The American Civil War By mtmck7 Jan 1, 1819 Missouri Compromise Jan 1, 1837 Caroline ship incident Apr 4, 1841 Harrison dies after 4 weeks in office Feb 23, 1847 Battle of Buena Vista Jan 1, 1849 California Gold Rush Jan 1, 1850 Fugitive Slave Law Sep 1, 1850 Compromise of 1850 Mar 20, 1852 Uncle Tom's Cabin May 30, 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act May 24, 1856 Brown's Pottawatomie Massacre Jan 1, 1857 Dred Scott decision (end date) Mar 6, 1857 Dred Scott Decision Jan 1, 1858 Lincoln/Douglas Debates Nov 6, 1860 Election of Lincoln Dec 20, 1860 South Carolina Secedes Dec 20, 1860 South Carolina secedes from the Union Jan 21, 1861 First Battle of Bull Run Mar 4, 1861 Lincoln takes office Jan 1, 1862 Battle of Antietam Jan 1, 1862 to 1864 Alabama raids Northern Shipping Apr 6, 1862 to April 7, 1862 - Battle of Shiloh Jun 25, 1862 to July 1 Seven Days' Battle Aug 28, 1862 to August 30, 1862, Second Battle of Bull Run Jan 1, 1863 Emancipation Proclamation May 2, 1863 Stonewall Jackson shot by own man Jul 1, 1863 to July 3 Gettysburg Battle Jan 1, 1864 Alabama sunk by Union warship Jan 1, 1865 Thirteenth Amendment ratified Apr 14, 1865 Abraham Lincoln shot at Ford's Theatre at Washington Apr 26, 1865 Lincoln's Killer Found
