Timeline
1850 - The Compromise of 1850 is created. (underlying cause)
1854 - The Kansas-Nebraska Act is passed. (underlying cause)
November 6, 1860 - Abraham Lincoln is elected president. (underlying cause)
December 20th, 1860 - South Carolina votes to become the first state to secede from the Union. (underlying cause)
April 12, 1861 - Fort Sumter is bombarded by troops from South Carolina, and surrenders to them the following day (April 13, 1861). (immediate cause)
March 8-9, 1862 - The Battle of the Monitor and Merrimack was the first duel between two ironclad warships. (main event)
September 16-18, 1862 - The Battle of Antietam took place, ending with General Lee retreating. (main event)
January 1st, 1863 - The Emancipation Proclamation was issued by President Abraham Lincoln. Congress officially passed the 13th Amendment on January 31, 1865. (main event)
July 1-3 1863 - The Battle of Gettysburg (the battle from the Civil War with the most casualties) was fought. (main event)
January 28, 1864 - Abraham Lincoln and Congress decided to repeal the Fugitive Slaw Laws. (main event)
April 9, 1865 - General Lee surrenders to the Union after the Battle of Appomattox. (ending cause)
Photos courtesy of:
Compromise of 1850:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/lincolns-political-landscape/
Kansas-Nebraska Act:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/lincolns-political-landscape/
Abraham Lincoln:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1864
Union is dissolved:
gdrift.com/2010/12/20/disunion/
South Carolina Secedes:
http://www.ushistory.org/us/32e.asp
Fort Sumter:
http://www.learnnc.org/lp/editions/nchist-civilwar/4637
The Battle of Monitor and Merrimack:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hampton_Roads
Antietam:
http://www.lauraverret.com/blog/2013/08/06/the-story-of-the-battle-of-antietam/
Emancipation Proclamation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emancipation_Proclamation
The Battle of Gettysburg:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Gettysburg
Appomattox:
http://1861project.com/appomattox-147
Compromise of 1850:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/lincolns-political-landscape/
Kansas-Nebraska Act:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/lincolns-political-landscape/
Abraham Lincoln:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1864
Union is dissolved:
gdrift.com/2010/12/20/disunion/
South Carolina Secedes:
http://www.ushistory.org/us/32e.asp
Fort Sumter:
http://www.learnnc.org/lp/editions/nchist-civilwar/4637
The Battle of Monitor and Merrimack:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hampton_Roads
Antietam:
http://www.lauraverret.com/blog/2013/08/06/the-story-of-the-battle-of-antietam/
Emancipation Proclamation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emancipation_Proclamation
The Battle of Gettysburg:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Gettysburg
Appomattox:
http://1861project.com/appomattox-147