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The Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed by the U.S. Congress on May 30, 1854. It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders.
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Sanford v. Dred Scott, a case that intensified national divisions over the issue of slavery.
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South Carolina became the first slave state in the south to declare that it had seceded from the United States
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Confederate troops fired on Fort Sumter in South Carolina's Charleston Harbor. Less than 34 hours later, Union forces surrendered. Traditionally, this event has been used to mark the beginning of the Civil War.
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The First Battle of Bull Run, also known as the Battle of First Manassas, was fought
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The Battle of Shiloh, also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing, was a major battle in the Western Theater of the American Civil War.
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Very bloody battle
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Grant's Vicksburg campaign was one of the most brilliant of the war. With the loss of Pemberton's army at Vicksburg and the Union victory at Port Hudson five days later, the Union controlled the entire Mississippi River and the Confederacy was effectively split in half.
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most important engagement of the American Civil War. After a great victory over Union forces at Chancellorsville
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The Gettysburg Address is a speech delivered by Abraham Lincoln
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1864 Presidential Election. In the United States Presidential election of 1864, Abraham Lincoln was re-elected as president
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Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, was assassinated by well-known stage actor John Wilkes Booth
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President Johnson vetos the Civil Rights Act of 1866 on the grounds that it was unconstitutional
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Ulysses S. Grant inaugurated President of the United States
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President Grant issues Presidential Proclamation Submitting the Texas Constitution to the Voters
