Timeline of the Civil War

  • Compromise of 1850

    Compromise of 1850
    the compromise of 1850 was a new version of the fugitive slave act
  • Dred scott trial verdict

    Dred scott trial verdict
    A trial in witch a slave named Dred Scott tried to sue for his freedom having the case to go all the way to the supreme court
  • John Browns raid on Hrpers Ferry

    John Browns raid on Hrpers Ferry
    John Brown and other men attempted to steal weapons to arm a slave uprising.
  • Fort Sumner is Fired appon

    Fort Sumner is Fired appon
    Cnfederate fires artillery on the Fort Sumner start of civl war.
  • Battle Of Bull Run

    Battle Of Bull Run
    This battle was supposed to be a crushing Union victory but instead the Confederate Army pushed the Union back.
  • Battle of Antietam

    over 23,000 casualties were caused in a six day battle between the army of north Virginia and the Potomac army
  • emancipation proclamation

    emancipation proclamation
    Stated that if a slave escaped the Confederacy that the slave would be considered free.
  • Siege at Vicksburg

    Final American action in the Vicksburg campaign. Meant to starve the people in Vicksburg.
  • battle at Gettysburg

    The battle at Gettysburg was the most northern battle of the Civil War
  • Surrender at Appomattox Court House

    Surrender at Appomattox Court House
    In the court house Lee and Grant signed the terms of surrender for the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.
  • Abe Lincoin Assasonation

    John Wilks Booth shot Abe in Fords theater. Abe died the next day
  • Abraham Lincolin Assasonation

    In Fords Theater an actor named John Wilks Booth shot the President. He died the next day.
  • Battle of Missionary Ridge

    This battle secured Chattanooga from the Confederate army.
  • The 13 Amendment

    The 13 Amendment
    Abolished slavery for all of the united states
  • Recronstruction act of 1867

    Had the southern states become five different regions under military power
  • Andrew Jhonsons impeachment

    the congress impeached him because he appointed Grant to be Secretary of War
  • Election of 1876

    one of the most disputed elections in American history between Rutherford b Hayes and Samuel J. Tilden
  • Birth of a legend Nathan dietz

    I was born into the greatest country in the world