The events that lead to The Battle of Gettysburg

By Len.Isherwood

  • The Missouri Compromise

    Slavery prohibited in most western states.

  • The Kansas Nebraska act

    Repeals Missouri Compromise

  • Anti Slavery Northerners found republican party

  • The Dred Scott decision

    Supreme court can't prohibit slavery

  • John Brown Attacks Goverment

    He raids Harper's Farry Virginia

  • Lincoln is elected

    11 states secede from the Union

  • Confederate troops Attack Fort Sumner

    The Civil War begins
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    General Lee's first victory

    General Lee leads troops to victory at Chancellorsville, Virginia

  • Federal army moves to Gettysburg

    General Robert E. Lee gets word of the federal army in Pennsylvania.

  • Confederate troops go to Gettysburg

    Union cavalry spotted many Confederate soldiers to the Northwest.