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Fugative Slave Act
For more information click link belowThe Fugative Slave Act mandated the return of runaway slaves, regardless of where in the Union they might be situated at the time of their discovery. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
click here for more info It was the most significant event leading to the Civil War. Until Nebraska was organized as a territroy, settlers could not move there. -
Election of 1860
For mor about the election click hereThe Democrats met in Charleston, South Carolina, to select their canidate for President in the upcoming election . It was turmoil. -
Battle of Fort Sumter
click link for more infoGeneral P.G.T opened fire on the Union garrison holding Fort Sumter -
Battle of the Monitor and Merrimac
click link for infoNotable as history's first duel between ironclad warships and the beginning of a new era of neval warfare. -
The Battle of Shiloh
more info click here Confederate soldiers poured out of nearby woods and strruck a line of Union soldiers occupying ground near Pittsburg. -
The Emancipation Proclamation
click the link to read about it President Abraham Lincoln declare free all slaves residing in territory in rebellion against the federal government. -
The Battle of Gettysburg
click for more information on the battle 51,000 soliders from both sides were either wounded, killed, captured, or missing in the three days. -
The thriteenth Amendament
click here of more info in 1863 President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclomation declaring that all slaves living in the states shall be free. -
Surrender at Appomattox
visit link for more info The surreneder of Lee's army set the stage for the conclusion of the end of the war.
