Secession and Civlil war

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  • SC secedes from the union

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    Chronology

  • Rest of Deep south secedes; Confederacy is founded

  • Fort Sumter is fired upon and surrenders to confederate forces

  • Upper south secedes

  • south wins first battle of Bull Run

  • Grants captures fort Henry and Doneleson

  • Farragut captures New Orleans for the Union

  • McClellan leads unsuccessful campaign on the penisula southeast of Richmond

  • south wins second battle of bull run

  • McClellan stops Lee at battle of Antietam

  • Abe issues preliminary Emancipation Proclamation

  • Lee defeats union army at Fredericksburg

  • North gains major victories at Gettyburg and VIcksburg

  • Abe issues final Emacipation Proclamation

  • Lee is victorious as Chancellorsville

  • Grant defeats Confederate forces at Chattanooga

  • Grant and Lee battle in northern VA

  • Atlanta falls to Sherman

  • Lincoln is re-elected president, defeating McClellan

  • Sherman marches through GA

  • Congress passes 13th amendent abolishing slavery

  • Grant captures petersburg and richmond; Lee surrenders at Appomattox

  • Abe assassinated by John Wilkes Booth

  • Remaining Confederate forces surrender