Fugative Slave Act

  • Fugative Slave Act

    Fugative Slave Act

    For more information click link belowThe Fugative Slave Act mandated the return of runaway slaves, regardless of where in the Union they might be situated at the time of their discovery.
  • Kansas-Nebraska Act

    Kansas-Nebraska Act

    click here for more info It was the most significant event leading to the Civil War. Until Nebraska was organized as a territroy, settlers could not move there.
  • Election of 1860

    Election of 1860

    For mor about the election click hereThe Democrats met in Charleston, South Carolina, to select their canidate for President in the upcoming election . It was turmoil.
  • Battle of Fort Sumter

    Battle of Fort Sumter

    click link for more infoGeneral P.G.T opened fire on the Union garrison holding Fort Sumter
  • Battle of the Monitor and Merrimac

    Battle of the Monitor and Merrimac

    click link for infoNotable as history's first duel between ironclad warships and the beginning of a new era of neval warfare.
  • The Battle of Shiloh

    The Battle of Shiloh

    more info click here Confederate soldiers poured out of nearby woods and strruck a line of Union soldiers occupying ground near Pittsburg.
  • The Emancipation Proclamation

    The Emancipation Proclamation

    click the link to read about it President Abraham Lincoln declare free all slaves residing in territory in rebellion against the federal government.
  • The Battle of Gettysburg

    The Battle of Gettysburg

    click for more information on the battle 51,000 soliders from both sides were either wounded, killed, captured, or missing in the three days.
  • The thriteenth Amendament

    The thriteenth Amendament

    click here of more info in 1863 President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclomation declaring that all slaves living in the states shall be free.
  • Surrender at Appomattox

    Surrender at Appomattox

    visit link for more info The surreneder of Lee's army set the stage for the conclusion of the end of the war.