Civil War Timeline

  • admendment

    admendment
    thirteenth admendment abolished slavery
  • Kansas Nebraska Act

    Kansas Nebraska Act
    allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders
  • Abraham Linchon

    Abraham Linchon
    Elected 16th president of united states
  • Confederates

    Confederates
    confederate states of america is formed.
  • War

    War
    The civil war begins in fort sumter
  • bull run

    bull run
    the north is defatead
  • emancipation

    emancipation
    the emacipation proclamation is issued
  • atlanta took

    atlanta took
    shermans union troops capture atlanta after atl. surrenderd
  • freedmens

    freedmens
    congress formed the freedmen's bureau
  • 13th

    13th
    The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, is finally ratified. Slavery is abolished
  • court house

    court house
    general lee surrenderd his army at the appomax courthouse
  • linchon

    linchon
    abraham lincon assassinated
  • 14th

    14th
    the 14th admendment was passed
  • 15th

    15th
    the fifteenth admenment was passed giving all men the right to vote
  • reconstruction

    reconstruction
    the recronsuction comes to an end as union soilders left the south.