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SC secedes from the union
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Chronology
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Rest of Deep south secedes; Confederacy is founded
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Fort Sumter is fired upon and surrenders to confederate forces
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Upper south secedes
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south wins first battle of Bull Run
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Grants captures fort Henry and Doneleson
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Farragut captures New Orleans for the Union
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McClellan leads unsuccessful campaign on the penisula southeast of Richmond
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south wins second battle of bull run
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McClellan stops Lee at battle of Antietam
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Abe issues preliminary Emancipation Proclamation
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Lee defeats union army at Fredericksburg
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North gains major victories at Gettyburg and VIcksburg
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Abe issues final Emacipation Proclamation
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Lee is victorious as Chancellorsville
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Grant defeats Confederate forces at Chattanooga
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Grant and Lee battle in northern VA
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Atlanta falls to Sherman
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Lincoln is re-elected president, defeating McClellan
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Sherman marches through GA
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Congress passes 13th amendent abolishing slavery
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Grant captures petersburg and richmond; Lee surrenders at Appomattox
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Abe assassinated by John Wilkes Booth
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Remaining Confederate forces surrender