The civil war timeline

By Dane.warbois

  • The liberator

    The first issue of the liberator was published January 1 1831

  • Compromise of 1850

    The Compromise of 1850 was five bills passed by the United States Congress in September 1850, which defused a four-year political confrontation between slave and free states regarding the status of States acquired during the Mexican american War

  • Uncle toms cabin

    Harriet Beecher Stowe published Uncle toms cabin

  • Kansas Nebraska act

    was passed by the U.S. Congress on May 30, 1854. It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders

  • James Buchanan sworn into office

    James Buchanan was the 15th president of the United States. He was sworn into office after Franklin Roosevelt suddenly died.

  • Dred Scott decision

    the Dred Scott decision had the effect of widening the political and social gap between North and South and took the nation closer to the brink of Civil War.

  • And Lincoln elected president

    Abraham Lincoln is elected the 16th president of the United States over a deeply divided Democratic Party, becoming the first Republican to win the presidency.

  • South Carolina succeeds from the union

    SC was the first state to succeed from the union

  • Battle of fort sumpter

    was the bombardment and surrender of Fort Sumter, near Charleston, South Carolina, that started the American Civil War. Following declarations of secession by seven Southern states

  • Battle of bull run

    The First Battle of Bull Run, also known as Battle of First Manassas, was fought on July 21, 1861

  • Emancipation proclimation

    President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863

  • Battle of gettysburg

    The Battle of Gettysburg was fought July 1–3, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

  • Shermans March to the sea

    Sherman's March to the Sea is the name commonly given to the military Savannah Campaign

  • Lincoln S assassination

  • The surrender at sooo matter court house

    The Battle of Appomattox Court House, fought on the morning of April 9, 1865, was one of the last battles of the American Civil War