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A law which required slaves, upon capture, were to be returned to their masters.
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The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska.
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The U.S. Presidential election of 1860 where President Lincoln was inaurgarated as the 16th president of the United States
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The Battle that started the Civil War.
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The first battle between two ironclad naval ships in the United States Civil War.
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The bloodiest battle in U.S. History.
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The Emancipation Proclamation proclaimed that all the slaves in the states that were in rebellion were to be free.
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The turning point of the Civil War.
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One of the last battles of the Civil War.
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