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First issue of the Liberator
William Lloyd Garrison invented the Liberator -
Compromise of 1850-Passed
Senator Henry Clay introduced series of resolutions in attempt to seek a crisis between the North and South. -
Uncle Toms Cabin Published
It was a anti slavery book it "helped lay the groundwork for Civil War". -
Kansas/Nebraska Act-Passed
The most significant event leading to the Civil War. -
James Buchanan sworn into office as the 15th president
In April 1861 a month after Buchanan left office the Civil War began. -
Dred Scott Decision
He ruled that a slave who had resided in a free state or territory was not there by entitled to his freedom. -
John Brown's Raid at the Harper's Ferry
Brown had hopes that the local slave population would join the raid and through the raid’s success weapons would be supplied to slaves and freedom fighters throughout the country -
Abraham Lincoln elected president
In the November 1860 election, Lincoln again faced Douglas, who represented the Northern faction of a heavily divided Democratic Party, as well as Breckinridge and Bell. -
South Carolina secedes from the Union
State by state, conventions were held, and the confederacy was formed. -
Battle at Fort Sumter begins
At 2:30 pm on April 13 Major Robert Anderson, garrison commander, surrendered the fort and was evacuated the next day. -
First battle of Bull Run begins
On July 21, 1861, Union and Confederate armies clashed near Manassas Junction, Virginia, in the first major land battle of the American Civil War. -
Emancipation Proclamation
The proclamation declared "that all people held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free." -
Battle of Gettysburg begins
The largest military conflict in North American history begins this day when Union and Confederate forces collide at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. -
Sherman's March to the Sea begins
On this day in 1864, Union General William T. Sherman begins his expedition across Georgia by torching the industrial section of Atlanta and pulling away from his supply lines. -
The Surrender at Appomattox Court House
Harried mercilessly by Federal troops and continually cut off from turning south, Lee headed west, eventually arriving in Appomattox County on April 8. -
Lincoln's Assassination
On April 14, 1865, John Wilkes Booth, a famous actor and Confederate sympathizer, fatally shot President Abraham Lincoln at a play at Ford’s Theater in Washington, D.C.
