Civil whar By davidbdejong@st.sd272.org 1849 Cali Gold Rush 1850 Compromise of 1850 Dec 20, 1860 South Carolina Votes to Secede From the Union Feb 8, 1861 Confederate States of America Become a thing Period: Apr 12, 1861 to May 9, 1865 Civil war April 12, 1861 – May 9, 1865 Jul 21, 1861 battle of bull run Apr 6, 1862 battle at shiloh Sep 17, 1862 Battle of Antietam Jan 1, 1863 Emancipation proclamation 1863 Battle of Vicksburg Nov 15, 1864 shermans march 1865 freedmans bureau Jan 31, 1865 13th amendment enacted Apr 9, 1865 Appomattox courthouse 1867 military reconstruction act 1868 Ulysses S Grant elected president 1870 15th amendment 1873 Panic of 1873 1877 Compromise of 1877