Unit 8 Timeline By Nick roman Jan 1, 1852 Harriet Beecher Stowe publishes Uncle Tom's Cabin Jan 1, 1854 The Republican Party forms Jan 1, 1856 Brown's Pottawatomie Massacre Jan 1, 1856 Civil war in "bleeding Kansas" Starts Ends in 1860 Jan 1, 1857 Dred Scott decision Jan 1, 1861 First Battle of Bull Run Jan 1, 1861 Confederate Army Formed Mar 4, 1861 Abraham Lincoln becomes the U.S. President Jan 1, 1862 Grant takes Fort Henry and Fort Donelson Jan 1, 1863 Union enacts conscription Jan 1, 1863 Final Emancipation Proclamation Jan 1, 1863 Battle of Gettysburg Jan 1, 1864 Alabama sunk by Union warship Jan 1, 1864 Sherman's march through Georgia Jan 1, 1864 Lincoln defeats McClellan for presidency Jan 1, 1865 Thirteenth Amendment ratified Jan 1, 1865 Lincoln Assassinated