Civil war soldiers

Civil War Timeline

By Famous.Geo

  • The Compromise of 1850

    The Compromise of 1850
    Strengthen fugitive slave act but stopped further expansion of slavery.

  • Uncle Tom’s Cabin

    Uncle Tom’s Cabin
    Uncle Tom's Cabin was a fictional book about a slave's life. That book made northerners realize what slavery was.

  • Dred Scott v. Sanford

    Dred Scott v. Sanford
    Dred Scott was a slave traveling with his master and when they went into a free state he tried to sue his owner for freedom. This case was very important because it clarified that slaves were property and were not citizens so they could not sue.

  • John Brown’s Raid

    John Brown’s Raid
    John Brown and his 2 sons were terrorist in the south and they tried to take over a armory. They thought that the slaves from surrounding plantations would help but no one came.

  • Abraham Lincoln’s Election

    Abraham Lincoln’s Election
    Abraham did not win any votes in the South. After he was elected South Carolina was the first to leave the union.

  • The First Battle of Fort Sumter

    The First Battle of Fort Sumter
    The Confederates bombed Fort Sumter which lasted 34 hours of firing. The Union soldiers surrendered at the end.

  • Battle and Capture of New Orleans

    Battle and Capture of New Orleans
    It was a major trading depot and the south's largest city. This was really important because New Orleans is located at the base of the Mississippi river.

  • The Battle of Antietam

    The Battle of Antietam
    First battle on northern soil and the most deadly.

  • Emancipation Proclamation

    Emancipation Proclamation
    An executive order Abraham Lincoln signed which was to free all of the slaves in the confederate states.

  • Battle of Gettysburg

    Battle of Gettysburg
    This battle put Ulysses S. Grant vs. Robert E. Lee and this swung the war into the Unions favor.

  • Lincolns re-election

    Lincolns re-election
    He got re-elected for his 2nd term.

  • Robert E. Lee Surrenders to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse

    Robert E. Lee Surrenders to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse
    General Lee was surrounded and so he had no choice but to surrender.

  • Abraham Lincoln Assasination

    Abraham Lincoln Assasination
    John Wilkes Booth assassinated Abraham Lincoln in Ford's Theatre and went on one of America's biggest man hunt ever.

  • KKK

    KKK
    A group called the KKK started and began recruiting old confederate soldiers and police officers and normal citizens in the south and they terrorized black people.

  • Civil Rights Act

    Civil Rights Act
    Granted emancipated black people the right to sue, the right to serve on juries, and several other legal rights.