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Fugitive Slave Act
The Fugitive Slave Law or Fugitive Slave Act was passed by the United States Congress on September 18, 1850, as part of the Compromise of 1850 between Southern slave-holding interests and Northern Free-soldiers -
Uncle Tom’s Cabin Published
Uncle tomes cabin Published or live among the lowly is an anti slavery my american author Harriet Beecher Stowe. published in 1852 the novel helped lay the groundwork for the civil war. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas Nebraska Act was passed by the U.S congress on May 30, 1854. It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders. The Act served to repeal the Missouri Compromise of 1820 which prohibited slavery north of latitude -
Battle at Fort Sumter
the Battle at Fort Sumter was the bombardment of fort near Sumter near Charleston south California by the Confederate states and the return gunfire subsequent surrender by the united states army that started the civil war. -
The Monitor vs. The Merrimack
The March 9, 1862, battle between the Monitor and the Merrimack CSS Virginia during the American Civil War 1861-65 was history's first duel between ironclad warships. -
The Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863. -
The Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg was fought July 1–3, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, by Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War. -
The Thirteenth Amendment
Slavery is America’s original sin. Despite the bold commitment to equality in the Declaration of Independence, slavery was legal in all of the thirteen colonies in 1776. By the start of the Civil War, four million people, nearly all of African descent, were held as slaves in 15 southern and border states. Slaves represented one-eighth of the U.S. population in 1860. -
Surrender at Appomattox
Harried mercilessly by Federal troops and continually cut off from turning south, Lee headed west, eventually arriving in Appomattox County on April 8. Heading for the South Side Railroad at Appomattox Station, where food supplies awaited, the Confederates were cut off once again and nearly surrounded by Union troops near the small village of Appomattox Court House. -
Assassination of President Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 16th president for the united states from April 15, as his assassination in April 1865. -
Election of 1860
The United States presidential election of 1860 set the stage for the American Civil War. The nation had been divided throughout most of the 1850 on questions of states' rights and slavery in the territories. In 1860, this issue finally came to a head, fracturing the formerly dominant Democratic Party into Southern and Northern factions and bringing Abraham Lincoln and the Republican Party to power without the support of a single Southern state. -
The Battle of Shiloh
During the first day’s attacks, Gen. Johnston was mortally wounded and was replaced by P.G.T. Beauregard. Fighting continued until after dark, but the Federals held. By the next morning, the reinforced Federal army numbered about 40,000, outnumbering Beauregard’s army of less than 30,000. Grant’s April 7th counteroffensive overpowered the weakened Confederate forces and Beauregard’s army retired from the field.
