The Civil War By millybock 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/douglas debates Oct 16, 1859 john brown at harper's ferry Nov 6, 1860 election of lincoln Dec 20, 1860 south carolina secedes Apr 12, 1861 Fort Sumter Jul 21, 1861 Battle of Bull Run Apr 6, 1862 Battle of Shiloh Jun 25, 1862 seven day's battle Sep 17, 1862 Battle at Antietam Dec 1, 1862 Lee defeats Burnside and the Army of the Potomac at Fredericksburg, VA Jan 1, 1863 Emancipation Proclamation Apr 30, 1863 Battle of Chancellorsville May 1, 1863 Lee defeats Joseph Hooker (Burnside’s replacement) at Chancellorsville, VA May 18, 1863 Battle of Vicksburg Jun 28, 1863 George C. Meade (scholarly, unspectacular, abrupt) replaced Hooker at Lincoln’s command Jul 3, 1863 Gettysburg battle May 21, 1864 Cold Harbor Jan 31, 1865 13th admendment was passed and abolished slavery Mar 25, 1865 The las offensive for Lee's Army of Northern Virginia begins with an attack on the center or Grant's forces as Petersburg Apr 2, 1865 Davis and his government set fire to capital building to keep Union from using it and flee Apr 9, 1865 Battle of Appomattox Court House Apr 14, 1865 Lincoln’s Assassination Apr 26, 1865 Union cavalry found John Wilkes Booth hiding in a Virginia tobacco shed Dec 6, 1865 13th admendment is finally ratified