Important Events Before and During the Civil War

Missouri Compromise is Created

Mar 3, 1820

Compromise of 1850 is Created

Sep 9, 1850

Fugitive Slave Act

Sep 18, 1850

"Uncle Tom's Cabin" is published

Mar 20, 1852

Kansas-Nebraska Act is Signed into Law

May 30, 1854

Dred Scott Decision in the Supreme Court

Mar 6, 1857

John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry

Oct 16, 1859

Abraham Lincoln Takes Office

Nov 6, 1860

South Carolina Secedes from the United States

Dec 20, 1860

Battle of Fort Sumter

Apr 12, 1861

1st Battle of Bull Run

Jul 21, 1861

Battle of Shiloh

Apr 6, 1862

Battle of Antietam

Sep 17, 1862

Emancipation Proclamation Goes into Effect

Jan 1, 1863

Battle of Vicksburg

May 18, 1863

Battle of Gettysburg

Jul 1, 1863

Reconstruction Begins

Dec 8, 1863

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Sherman's March to the Sea

Nov 15, 1864

Confederacy Surrenders at Appomattox

Apr 9, 1865

Abraham Lincoln is Assassinated

Apr 14, 1865