timeline

Fugitive Slave Act

Sep 18, 1850

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugitive_Slave_Act_of_1850
It was one of the acts that was passed on that freed several hundreds of slaves

Kansas Nebraska Act

May 30, 1854

http://www.ushistory.org/us/31a.asp
Kansas Nebraska Act may have been a single significant event leading to the Civil War.

Election of 1860

Nov 6, 1860

http://www.ushistory.org/us/32d.asp
The Democrats met in Charleston, South Carolina, in April 1860 to select there canidates for president in the up coming election.

battle of fort sumter

Apr 12, 1861

http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/fort-sumter.html Beauregard, in command of the Confederate forces around Charleston Harbor, opened fire on the Union garrison holding Fort Sumter.

The monitor vs the Merrimack

Mar 9, 1862

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/389515/Battle-of-the-Monitor-and-Merrimack
Battle of the Monitor and Merrimack also called Battle of Hamptonn Roads.

Battle of shiloh

Apr 6, 1862

http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/shiloh.html
On the Morning of April 6, 1862, 40,000 Confederate Soilders were under the command of Gen.

The Emancipation Promclamation

Jan 1, 1863

http://www.nps.gov/ncro/anti/emancipation.html
On the twenty second day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty two, a proclamation was issued by the president of the United States containing, among other things, the following wit.

The Battle of Gettysburg

Jul 4, 1863

http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/gettysburg.html
Was a battle between men.