The pieces of the past By 8864266933 Sep 18, 1850 Fugitive Slave Act May 30, 1854 • Kansas-Nebraska Act http://www.historyplace.com/lincoln/kansas.htm Nov 6, 1860 • Election of 1860 http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h92.html Apr 12, 1861 • Battle at Fort Sumter http://www.civilwar.org/photos/galleries/fort-sumter/battle-of-fort-sumter.html Mar 9, 1862 • The Monitor vs. The Merrimack http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/389515/Battle-of-the-Monitor-and-Merrimack Apr 6, 1862 • The Battle of Shiloh http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/shiloh.html Apr 9, 1863 • The Emancipation Proclamation Jul 1, 1863 • The Battle of Gettysburg The most important engagement of the civil war Jan 31, 1865 • The Thirteenth Amendment Apr 9, 1865 • Surrender at Appomattox Is when General Lee surender to Generla Grant at the Mclean house
