Important Events Before and During the Civil War By emmalou_99 Jan 1, 1820 Missouri Comprimise is created Jan 1, 1850 Comprimise of 1850 is created Sep 18, 1850 Fugitive Slave Act is passed Jan 1, 1852 Uncle Tom's Cabin is published Jan 1, 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act is signed into law Mar 6, 1857 Dred Scott descision in Supreme Court Oct 16, 1859 John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry Dec 20, 1860 South Carolina secedes from the United States Mar 4, 1861 Abraham Lincoln takes office Apr 12, 1861 Battle at Fort Sumter Jul 21, 1861 1st Battle of Bull Run Apr 6, 1862 Battle of Shilo Sep 17, 1862 Battle of Antietam Jan 1, 1863 Emancipation Proclamation goes into effect May 17, 1863 Battle of Vicksburg Jul 1, 1863 Battle of Gettysburg Nov 15, 1864 Sherman's March to Sea Jan 1, 1865 Reconstruction Begins Apr 9, 1865 Confederacy surrendurs at Appomattox Apr 14, 1865 Abraham Lincoln is assasinated
