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The Liberator Goes Into Print
It was the most influential antislavery periodical in the pre-civil war period of the U.S history. Also the liberator was a weekly newspaper, which was published by William Loyd Garrison. It was an abolitionist newspaper. -
Compromise of 1850 Passed
Senator Henry Clay introduced a series of resolutions on January, 29th 1850, in an attempt to seek a compromise and convert a crisis between North and South. Slave trade was abolished, but slave trade still continued in Washington,DC. California was excepted in the union as a free state. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin Published
Uncle Tom's Cabin is a anti-slavery novel written by author Harriet Beecher Stowe. Also it was published in 1852, it was called the most popular novel of our day. Uncle Tom's cabin is a story about Uncle Tom, whom was originally a slave. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act Passed
It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery. The act served to repeal the Missouri Compromise. Antislavery supporters were outraged because, under the terms of the Missouri Compromise of 1820, slavery would have been outlawed in both territories. -
James Buchanan SWORN into Office
James Buchanan was alive 4/23/1791-6/1/1868. He was the fifteenth president of the US. He was born in Cove Gap,PA. Within three months after the election, seven states had left the Union as Buchanan remained as a lame-duck president until Lincoln could take office in March 1861. -
Dred Scott Decision
Dred Scott was a slave and his slave owner was in the military, so he lived in Fort Snelling. Dred Scott was an enslaved African American man in the United States who unsuccessfully sued for his freedom. He claimed that he was no longer a slave because he had become free when he lived in a free state. -
John Brown's Raid at Harper's Ferry
He led a small army of 21 men, in a small town Harper Ferry,Virginia. His raid failed. He was hanged because of his raid on December 2nd 1859. He was hanged at Charles Town, near Harper's Ferry. -
Lincoln Elected 16th President
He was elected the 16th president of the United States of America. He was against slavery, in other words he HATED slavery. Abe Lincoln was shot in a theater by John Wilkes Booth, when he was shot he ended up Passing away the next day. He was born in a log cabin. He had a nickname "Honest Abe". -
South Carolina Seceded from the Union
South Carolina seceded the union on December 20th 1860. South Carolina became the first slave state in the South. It was a Southern state. The convention declared that the tariffs of 1828 and 1832 were unconstitutional and unenforceable within the state of South Carolina after February 1, 1833. -
Battle at Fort Sumter
Fort Sumter is an island fortification located in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. It ended 4.14/1861. It was a United States fort. They ended in victory. and surrendered on April 14th. -
Battle at Bull Run
The Battle at Bull Run was at Fair fax County And Prince William County, Virginia. Result of this battle was a Confederate victory. Confederate Colonel Thomas J. Jackson earned his nickname, “Stonewall” at the First Battle of Bull Run when his brigade of Virginia volunteers stood their ground in the face of a strong Union attack. This was the first major battle of the Civil War. -
Battle at Shiloh
About 40,000 troops headed South toward Corinth, Mississippi, a major railroad junction. Early on the morning of April 6th generals Albert Sidney Johnston and P.G.T. Beauregard led confederate forces to a surprise attack. This two day battle began on April 6th and ended April 7th. After Shiloh, Union troops laid siege to Corinth,forcing the Confederates to withdraw. The north seemed well on its way to controlling the Mississippi River. -
Battle of Antietam
Lee, to confuse McClellan ordered each part to a new direction. It was a great victory for the Union. In this battle about 6,000 soldiers died. About 17,000 more suffered wounds. Lee retreated to Virginia after the Battle. On September 17,1862 the two sides met at a place called Antietam near Sharps-burg, Maryland. -
Battle at Fredericksburg
The Battle of Fredericksburg on December 13, 1862, involved nearly 200,000 combatants. Ambrose Burnside, had ordered his more than 120,000 troops to cross the Rappahannock River. It went from December 11-15 1862. It was at Fredericksburg, Virginia. The outcome was a Confederate victory. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln absolutely hated slavery. At first,Lincoln viewed the Civil War as a battle for the Union, not a fight against slavery. As the war went on Lincoln changed his beliefs for the role of slavery in the war. Even though many Northerners were against slavery, not many of them were eager enough to risk their lives to end it. The abolitionists described slavery as a moral wrong that needed to be abolished. -
Battle at Chancellorsville
The result was a Confederate victory. The Confederate commander is Robert E. Lee and for the Union it was Joseph Hooker. There was a lot of casualty in this battle. For the Union the number of people killed was 1,694, wounded 9,672, and Missing/captured was 5,938. For the Confederate the number of people killed was 1,724, wounded 9,233 and missing/captured 2,503. -
Battle at Gettysburg
It was at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, in Adams County, so they named the battle the battle at Gettysburg. The outcome was a Union victory. It went from July 1st till July 3rd 1863. There was over 40,00 casualty's combined for the Union and Confederate. It was the largest battle throughout the Civil War. -
Vicksburg Surrenders
The battle at Vicksburg started May 18,1863 and ended July 4,1863. The battle at Vicksburg happened because the culmination of a long land and naval campaign by Union forces to capture a key strategic position during the American Civil War. It was at Vicksburg, Mississippi. Warren County. The outcome was an Union victory. he Battle of Vicksburg, Mississippi, also called the Siege of Vicksburg. -
Sherman's March to the Sea
It went from 11/15/1864 till 12/21/1864. Sherman's March to the Sea was a military campaign of the American Civil War. Sherman was thought of as a hero to the Union because he was able to capture the vital port city of Savannah and deplete many Confederate supply stores without relying on supply lines of his own. The US officers accounted 13,000 heads of cattle, 9,500,000 pounds of corn and 10,500,000 pounds of fodder seized by troops. -
South Surrenders at Appomattox Court House
The outcome was a Union victory! The location of this was Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia. There were so many casualties between the Union and Confederate army, there was actually more than 600.After a long night and day of marching, Lee and the exhausted Army of Northern Virginia made camp just east of Appomattox Courthouse on April 8. There was more than 100,000 in total for soldiers.
