Civil War Timeline I

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    Civil War Timeline I

  • Fugitive Slave Act

    No runaway slave can be protected in a non-slave state.

  • Republican Party is Created

  • Dredd Scott Decision

    Slaves were not recognized as citizens, but rather as property by the US Supreme Court

  • John Brown Raid

    Harper's Ferry, VA. failed attempt at a slave rebellion

  • Lincoln elected president of the US

  • South Carolina becomes the 1st state to seceed from the union

  • Other southern states begin to seceed from the union

    Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisana (Jan)
    Texas (Feb)
    Virginia (April)
    Arkansas, North Carolina (May)
    Tennessee (June)

  • First Battle of Bull Run

    Confederates win against the Union troops

  • First Shots of the Civil are Fired

    at Fort Sumter

  • Emanicipation Proclamation signed by Lincoln

  • Fort Donelson is taken by the Union

  • Battle of Shiloh

    Union wins

  • Battle of Gettysburg

    Union wins against Confederates, huge losses on both sides

  • Civil War Officially Ends

    Lee surrenders to Grant

  • Lincoln is Assassinated