The American Civil War

The Comprimise of 1850

Jan 29, 1850

The Fugitive Slave Act

Sep 18, 1850

Dred Scott vs Sanford

Mar 6, 1857

Supreme Court
Dred Scott

John Brown's Raid

Oct 16, 1859

John Brown

Confederate States of America are Formed

Feb 8, 1860

Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis

Abraham Lincoln Elected President

Nov 6, 1860

Abraham Lincoln
John C. Breckenridge
John Bell
Stephen Douglas

Confederate Constitution Sighed

Mar 11, 1861

Official Start to the Civil War

Apr 12, 1861

Lincoln Requests an Army

Apr 15, 1861

President Lincoln
Congress

The Emancipation Proclamation

Jan 1, 1863

President Lincoln

Gettysburg

Jul 1, 1863

General Robert E. Lee
General George G. Meade

The Battle of Vickersburg

Jul 4, 1863

General Ulysses S. Grant

The Gettysburg Address

Nov 19, 1863

President Lincoln

Grant Takes Charge of all Union Armies

Mar 19, 1864

Ulysses S. Grant
President Lincoln

The 13th Amendment Ends Slavery

Jan 31, 1865

President Lincoln

General Lee Surrenders

Apr 7, 1865

General Lee
General Philip Sheridan
General Grant

Lincoln is Assassinated

Apr 15, 1865

President Lincoln

Johnston Surrenders

Apr 26, 1865

General William T. Sherman
General Joseph E. Johnston
General Lee

Slavery is Abolished

Dec 6, 1865

William Garrison
All citizen of America