The American Civil War By crainboltforbes17 Mar 3, 1820 Missouri Compromise Jan 29, 1850 Compromise of 1850 Sep 18, 1850 Fugitive Slave Law Mar 20, 1852 Uncle Tom's Cabin May 30, 1854 Kansas- Nebraska Act Mar 6, 1857 Dred Scott Decision Aug 21, 1858 Lincoln/ Doouglas Debates Oct 16, 1859 John Brown @ Harper's Ferry Nov 6, 1860 Election of Lincoln Dec 20, 1860 South Carolina Secedes Apr 12, 1861 Battle of Fort Sumter Jul 21, 1861 First Battle of Bull Run Mar 1, 1862 Peninsula Campaign Apr 7, 1862 Battle of Shiloh Jun 25, 1862 Seven Days’ Battles Aug 28, 1862 Second Battle of Bull Run Sep 17, 1862 Battle of Antietam Dec 1, 1862 Lee defeats Joseph Hooker at Chancellorsville, VA Dec 11, 1862 Battle of Fredericksburg Jan 1, 1863 Emancipation Proclamation May 18, 1863 Siege of Vicksburg Jul 1, 1863 Battle at Gettysburg Nov 19, 1863 Gettysburg Address May 5, 1864 Wilderness Campaign May 31, 1864 Battle of Cold Harbor Nov 15, 1864 Sherman's March to the Sea Apr 2, 1865 Davis and his government set fire to capital building Apr 9, 1865 Lee and Grant meet to arrange surrender Apr 14, 1865 Lincoln Gets Shot Apr 15, 1865 Abraham Lincoln Dies