Time Line

Date: 1850 November 1860 January 1861 April 1861 July 1861 April 1862 August 1862 July 1863 November 1863 March 1864 September 1864 April 1865 May 1865 Event: Fugitive slave act passed as part of the Compromise Lincoln was elected president Southern states secede from the union Ft. Sumter attacked Charleston, South Carolina (1st battle) The battle of Bull Run starts Confederacy Passes Conscription Act on the 16th Bull Run (Manassas) 2nd battle in Northern Virginia The battle of Gettysburg; Lee's second invasion of the North fails Battle of Chattanooga; Grant wins over Bragg Grant becomes General-in-Chief of the U.S. Armies Confederacy approves enlistment of slaves in return for freedom Lee surrenders to General Ulysses S. Grant President Andrew Johnson declares that the South has won

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