Civil War Timeline Miles k, Ted B

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    Civil War

  • Compromise of 1850

    Compromise of 1850
    The Compromise of 1850 was a set of bills that stabilized the fugitive slave act, and made california a free state

  • The Kansas Nebraska Act

    The Kansas Nebraska Act
    The Kansas Nebraska Act created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska and was meant to create new farms.

  • Bleeding Kansas

    Bleeding Kansas
    Bleeding Kansas was a series of violent confrontations between pro slavery members and anti-slavery members.

  • The Dred Scott Decision

    The Dred Scott Decision
    a legal course about a former slave who was living in a free state had no freedom

  • Lincoln – Douglas Debates

    Lincoln – Douglas Debates
    A series of debates between Abraham Lincoln the republican candidate and Stephen Douglas the democratic candidate.

  • Harper’s Ferry

    Harper’s Ferry
    A battle in the civil war as part of the Maryland campaign

  • Lincoln’s Election

    Lincoln’s Election
    In 1860, Lincoln won the party's presidential nomination.

  • Fort Sumter

    Fort Sumter
    A location in Charleston, South Carolina where the first battle of the Civil War began on April 12, 1861

  • Bull Run

    Bull Run
    The first battle of the American Civil War fought in Virginia near Washington, D.C.

  • Antietam

    Antietam
    A battle fought in "Sharps-burg" along creek's

  • Emancipation Proclamation

    Emancipation Proclamation
    The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."

  • Gettysburg and Gettysburg Address

    Gettysburg and Gettysburg Address
    a speech delivered by Abraham Lincoln dedicated to Soldier's National Cemetery, a cemetery for Union soldiers killed at the Battle Of Gettysburg during the American Civil War.

  • Reconstruction

    Reconstruction
    Abraham Lincoln started planning for the reconstruction of the South during the Civil War as Union soldiers occupied huge areas of the South. (1855-1877)

  • Andersonville Prison

    Andersonville Prison
    This site was a notorious Confederate prison camp during the Civil war.

  • Surrender at Appomattox Court House

    Surrender at Appomattox Court House
    One of the last battles of the American Civil War. Confederate Army general Robert E. Lee surrendered to the Union Army under Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant.

  • Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

    Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
    Actor John Wilkes Booth entered the presidential box at Ford's Theater in Washington D.C., and killed President Abraham Lincoln.