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Important Dates Before and During the Civil War

By david27785
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    Important Dates Before and During the Civil War

  • Missouri Compromise is Created

    Missouri Compromise is Created

  • Compromise of 1850 is Created

    Compromise of 1850 is Created

  • Fugitive Slave Act is Passed

    Fugitive Slave Act is Passed

  • Uncle Tom's Cabin is Published

    Uncle Tom's Cabin is Published

  • Kansas-Nebraska Act is Singned into LAaw

    Kansas-Nebraska Act is Singned into LAaw

  • Dred Scott Decision in the Supreme Court

    Dred Scott Decision in the Supreme Court

    Date is when the trial started
  • John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry

    John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry

  • South Carolina Secedes from the Union

    South Carolina Secedes from the Union

  • Abraham Lincoln Takes Office

    Abraham Lincoln Takes Office

  • Battle at Fort Sumter

    Battle at Fort Sumter

  • 1st Battle of Bull Run

    1st Battle of Bull Run

  • Battle of Shiloh

    Battle of Shiloh

  • Battle of Antietam

    Battle of Antietam

  • Emancipation Proclamiation Goes into Effect

    Emancipation Proclamiation Goes into Effect

  • Battle of VIcksburg

    Battle of VIcksburg

    Date is When event started
  • Battle of Gettysburg

    Battle of Gettysburg

  • Sherman's March to the Sea

    Sherman's March to the Sea

  • Reconstruction Begins

    Reconstruction Begins

  • Confederacy Surrenders at Appomattox

    Confederacy Surrenders at Appomattox

  • Abraham Lincoln is Assassinated

    Abraham Lincoln is Assassinated

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