Civil war

The Civil War Timeline

  • Fugitive Slave Act

    Fugitive Slave Act
    The law passed for it to legal to capture, and return runaway, and escaped slaves.
  • Kansas-Nebraska Act

    Kansas-Nebraska Act
    The opening of Kansas, and Nebraska. While also opening up new land for setteling.
  • The election of 1860

    The election of 1860
    The election of Abraham Lincoln. Which would then cause conflict with the north and south with slavery.
  • The Battle of Fort Sumter

    The Battle of Fort Sumter
    The battle of Fort Sumter was the bombartment and surrender of Fort Sumter. Which started the civil war.
  • The Monitor vs The Merrimack

    The Monitor vs The Merrimack
    The actual event was the battle of Hampton Roads. This was seen as the most important naval battle. Which did make a major turn during the war.
  • The Battle of Shiloh

    The Battle of Shiloh
    This battle was when the confederate soliders attacked the soliders of the tennese landing, and eventually overpowered them. And defeated the soliders at the tennese landing.
  • The Emancipation Proclimation

    The Emancipation Proclimation
    On the approach of the third year of the civil war. Abraham Lincoln declared that any slave of a slave state is free.
  • The Battle of Gettysburg

    The Battle of Gettysburg
    In 1863 a battle ocurred in the area of the town called Gettysburg between the confederate, and the union.
  • The Thirteenth Amendmant

    The Thirteenth Amendmant
    When the United States abolished slavery. After the Civil war was over.
  • The Surrender At Appomattox

    The Surrender At Appomattox
    When General Robert E. Lee considered to surrender to General Grant.