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U.S. Civil War Timeline

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  • Fugitive Slave Act

    Fugitive Slave Act
    Law passed that required citizens to apprehend runaway slaves

  • Kansas-Nebraska Act

    Kansas-Nebraska Act
    Establishes popular sovereignty (voters decide), so citizens in Kansas and Nebraska could choose if they wanted slavery in their states or not.

  • Dred Scott Decision

    Dred Scott Decision
    U.S. Supreme Court, led by Chief Justice Roger Taney, ruled slaves were property, not people.

  • Harper's Ferry Raid

    Harper's Ferry Raid
    John Brown attempts one of the first anti-slavery raids, planning to raid an armory and arm slaves, but fails.

  • Secession

    Secession
    South Carolina is the first state to secede from the United States and 10 states follow its lead, forming the CSA.

  • Attack on Fort Sumter

    Attack on Fort Sumter
    PGT Beauregard is given orders to open fire on Fort Sumter (Union), beginning the Civil War

  • First Battle of Bull Run

    First Battle of Bull Run
    Union attacks CSA in Virginia, winning the battle in the beginning but is defeated by "Stonewall" Jackson

  • Emancipation Proclamation

    Emancipation Proclamation
    After a small victory at Antietam, Lincoln established the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed all slaves in the South and kept foreign help away from the CSA.

  • Gettysburg

    Gettysburg
    "Turning Point" of the war for the Union. The battle lasted three days and nearly 50,000 men were killed for a Union victory. Shortly thereafter, Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address.

  • Freedman's Bureau

    Freedman's Bureau
    The Freedman's Bureau was formed to provide food, shelter, and education to newly freed slaves.

  • Appomattox Court House

    Appomattox Court House
    Lee surrenders to Grant but only has two requests: for his men to keep their pistols and their horses

  • Lincoln's Assassination

    Lincoln's Assassination
    Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth while enjoying a play with his wife on Good Friday, shortly after Lee's surrender.

  • Johnson sworn in

    Johnson sworn in
    Andrew Johnson is quickly sworn in, after the assassination of Lincoln and begins his presidential era full of bias and struggles with congress.

  • 14th Amendment

    14th Amendment
    Congress passes the 14th Amendment making all people born in the U.S., citizens and former CSA memebers cannot be in office

  • 15th Amendment

    15th Amendment
    After Grant is put into office, he passes the 15th Amendment, stating that no citizen could be denied the right to vote based on color, race, or previous servitude.