The Civil War Peyton2

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Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
12/20/1860	Seceding States	South Carolina was the first state to secede from the nation. Soon after Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas secededfrom the nation also.
02/01/1861	The Confederates	The Confederate states were formed.
03/04/1861	President Lincoln	Abraham Lincoln was sworn in as a president.
04/12/1861	The War Began	The Civilwar began when the Confederates fired on Fort Sumter.
02/01/1862	Fort Donelson	The Union and the Confederacy fought to capture Fort Donelson.
09/22/1862	Emancipation Proclamation	President Lincoln stated the Emancipation Proclamation.
06/08/1863	Jhon Hunt Morgan	Jhon Hunt Morgan disobeyed orders and led 2 thousand men on horseback across the Ohio River.
11/01/1863	The Twenty-eighth United States colored Troop	Many African-Ameiricanmen joined the Twenty- eighth United States colored troop to serve their contry.
04/01/1865	Surrender	The Confederate army was outnumbered and decided to surrender
04/09/1865	The War Ends	The Civil War ends and the North won.