The American Civil War By jcooper16 Feb 17, 1819 Missouri Compromise Missouri Compromise Wiki Jan 1, 1850 Fugitive Slave Law Fugitive Slave Law Wiki Mar 20, 1852 Uncle Tom's Cabin Uncle Tom's Cabin Wiki May 30, 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act Kansas-Nebraska Act Wiki Mar 6, 1857 Dred Scott Decision Dred Scott Decision Wiki Oct 15, 1858 Lincoln/Douglas Debates Lincoln-Douglas Debates Wiki Oct 16, 1859 John Brown Raid on Harper's Ferry Harper's Ferry Raid Nov 6, 1860 Election of Abraham Lincoln Election of Lincoln Wiki Dec 17, 1860 South Carolina Secedes South Carolina Secedes Wiki Jan 8, 1861 Mississippi Secession Jan 9, 1861 Florida Secession Jan 10, 1861 Alabama Secession Jan 18, 1861 Georgia Secession Jan 25, 1861 Louisiana Secession Jan 31, 1861 Texas Secession Feb 7, 1861 Confederacy Forms Apr 26, 1861 Writ of Habeus Corpus Used Apr 6, 1862 Battle of Shiloh Jun 24, 1862 Seven Days' Battles Sep 16, 1862 Antietam Sep 21, 1862 Emancipation Proclamation Signed Nov 14, 1862 Sherman's March to the Sea Dec 10, 1862 Battle of Fredericksburg Apr 29, 1863 Battle at Chancellorsville May 17, 1863 Grant at Vicksburg Jun 30, 1863 Battle at Gettysburg Sep 14, 1863 Martial Law Implemented Apr 8, 1865 Lee Surrenders at Appomattox Courthouse Apr 13, 1865 Lincoln Assassinated