The Civil War By mcoury17 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 @ Harper's Ferry Nov 6, 1860 Election of Lincoln Dec 20, 1860 South Carolina Secedes Jan 1, 1861 Six other states secede from the Union. Feb 18, 1861 Jefferson Davis is appointed as first President of the Confederate states. Apr 12, 1861 Southern forces fire upon Fort Sumter, South Carolina. The Civil War has formally begun. Jul 21, 1861 Battle of Bull Run Apr 6, 1862 Battle of Shiloh Jun 25, 1862 Seven Days Battles Sep 17, 1862 Battle of Antietam Dec 1, 1862 Lee defeats Burnside and the Army of the Potomac at Fredericksburg, VA Jan 1, 1863 Emancipation Proclamation May 1, 1863 Lee defeats Joseph Hooker at Chancellorsville, VA May 1, 1863 Jackson gets shot by his own men May 18, 1863 Grant at Vicksburg Jul 1, 1863 Gettysburg May 4, 1864 Grant vs. Lee in Virginia Nov 15, 1864 Sherman's March to the Sea Mar 1, 1865 the end of the Confederacy was near: Grant was approaching Richmond from the North, Sherman from the South Apr 2, 1865 Davis and his government set fire to capital building to keep Union from using it and flee Apr 9, 1865 farmhouse near Appomattox Courthouse, VA, Lee and Grant met to arrange the Confederate surrender Apr 14, 1865 Lincoln is assassinated at Ford's Theatre. Apr 18, 1865 John Wilkes Booth is captured.