The Civil War By devonnebrown Jan 1, 1819 Missouri Compromise Jan 1, 1820 fugitive slave law Period: Jan 1, 1850 to Jan 2, 1850 Fugitive Slave Law Jan 29, 1850 compromise of 1850 Sep 18, 1850 Fugitive slave law May 30, 1854 Kansas- nebraska act Jan 1, 1857 Dred Scott Decision Aug 21, 1858 Lincoln/ Douglass Debates Oct 16, 1859 John Brown at Harpers Ferry Nov 6, 1860 Election of Lincoln Dec 20, 1860 South Carolina Secedes Apr 12, 1861 Civil War Begins Apr 12, 1861 Battle at fort sumpter May 4, 1861 Lincoln was inagurated May 20, 1861 North Carolina Secession Nov 7, 1861 Battle of Belmont, Missouri Jun 25, 1862 Seven days war June 25- july 1 Aug 30, 1862 Second battle of Bull Run Sep 17, 1862 Battle of Antietam Dec 1, 1862 Lee defeats Burnside and the Army at the Potomac Fredericksburg, VA May 1, 1863 Lee defeats Joseph Hooker at Chancellorsville May 10, 1863 Stonewall Jackson dies Jul 1, 1863 Gettysburg May 5, 1864 Wilderness Campaign May5- 7 Jun 1, 1864 Battle of Cold Harbor Jun1-jun3 Nov 15, 1864 Sherman's march to sea Mar 4, 1865 Second Lincoln Inaugural Apr 2, 1865 Fall of Richmond Apr 9, 1865 Lee Surrenders Apr 9, 1865 Lee surrenders at Appotomax Courthouse Apr 15, 1865 Day Lincoln Died May 9, 1865 Civil war ends