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First Issue of the Liberator
William Lloyd Garrison and The Liberator. Pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions. -
Compromise of 1850--Passed
The Compromise of 1850 was a package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin is Published
Uncle Tom's Cabin, is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act--Passed
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed by the U.S. Congress. It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders. -
James Buchannon Sworn into Office as the 15th President of the United States
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Dred Scott Decision
That a slave (Dred Scott) who had resided in a free state and territory. Even though he lived in a free state,he was still counted a slave. -
John Brown's raid at Harper's Ferry
Was an attempt by the white abolitionist John Brown to start an armed slave revolt in 1859 by seizing a United States arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia. -
Lincoln elected President
On November 6, 1860, Abraham Lincoln was officially elected as president, despite the fact that he wasn't even listed on the ballot in nine southern states. Because the bulk of the voting population lived in the Northern states, those states had higher electoral values. -
South Carolina secedes from the union
The convention had been called by the governor and legislature of South Carolina once Lincoln's victory was assured. Delegates were elected on December 6, 1860, and the convention convened on December 17. Its action made South Carolina the first state to secede. Support for the Union was negligible, and a distinguished South Carolina unionist, James L. Petigru, allegedly commented at this time that his state was too small to be a nation and too large to be an insane asylum. -
Battle at fort Sumter begins
The Battle of Fort Sumter (April 12–14, 1861) was the bombardment and surrender of Fort Sumter, near Charleston, South Carolina, that started the American Civil War. -
Battle of Bull Run
This was the first major land battle of the armies in Virginia. On July 16, 1861, the untried Union army under Brig. Gen. Irvin McDowell marched from Washington against the Confederate army, which was drawn up behind Bull Run beyond Centreville. -
Battle of Gettysburg
Having concentrated his army around the small town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, Gen. Robert E. Lee awaited the approach of Union Gen. George G. Meade’s forces. On July 1, early Union success faltered as Confederates pushed back against the Iron Brigade and exploited a weak Federal line at Barlow’s Knoll. The following day saw Lee strike the Union flanks, leading to heavy battle at Devil's Den, Little Round Top, the Wheatfield, Peach Orchard, Culp’s Hill and East Cemetery Hill.
