1865

Lincoln was shot in the head at a theater and died

14th amendment passed

Jun 13, 1866

It neutralized the united states and got rid of confederacy

15th amendment

Jan 1, 1870

Basically saying that they are citizens no matter race and color