The Civil War By csparkdaddy Feb 17, 1819 Missouri Compromise Jan 1, 1850 Fugitive slave Law Jan 29, 1850 Compromise of 1850 Mar 20, 1852 Uncle Tom's Cabin May 30, 1854 kansas nebraska act Jan 1, 1857 Dred Scott Decision Jan 1, 1858 lincoln douglas debates Oct 16, 1859 John brown at harpers ferry Nov 6, 1860 election of lincoln Nov 27, 1860 Abraham Lincoln is elected sixteenth president Dec 20, 1860 south carolina secedes Dec 20, 1860 South Carolina secedes from the Union. Dec 27, 1860 The first Secession Convention Aug 10, 1861 Battle of Wilson's Creek, Missouri Oct 21, 1861 Battle of Ball's Bluff, Virginia. Feb 8, 1862 Battle of Roanoke Island Feb 22, 1862 Jefferson Davis is inaugurated as President of the Confederate States of America. Apr 1, 1864 The Battle of Five Forks, Virginia. Apr 8, 1864 Battle of Sabine Crossroads Jun 3, 1864 Battle of Cold Harbor, Virginia Jul 20, 1864 Battle of Peachtree Creek Aug 5, 1864 Battle of Mobile Bay Sep 29, 1864 Battle of Fort Harrison Oct 19, 1864 The Battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia Nov 8, 1864 Abraham Lincoln is reelected president Apr 6, 1865 The Battle of Sailor's Creek, May 10, 1865 onfederate President Jefferson Davis is captured near Irwinville, Georgia. May 12, 1865 The final battle of the Civil War takes place at Palmito Ranch, Texas. It is a Confederate victory May 23, 1865 The Grand Review of the Army of the Potomac in Washington, DC May 26, 1865 General Simon Bolivar Buckner enters into terms for surrender of the Army of the Trans-Mississippi