Important Events Before and During the Civil War By stretch125 Jan 1, 1820 Missouri Compromise is created Jan 1, 1850 Compromise of 1850 Sep 18, 1850 Fugitive Slave Act is passed Jan 1, 1852 Uncle Tom's Cabin is published May 30, 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act is signed into law Mar 6, 1857 Dred Scott decision in the 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 Shiloh Sep 17, 1862 Battle of Antietam Jan 1, 1863 Emancipation Proclamation goes into effect May 18, 1863 Battle of Vicksburg Jul 1, 1863 Battle of Gettysburg Sep 2, 1864 Sherman's March to the Sea Apr 9, 1865 Confederacy surrenders at Appomattox Apr 9, 1865 Reconstruction begins Apr 14, 1865 Abraham Lincoln is assassinated
