Timeline of The American Civil War
Key events from the American Civil War fought between 1861 and 1865
2 Apr 1820:
Missouri Compromise
Aug 1831:
Nat Turner’s Slave Rebellion
1846:
Mexican-American War
17 Sep 1849:
Harriet Tubman escapes slavery
Sep 1850:
The Compromise of 1850 is passed
30 May 1854:
Kansas-Nebraska Act
21 May 1856:
Sacking of Lawrence
24 May 1856:
The Pottawatomie Massacre
4 Mar 1857:
James Buchanan becomes the 15th US President
6 Mar 1857:
Dred Scott v Sandford Court Decision
1858:
The Lincoln-Douglas debate includes the expansion of slavery
16 Oct 1859:
John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry
6 Nov 1859:
Abraham Lincoln is elected as the 16th US president
1860:
The US slave population is 3,950,174
2 Dec 1859:
Abolition leader John Brown is hanged
20 Dec 1859:
South Carolina votes to secede from the Union
4 Feb 1861:
The Confederacy is formally formed
4 Mar 1861:
Abraham Lincoln is inaugurated as the new president of the Union
11 Mar 1861:
Jefferson Davis is elected as President of the Confederate States
12 Apr 1861:
The beginning of the American Civil War at Fort Sumter
19 Apr 1861:
The Anaconda Plan
21 May 1861:
The Confederacy names Richmond as their capital
21 Jul 1861:
First Battle of Bull Run
Nov 1861:
The Battle Hymn of the Republic
Mar 1862:
The Peninsular Campaign
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Timeline of The American Civil War
Key events from the American Civil War fought between 1861 and 1865