Title- Civil War Timeline

Harriet Tubman and the underground railroad

Sep 17, 1849

Harriet Tubman was a conductor in the underground railroad. That was a code word for somebody who lead people out of slavery and all the way to freedom. The underground railroad was a series of destinations designed to help get these slaves to Canada and be free.

Kansas Nebraska Act

May 30, 1854

This is the act that allowed the states to decide weather they wanted to be slave states or not through which vote was the most popular. It also split the border between the south and the North through Kansas and Nebraska.

John Brown’s Raid on Harpers Ferry

Oct 16, 1859

This is when John brown captured a military ferry in order to start a slave revolt and this was an attempt in showing the slaves that friends were coming to free them. John brown was later executed after being captured.

Election of 1860

Nov 6, 1860

This is the election where Abraham Lincoln was voted to be president.

Confederate States of America is formed

Feb 8, 1861

This is where the states in the south split off of the states in the north because they were afraid that Abraham Lincoln would get rid of slavery. They named themselves the confederate states of America and they completely supported slavery.

Civil War Begins

Apr 12, 1861

This is when the Confederacy attacked Fort Sumter and captured it.

Fort Sumter

Apr 12, 1861

This is the battle that sparked the civil war. This was a Union fort that was on Confederate land and Abraham Lincoln decided to resupply it. The troops sent to resupply the fort were attacked and this started the civil war.

Battle of Bull Run

Jul 21, 1861

This was one of the first large battles of the civil war. The Union had an embarrassing defeat after expecting to win this war over night.

Jefferson Davis elected

Nov 6, 1861

Jefferson Davis was elected as president of the confederacy and he was the only president of the confederacy.

Emancipation Proclamation

Jan 1, 1863

This is the proclamation where Abraham Lincoln said that all slaves in the confederacy will be free.

Gettysburg Battle

Jul 1, 1863

This was a turning point in the war where the Union had a victory while the south was trying to raid land in the north.

Sherman’s March to the Sea

Nov 15, 1864

This was a practice of total war where all the enemies recourses would be destroyed and burned until the enemy would surrender with no other conditions.

13th amendment

Jan 31, 1865

The 13th Amendment was made to abolish slavery.

Ulysses S. Grant Appomatox courthouse

Apr 9, 1865

This is when Confederate General Robert E. Lee was forced to surrender. This ended the Civil War.

Abraham Lincoln Assassination

Apr 15, 1865

This is when somebody killed the 16th president, Abraham Lincoln after the Civil War.

14th amendment

Jul 9, 1868

The 14th amendment gave previous slaves that were born in the united states citizenship and increased the rights that people that previously were slaves had.

15th amendment

Feb 3, 1870

This made it so any citizen of the United states of any color were allowed to vote.