Civil War Timeline

Missouri Compromise

Jan 26, 1820

Missouri Compromise (1820)
Congress made an effort to defuse the sectional and political rivalries triggered by the request of Missouri late in 1820 for admission as a state where slavery would be permitted.

Appomattox Courthouse

Apr 9, 1865

Appomattox Courthouse (1865)
Ulysses S Grant accepts Robert E Lee's surrender