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Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
03/04/1860	Lincolns Inaugural address	Lincoln was elected the 16th president of the United Strates in 1860 with 180 electoral votes.
12/20/1860	South Carolina Secedes	South Carolina was the first of the Southern states to secede and join the Confederate States of America.
04/12/1861	Attack on fort sumter	Fort sumter was attacked by the Confederate Soldiers and there were no casualties in this battle.
04/17/1861	Virginia secedes	Virginia followed in South carolinas footsteps by seceding from the union to join the confederate side.
07/21/1861	1st battle of bull run	One of the first major battles of the civil war that gave the confederates a little lead in the war.
03/08/1862	battle of the monitor and the merrimack	In this battle was the first ironclad naval battle in history. It took place between the union and confederates on the merrimack river.
04/06/1862	Battle of Shiloh	The Union was unprepared for this battle when the confederate forces attacked them in Pittsburg Landing.
08/26/1862	mcclellan returns to washington after the peninsula campaign	Mcclellan returned to washinton after his strategy to take the confederate captol of Richmond, VA.
08/29/1862	2nd battle of bull run	This battle was where th confederates were outnumbered but still forced the union to retreat.
09/16/1862	Battle of Antietam	This was known as the bloodiest day in American History where the union and confederates fought.
12/11/1862	Battle of fredericksburg	This battle took place in fredericksburg and was a confederate victory
01/01/1863	Emancipation Proclamtion takes effect	In Lincolns announcement, he said that all northern slaves would be free, giving them the power to fight in the war.
04/30/1863	Battle of Chancellorville	In this battle was a confederate victory lead by the clever tactics of general robert e lee
07/01/1863	battle of gettysburg	In this battle, the Union won by defending their territory and keeping the better location.
07/04/1863	Surrender of vicksburg	After a long time of laying siege to Vicksburg, the Confederate army surrendered.
07/18/1863	Battle at fort wagner	In this battle, the unions 54th regiment attacked the confederate fort wagner.
11/19/1863	Lincoln delivers gettysburg address	In the Gettysburg address, lincoln showed remorse for those who had dies in the war and helped show what they had died for.
05/31/1864	Cold Harbor	The union army launched a surprise attack on the confederate army at Cold Harbor,Virginia.
11/02/1864	Sherman set out for sea	Sherman sent his troops on a march to the sea.
11/15/1864	Atlanta burns to the ground	Sherman used scorched earth policy to burn the city of atlanta, georgia for the union.
12/10/1864	Sherman reaches savannah	Sherman captures the city of Savannah Georgia.
03/04/1865	Lincoln delivers 2nd Inaugural address	In order to be reinstated as the president, Lincoln had to give a second inaugural address to the nation
04/03/1865	Richmond falls	The confederate capitol of Richmond Virginia finally fell to thte union in 1865 after being burned
04/09/1865	Robert E lee surrenders commission	Robert E lee durrendered to Grant and his troops on april 9th 1865.
04/09/1865	Surrender at appotomox	When lee was finally pushed as far as he could go by the union, he was forced to surrender to grant at appotomox courthouses.